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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 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
June 9, 2022
When Kendrick Lamar, aka Oklama, announced via social media that he had a new album dropping in May, well, the…
Actors Nia Long and Larenz Tate in "Love Jones"
June 6, 2022
It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, aka African-American Music Appreciation Month.
June 2, 2022
If I can just be honest here for a second, I don’t ever actually think that any of my “takes”…
June 1, 2022
I can’t quite call "Gully" a good movie. In fact, I’m not entirely sure that I can even tell you…
A person tying their shoes
May 29, 2022
I recently wrote about Disney’s foray into sneaker culture with its latest live-action musical, "Sneakerella."
Actors Lexi Underwood and Chosen Jacobs in "Sneakerella"
May 27, 2022
When the pandemic started, retail therapy kicked in for many people, and a lot of it moved in the direction…