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‘Star Stories With Touré’: That time I played basketball with Prince

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Cartoon of two men at Death Row Records

‘Star Stories With Touré’: The night Suge Knight kidnapped me, aka the scariest night of my life

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‘Star Stories With Touré’: How being homeless led KRS-One to his name

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Erika Alexander attends the 2023 Writers Guild Awards West Coast Ceremony at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for WGAW)

Erika Alexander explains why ‘Friends’ was the white ‘Living Single’ and the importance of Black culture being acknowledged as mainstream

The "Living Single" star has never shied away from speaking about how her show was treated by the studios and…
/ August 17, 2023

‘Star Stories With Touré’: That time I got into Kanye’s head and how it offered a glimpse of the future

In "Star Stories With Touré," I talk about meeting the mercurial rapper nearly 20 years ago and seeing the roots…
/ August 17, 2023
David Foster And Friends In Concert
Singer Donna Summer performs during the "David Foster and Friends" concert on Oct. 15, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

‘Being Black: The ’80s’: The story of Donna Summer’s ‘She Works Hard For the Money’ shows Summer’s big heart

The Queen of Disco once found an attendant asleep in a bathroom, and from that, a hit song was born.
/ July 13, 2023

Watch: Ice Cube says he will make NBA respect BIG3

Even wth its successful ratings and broadcast partnerships, Ice Cube believes the BIG3’s true potential is being blocked by the…
/ July 7, 2023
Singer Diana Ross
Diana Ross performs during the Platinum Party At The Palace at Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

‘Being Black: The ’80s’: Diana Ross did not intend for ‘I’m Coming Out’ to be a gay anthem

Diana Ross did not intend for "I'm Coming Out" to be a gay anthem and she was shocked when people…
/ July 6, 2023
Flavor Flav, left, and Chuck D of Public Enemy performs during the 2003 Rock the Vote Awards at the Roseland Ballroom February 22, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Public Enemy and mass incarceration are at the heart of episode 4 of ‘Being Black: The ’80s’

The show breaks down how Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hours of Chaos" perfectly captures the horrors of mass…
/ June 22, 2023
N.W.A., Dopeman, crack epidemic, theGrio.com
Rap group N.W.A. pose with rappers The D.O.C. and Laylaw from Above The Law (L-R standing: Laylaw, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre and The D.O.C. seated Ice Cube, Eazy-E and MC Ren) backstage at the Kemper Arena during their 'Straight Outta Compton' tour in June 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The impact of crack dealers on Black America is at the heart of episode 3 of ‘Being Black: The ’80s’

N.W.A's song "Dopeman" leads us into a conversation about crack dealers and the influence they had on Black America on…
/ June 15, 2023