This contemporary remake of a classic stars hot up-and-comer Trevor Jackson and one of my personal favorites, Jason Mitchell. Set in Atlanta, we follow allegedly low-key drug pens Priest (Jackson) and his partner Eddie (Mitchell) as they attempt to remain low-key and do one major deal before they retire from the drug game. While I […]
Since starring as Rue in the celebrated Hunger Games franchise, Amandla Stenberg has discovered her own voice in Hollywood. Typically finding her home in indie adaptations of young adult novels such as Nicole Yoon’s Everything, Everything, the budding actress is following this trend as she headlines the adaptation of Angie Thomas’s best-selling novel The Hate […]
Actor Omar Epps, widely known for starring in classics such as “Juice,” “Love and Basketball,” and the critically acclaimed series “House,” has released his first memoir. Titled From Fatherless to Fatherhood, the autobiography documents Epps’s humble journey while intimately exploring how various obstacles he faced ultimately led to his success as both an actor and […]
The full-length trailer for BET’s two-part miniseries, The Bobby Brown Story, has finally arrived. Created as a follow-up to the network’s critically acclaimed The New Edition Story, the Bobby Brown miniseries begins where the New Edition story left off. Spanning 30 years of the talented singer’s life, the miniseries will focus on Brown’s wildly successful […]
I first met Tayari Jones through her novel The Untelling. I was applying to graduate school for my MFA in Creative Writing and after reading her novels, I knew I wanted to work with her. You can imagine my delight when upon submitting my application to Rutgers, I received a phone call from her personally […]
The New-York Historical Society has announced the September 2018 opening of a new exhibit that explores how African Americans survived Jim Crow, and how their resistance ultimately led to the Civil Rights Movement. Titled “Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow,” the show will document the years between the Civil War and World War […]
The following review contains spoilers. Lil Rel teams up with basketball star Kyrie Irving in Uncle Drew, the new movie about camaraderie, intergenerational relationships, and growth. Dax (Lil Rel) is an orphan who, after a traumatic experience on the court, tries to regain love and validation by coaching the winning team on the 50th anniversary […]
OWN’s Love Is ___ is the true story of Black Hollywood Powerhouse couple Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. The format takes place like a present-day interview of the married couple as they recall the details of how they met. The episodes then flashes back to a younger Nuri and Yasir, recent Los Angeles transplants trying […]
Comedian W. Kamau Bell recently sat down with Terry Gross from NPR’s “Fresh Air” to discuss his latest Netflix special, Private School Negro, along with Finding Kamau, a three-part docuseries that reflects upon Bell’s ancestry. In his new comedy special, Bell ruminates on being black in America and expresses his concerns about raising his biracial […]
While attending Howard University, Damon Lawrence and Marcus Carey had a vision to transform the hospitality industry by constructing innovative hotel spaces that cater to African American culture. Four years ago, the two entrepreneurs manifested their dream into reality with the launch of their pioneering company, Homage Hospitality Group. “After transferring from the University […]