Black Culture

It took one simple "who's Brandy?" comment by white rapper Jack Harlow to spark a social media outcry in defense of an artist who many see as a Black music pioneer. Unsurprisingly enough, the one currently leading the Brandy Brigade is none other than fellow soul crooner, India.Arie.

Thanks to a six-figure grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission, the lot of over 1,800 rare recordings and unique materials in the Black Academy of Arts and Letters archive at the University of North Texas library will now be digitized and made public very soon.

Ice Cube gave an update about his Contract with Black America during his appearance on The Breakfast Club this week.

It’s an intimate look at the underground African American subculture of roller skating. Executive produced by John Legend, “United Skates” spotlights a community of thousands who fight in a racially charged environment to save the dynamic world of roller skating, which has been overlooked by the mainstream for generations, while giving rise to great musical talents. The […]

Black culture is often imitated and used by other people to make a profit. While we can’t stop certain things from being “imitated,” we can stop the free use of our history. Roland Martin talks to Angela Ford of The Obsidian Collection Archives about monetizing Black culture. When it comes to photos, others have made […]

BURLINGTON, New Jersey (AP) — With a gospel choir, black cellist and bishop, Oprah, Serena and Idris Elba in the audience and an African-American mother-of-the-bride, Saturday’s wedding of Prince Harry to American actress Meghan Markle was a blend of the solemn and the soulful. Guess who’s coming to Windsor? The ceremony married the pomp and […]

In an interview with Complex, actress Lauren London revealed that a sequel to the iconic movie ATL is in the works. According to The Source, she explains that there’s a part two that depicts her characters life in a rising acting career. She played New New alongside rapper T.I. who played Rashad the man she’s romantically interested in. The […]

Elle Canada became the latest magazine to culturally appropriate Black fashion, when it called Dashikis the new it-item.

After 4 years, one of our favorite commentators, political or otherwise, Goldie Taylor is no longer employed by MSNBC. https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/516610147939274752 Tuesday morning Taylor tweeted that her contract was not renewed, but did not indicate WHY she and the network were parting … other than she was not given a new contract. https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/516610980953223168 https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/516611263238266881 https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/516611785483649025 https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/516610500449546241 […]