(The Root) — Japanese clothing label Mynority Classics memorializes some of hip-hop’s biggest giants in its new set of novelty playing cards. Each hip-hop heavyweight is hand-drawn onto each of the deck’s 54 cards, which feature legends from Biz Markie, Public Enemy and Eric B. and Rakim to Jay-Z, Nas and Biggie. Tokyo-based artist Sayori…

Photographers Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler set out to document the burgeoning culture of bicycles in South Africa. After more than two years and over 4,000 miles on two wheels, the duo has compiled more than a hundred portraits of cyclists from across the country in Bicycle Portraits, a book project that has garnered more…

(The Root) — It’s not often in today’s music landscape that a trumpeter grabs headlines, but Christian aTunde Adjuah, the horn player who until recently was known as Christian Scott, brings a fresh vibe to timeless instrumentals. Scott has already garnered the Netherlands’ Edison Award for best international jazz musician, as well as a Grammy…

(The Root) — His upcoming departure from BET’s 106 & Park may mark the end of a seven-year era for Terrence J, but the burgeoning actor is far from slowing down. The host-turned-actor is ditching the popular countdown show for Hollywood — and he’s going in with a bang. Terrence J’s latest role comes in…

(The Root) — Join The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement, at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute‘s Hutchins Forum in Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday, Aug. 16. This year’s forum — titled “When Work Disappears: Equality and Opportunity in the African-American…

(The Root) — On the heels of Mat Johnson’s successful entry into the comic world with Incognegro and Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story, the author is back with another graphic novel, Right State, released by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. Right State, which includes black-and-white illustrations by experienced comic book creator Andrea Mutti,…

(The Root) — Today’s bridal world is a vast environment, teeming with websites, reality shows, conventions and magazines. And, while it may seem like today’s brides and grooms have more resources than ever to help plan their special moments, black brides are often left out of the party.  Jackie Nwobu, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of…

(The Root) — Throughout the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s, TV series like The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Living Single and Girlfriend pervaded the African-American psyche with humorous, positive and insightful representations of black people. For many, today’s television is hardly the place to look for fresh and unique black shows. But if…

(The Root) — Join us from Thursday, Aug. 9, to Sunday, Aug. 12, as The Root hosts the 2012 Harlem Fine Arts Show. This year, the black arts festival heads north to Martha’s Vineyard to showcase some of the best in contemporary and modern art from the African Diaspora. The Harlem Fine Arts Show is the first African-American…