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Writer, editor, photographer based in New York City, Stereo Williams is an outspoken veteran entertainment journalist who's been published in Upscale, Ebony, and Creative Loafing. He's also an accomplished screenwriter and documentarian who's co-produced films such as Exubia and Beautiful Skin.
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‘DISTURBING THE PEACE?!’
Eddie Murphy dubbed the original movie the first Black blockbuster, but its significance in the industry is way more complicated—as the new Netflix sequel proves.
40 YEARS LATER
At a time when so much Black popular culture was driven by a sense of safe accessibility, Run-D.M.C. led a wave of rap renegades.
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IT’S TRICKY
More than 20 years after the Run-D.M.C. member’s death, we’re finally inching toward some answers. So why isn’t rap media listening?
STILL BURNING
With his Super Bowl performance looming, we’re looking at how Usher outlasted other R&B stars of his generation. It hasn’t been an easy road.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
As the biopic boom continues, it’s time for Black stories to get the prestige treatment and studio budgets they deserve.
NO BARS, ALL FLUTE
On his first album in 17 years, the OutKast rapper boldly eschews hip-hop—not that genre labels ever mattered to him at all.
ELECTRIC RELAXATION
Nothing was ever the same after the release of the group’s seminal third studio album.
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THE REAL MASTERS
The “Rolling Stone” co-founder’s recent comments make it easy to view Black music’s history solely through a foundational lens. But our past is more than just preamble.
ONCE IN A GENERATION
The trailblazing star of “Roots” and “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” passed away today at the age of 96. And she was a force to be reckoned with both onscreen and off.