You can’t talk about Black movies without mentioning Spike Lee. In honor of the famed filmmaker, we’ve ranked his 24… Read More
The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set… Read More
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While Chris Rock and his Netflix special, Selective Outrage, dominated the headlines, Marlon Wayans released a far more successful show… Read More
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The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set… Read More
These seven Black women self help books by Black authors offer different but supportive methods to bettering ourselves. Since mother… Read More
Weather Report, the jazz fusion group co-founded by the brilliant Wayne Shorter, is integral to the rap subgenre known as… Read More
The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set… Read More
A clip of Michael B. Jordan "owning" a childhood bully on the red carpet instantly went viral recently. Here's what… Read More
For March's First Look Friday, we talked with Baltimore MC John Wells about how grief and his neighborhood sparked his… Read More
From Spike Lee and Bamboozled to Denzel Washington in Malcolm X, here are the 25 most egregious Black Oscar snubs… Read More
The polarizing reactions to Jonathan Majors' Ebony spread and ASAP Rocky's Vogue cover show how limiting the fear of femininity… Read More
The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set… Read More
From Nappily Ever After to Waiting to Exhale, these are the 14 best Black romantic comedies. When we think about… Read More
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