He was the product of a prominent family whose decidedly punk-rock sensibilities made him a pioneer in menswear.…

For Matthew Morgan and Jocelyn Cooper, it has been a long, 15-year journey to get the Afropunk Festival from the small,…

It has been an oft-repeated refrain that the Afropunk Festival has changed from the punk-centered origins of its…

From Michael Jackson’s Jheri curl from the Thriller era to Colin Kaepernick’s iconic ’fro, one thing’s for sure: Black…

AfroPunk 2018 came and went, and The Root was in the house to make sure that black trivia was popping. In the midst of…

Every year like clockwork, the ultimate young black reunion takes place on the lawns of Commodore Barry Park in…

She may seem to hide behind sunglasses, but 21-year-old Gabi Wilson—better known as H.E.R.—has made it her mission to…

South by Southwest—Austin, Texas’ annual interactive, film and music conference—is scheduled to officially kick off…

#HolidayEnvy is real, y’all: While the mercury is barely cracking zero degrees in many American cities, it is summer in…

Solange Knowles has spent much of the past year on the road, taking her acclaimed album A Seat at the Table and…

The ball will soon be dropping; time to get your black-tie attitude on for New Year’s Eve! The Glow Up asked five of…

Melanin. Color. Texture. Funk. Freedom. Afropunk, the annual music and arts festival going since 2005, is not free…

This weekend, a sea of unapologetic blackness will descend upon Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park for Brooklyn, N.Y.’s…

George Clinton is not one to funk with.