Andy Nsiele, KBLA’s board operator and audio engineer, shared a similar sentiment. “Robin was the light in the midst of darkness! She was the light in the midst of chaos! Her radiant positivity and jovial spirit were contagious,” Nsiele said.
“When I think about parents who lost their two-year-old, I think about the 30 years I had with my son,” he said. “It makes me realize how much grace God has given me.”
Television host Rocsi Diaz has joined forces with NFL legend Deion Sanders for a new daytime talk show, “We Got Time Today.”
Financial independence is another game-changer. Crowdfunding, grants, and community investments are empowering Black creatives to maintain control over their work while staying true to their vision.
When COVID-19 paused live performances, Roz Browne poured her energy into her first standup special, “Roz Browne: I’m Roz Browne,” available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Vimeo, and Microsoft Store.
Koshie Mills, founder of The Diaspora Dialogues, a multimedia platform connecting Black communities globally, is set to honor Black women from the African diaspora through her Heirs of Afrika Awards.
“I made a commitment to myself during COVID isolation,” said Campbell. “I’m going to do everything that I ever wanted to do in my life. I’m going to at least try it once.”
Johnson continued, “I saw that Spoon was doing a documentary on Coolio. I reached out to Spoon and said, ‘Listen, now you know there’s no way you can have a documentary about Coolio and not include me.”’
“No” is one of the first 10 words that a baby learns. Unfortunately, it is also a word most actors become accustomed to hearing, too. But Betty Gabriel is an actress who rose to stardom for hauntingly saying the word over and over and over again in the award-winning Jordan Peele feature “Get Out.” Prior to “Get Out,” Gabriel had roles in the action-horror film “The Purge: Election Year” and the Amazon television drama series “Good Girls Revolt.” Since then, Gabriel has had a recurring role in the HBO sci-fi drama series “Westworld” and has starred in the wildly popular
He continued, “In the Yoruba tradition, Ogun, Oshoosi, and Elegba come to you together. They are three warriors, and in this story of these three men named after these three ancestors – they’ll always be connected.”
He played the fictional character “J.T.” in “The Five Heartbeats,” Motown great “Eddie Ruffin” in “The Temptations,” and the titular character in “Little Richard,” which is based on the life of the “architect of rock and roll,” Little Richard.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in collaboration with Warner Music Nashville released an expanded version of the box set “From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music.”
Alicia Olatuja said that throughout the process of creating the new album it was important for the pair to discuss who they had become and their journey getting there. “That found its way into the creation of the music,” she said.
Now, as a co-chair of the CBW, Sams believes there are still some unresolved issues in the aftermath of the 2023 agreement that directly affect the earnings potential of Black writers.
Recently, the ArtCenter College of Design presented the “Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For” exhibition. The event celebrated the prolific photography of Kwame Brathwaite.