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Back in the day, when I was young (I’m not a kid anymore), I used to live for the ABC…
I used to joke that "Brown Sugar" should have been titled "Love & Basketball 2: When They Put Down Basketballs…
The premise, of course, is that one person in the relationship has given a “marry me or I’m leaving” ultimatum;…
Does my kid enjoy hip-hop more than nursery rhymes?
"Freshman Year," the 2019 faith-and-family film, is about two smart kids facing trials and tribulations and going on a life journey…
I quite passionately told my wife that I didn’t think it was a good idea to enable FaceTime on the…
Unless you’re a sneakerhead or into urban fashion, you might not know that New Balance has been killing the collaboration…
I recently watched Pastor Shirley—check it out on April 16 and April 30 on TheGrio TV and TheGrio app—and I…
There was a brief era of my life where, because of the success of Very Smart Brothas, I decided to…
As a general rule, if Clifton Powell is in a movie, there’s a better than 99 percent chance that I…
I’ve said many times over the past year that Jazmine Sullivan’s "Heaux Tales" is easily one of the best albums…
I’ve been a fan of Little Brother—the rap group made up of Phonté, Big Pooh and 9th Wonder—since the first…
As with any important event that happens in the Black community, I’ve learned to wait a day and watch the…
Nap time isn’t exactly my favorite time of day, but it is a time of day I look forward to.…
There’s a lot of good television out there in the world to watch these days. It can almost be overwhelming…
One of the worst decisions you can ever make as a parent is introducing your children to McDonald’s chicken nuggets.
There was a time in my life when I pretty much watched all of the reality shows, from Love &…
You've likely seen the recent launch for Polo Ralph Lauren’s new collection inspired by the sartorial legacy of Spelman and…
I’m not one to be down on the idea of a reboot. I love musical remixes too much to ever…
I still get sad listening to Biggie. Not any particular song either, all of them. My father was the one…