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About Panama Jackson

Panama Jackson is a columnist at theGrio and host of the award-winning podcast, "Dear Culture" on theGrio Black Podcast Network. He writes very Black things, drinks very brown liquors, and is pretty fly for a light guy. His biggest accomplishment to date coincides with his Blackest accomplishment to date in that he received a phone call from Oprah Winfrey after she read one of his pieces (biggest) but he didn't answer the phone because the caller ID said "Unknown" (Blackest).

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July 28, 2022
No matter how often UNO attempts to tell us the ‘correct’ way to play, the people will do what the…
July 26, 2022
In dvsn's "If I Get Caught," we have a video that doesn’t fit the song, Jermaine Dupri and Jay-Z weighing…
Sesame Place theGrio.com
July 20, 2022
As usual, little Black children were negatively impacted by something no one can definitively say was race-related; this is America.
spades card game, spades, spades the card game
July 19, 2022
Discover the subjective world of Spades, the card game of African America, and its rules in this op-ed about 'Spades…
July 17, 2022
When Griselda’s Conway the Machine accused Funkmaster Flex and his ilk of gatekeeping, he opened up a convo about the…
July 13, 2022
Lathun's "Freak It,"the classic Miami-bass meets Atlanta-swag record from 1997, takes me back to the  magic that was mid-90s Atlanta.
youtube music, A still from a YouTube music video for kids about nursery rhymes. YouTube Music to play in the car, thegrio.com
July 10, 2022
Bring the bounce, 808s and energy to your car with JoolsTV's trap nursery rhymes - the perfect YouTube music for…
July 8, 2022
Omarion, the former B2K frontman and watermelon aficionado’s alleged zen lifestyle is looking real flimsy these days.
Singer Usher
July 6, 2022
Usher, thee ageless singer ran through a quick medley of hits sounding as good in 2022 as he did two…
July 3, 2022
My air conditioning unit died and my kids keep trying to sleep under all of their covers; sometimes you have…
June 30, 2022
On this latest episode of the Dear Culture Podcast, Panama is joined by writer Dai Poole to talk about Brandy…
June 27, 2022
Which is better or more iconic, the 1994 Tupac Shakur, Leon and Duane Martin movie 'Above the Rim' or the…
June 23, 2022
I’ve said it once but I’ll say it again, I love The Roots Picnic. It is, by far, my favorite…
June 23, 2022
As a genre, hip-hop is worthy of analysis, debate and discussion, but I think we have a tendency to go…
Queen Latifah
June 22, 2022
Queen Latifah really deserves all of the flowers for what she’s given to Black culture, music and entertainment. 
June 20, 2022
Last week we broke down which was better Soul Food or its soundtrack. This week, we have a new one…
June 16, 2022
It’s still June in African America and that means a time-honored tradition is also upon us: Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day.
Poster for "Soundtrack vs Movie"
June 13, 2022
Last week, we broke down which was better: "Love Jones" or the soundtrack. This week, we have a new one…
June 10, 2022
To quote Luther Vandross, Ralph Tresvant, Janet Jackson and Bell Biv Devoe, “the best things in life are free.”
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Mary J. Blige perform
June 9, 2022
I love The Roots Picnic, the vaunted Philadelphia homegrown music festival founded and put on by the legendary Roots crew