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Watch: Filmmaker Shaka King Is Making Sure We Really See the Black Experience

Director and writer Shaka King is busy in the TV-and-film industry at the moment, but that wasn’t always the case. “It took a while, but once I started getting the work, it kept coming in. For a while I wasn’t getting shit, but ‘Mulignans’ really did a lot for my career,” says King, who hails…

By

Peter J. Rickards

Published

July 13, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

Clifton Powell Hall of Fame for Role Players in The Realm of Black Excellence at the Cinematic Arts

In my head, Clifton Powell is my homeboy. Ever since I first saw Menace II Society in 1993 and Chauncey called Kane a “cockblockin’ motherfucker”, I knew there was something special about him. Roughly an almost literal hundred thousand trillion roles later, I’m still rockin’ with him. When I fire up Netflix, sometimes I search…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

May 5, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

If You Paid Ja Rule $10,000 for Anything In 2017, You Deserve Whatever The Fuck Happens To You

How exactly would Ja contribute to your good time at the Fyre Festival?

By

Dustin J. Seibert

Published

May 1, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

10 Non-Singing Ass Singers That People Swear Can Sing

Full disclosure: I’m a fan of crappy singers. I’m mostly a fan of effort.

By

Panama Jackson

Published

May 13, 2015