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I love The Roots Picnic, the vaunted Philadelphia homegrown music festival founded and put on by the legendary Roots crew
When Kendrick Lamar, aka Oklama, announced via social media that he had a new album dropping in May, well, the…
It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, aka African-American Music Appreciation Month.
I can’t quite call "Gully" a good movie. In fact, I’m not entirely sure that I can even tell you…
When the pandemic started, retail therapy kicked in for many people, and a lot of it moved in the direction…
‘Her Only Choice’ is a movie that stars Denise Boutte. This is a Denise Boutte appreciation post
The first thing that drew me into watching Her Only Choice was the number of people of note starring in…
OPINION: The 2017 film starring Azealia Banks had a scene that made me hide my head under my pillow—it is…
It’s the time when an artist who arts harder than others drops some new work that will be dissected, disputed,…
I used to joke that "Brown Sugar" should have been titled "Love & Basketball 2: When They Put Down Basketballs…
"Freshman Year," the 2019 faith-and-family film, is about two smart kids facing trials and tribulations and going on a life journey…
I recently watched Pastor Shirley—check it out on April 16 and April 30 on TheGrio TV and TheGrio app—and I…
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…
There’s a lot of good television out there in the world to watch these days. It can almost be overwhelming…