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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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Nas Pete Rock theGrio
January 12, 2022

9 questions I had when I read that Pete Rock is planning to sue Nas over royalties from ‘The World Is Yours’

Have you ever read an article that seemed straight out of a time capsule that you actually checked to make…
January 10, 2022

9 thoughts, prayers and concerns I’ve had since Jaheim challenged Usher to a (never gonna happen) Verzuz

This past weekend in the social media streets, Jaheim challenged Usher to a Verzuz. Whew, chile, the ghetto.
A scene from "Encanto"
January 7, 2022

Is ‘Encanto’ on the Mount Rushmore of Disney movies? A discussion

If you have children, you probably spent an inordinate amount of time watching the latest Disney film, Encanto this holiday…
January 5, 2022

PSA: Panama Jackson joins theGrio as a columnist

In his season of change, the co-creator of Very Smart Brothas explains why he made theGrio his new writing home.