Black liberation has long been hindered by Black masculinity. Too often, ideas about how Black people can improve their circumstances don’t benefit anyone who isn’t male and heterosexual. And while many Black men agree that they need to do better for the sake of Black people, there’s rarely agreement about…
Reality pierced the NBA bubble when the buzzer sounded ahead of last week’s playoff game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic — and neither team was present on the court. The continuation of the punctuated 2019–20 season had been heavy with “social justice” messaging amid a summer of global…
The second season of Atlanta, subtitled “Robbin’ Season,” captured a distinct type of psychological horror: the larceny of life itself. Throughout the season, the main characters of the Donald Glover-created FX comedy were relieved of their time, their dignity, and their sense of physical safety. …
Back in 1998, André 3000 put his own spin on that old adage about judging a book by its cover. “Is every nigga with dreads for the cause?” he mused rhetorically on the title track of OutKast’s third album, Aquemini. “Is every nigga with golds for the fall?” The point…
After 10 episodes spanning five weeks and spawning countless online conversations and memes, The Last Dance took its last step Sunday night. …
Dave, FXX’s semi-autobiographical comedy about Dave “Lil Dicky” Burd’s pursuit of hip-hop glory, wrapped its first season last night as one of the most-watched new comedies in the network’s history. On the surface, a White rapper landing a prestige-adjacent show — let alone one executive produced by Kevin Hart and…
Writer, producer, and director Prentice Penny has spent his entire career making the best out of every situation — even though his break was a pretty damn good one.
Penny, 45, cut his teeth in the writers’ room of Girlfriends, an archetype of network sitcom longevity in the 2000s. He…
