Q-Tip Plans to Release 25th Anniversary Edition Of ‘The Low End Theory’
Q-Tip chats with BBC about new music, forthcoming TV series and 25th anniversary edition of the Low End Theory.
Category: TV/Film
Dear Montana Fishburne: Black Chicks Don’t Get Away With Porn
Apparently Laurence Fishburne’s daughter, Montana Fishburne, thinks doing porn will jump start her acting career. “I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape,” said Mo ‘Burne (don’t feel like typing out her whole name) according to Global Grind. Now let […]
Dear GangStarrGirl: The Ben Rai Films Edition
I get a lot of email and Tweets from creatives (and sometimes not so creatives) looking to get feedback on their projects. The ones that pique my interest grab my attention for different reasons. Today’s “Dear GangStarrGirl” feature is from an production company called Ben Rai Films. They have created a web series entitled, Kiki […]
Common’s First Lead Role, Just Wright Movie Trailer
Geesh that man looks good. Oh, and, so does the movie lol.
The Complexion Obsession pt. 2
Here’s part two of Joy Daily’s documentary, The Complexion Obsession, where she talks to journalists, models, artists and scholars about whether dark skin is still discriminated against in the music industry. Shameless plug: I make a cameo at 7:59. It’s awful that in 2010 people are still brainwashed enough to believe that lighter is better. […]
P-Star Rising: Watch The Young Hip-Hop Phenom’s Journey to Fame
My first introduction to P-Star was when I worked open mic nights at NYC’s Club Speed every Wednesday nearly six years ago. She was nine then and extremely talented as she would command the mic and spit bars for days. The word on the street was that she wrote her own rhymes so imagine how […]
Big Ups to Brooklyn! Nelson George Takes ‘A Walk Through Ft. Greene’
Nelson George, one of my journalist idols, did a documentary on Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He examines how it went from NYC’s mecca of Black, educated artists to gentrified and hosed down (that’s the story of NYC these days–gentrification is a gift and a curse). Check out the trailer: That gave me the chills. I understand […]
Ego Trip Presents Documentaries From the Classic Hip-Hop Era
Here’s more info via the press release that I jacked: ego trip, the New York-based creative collective behind the top-rated VH1 reality programs The (White) Rapper Show and Miss Rap Supreme, as well as the critically-acclaimed Book of Rap Lists and Big Book of Racism!, proudly presents three monthly programs of rarely-screened, short-form, independently produced […]
Blaxploitation Friday: Michael Jai White Talks Black Dynamite
I caught up with Michael Jai White to chat about the making of “Black Dynamite” and the Blaxploitation film genre.
Katerina Graham: The Renaissance Diva
Pearl Bailey, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne and Diahann Carroll were pioneering women in entertainment history who turned every creative project they touched into silver. They were beautiful, elegant and known for being triple threats—singing, dancing and acting with all their hearts and souls. Their ambition, charisma and charm gained followers worldwide, and created legacies that […]
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