The 1990’s were the heyday for black sitcoms and on this edition of #CultureClassics we’re celebrating one of the most popular and ground breaking black sitcoms of not only the 90’s but of all-time, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
#RunTheCulture Today on The Feat. we’re featuring the black pop culture/lifestyle podcast Still Processing. Hosts Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, two culture writers for The New York Times take on TV, movies, art, music and the internet. Basically everything pop-culturebut also the culture of work, dating, race and how they all fit together. They discuss the things that move them (and The Culture as a whole) to…
#RunTheCulture We have to rely on our own to tell our stories but also to cover our storytellers. Shadow and Act is a blog that does exactly that. Shadow & Act is considered one of the top blogs/websites devoted to covering Black Hollywood. They cover everything from film, to television, to web series and even…
This week in #CultureClassics we take a look back at one of the more unique MCs in all of hip-hop and his unique party anthem record as we breakdown “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi.
#RunTheCulture Sonya Carey is both a black animator and glass ceiling breaker. Animation is a (white) male dominated industry. Only 20 percent of the animation workforce is women and that includes animation producers-directors, animation writers, designers and general animators. The numbers are even lower for black women. But Sonya Carey has defied the numbers. She’s…
#RunTheCulture The Culture has been and will always be about resistance and “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy is one of hip-hop’s greatest examples and is a bonafide #CultureClassic. “Fight The Power” has been a hip-hop anthem for over 30 years. Famously released in the summer of 1989, the song was the theme for Spike…
Missy “Misdamenaor” Elliot is a legendary creator for The Culture, no debate about it. Very few artists can legitimately say they changed the game and Missy is one of those artists.
#RunTheCulture Basketball is intertwined with The Culture like no other sport as both have been heavily influenced the other. It has only been recently though that the ones creating commentary content on basketball have reflected that deep connection. And for today’s The Feat. we’re featuring the basketball YouTube channel Basketball Time Machine. As you may…
#RunTheCulture It’s Mother’s Day! So it’s only right that this week’s #CultreClassic shows love to all the moms out there with hip-hop’s most classic ode to mom, “Dear Mama” by 2Pac. “Dear Mama” was released in 1995 as the lead single from Pac’s third album, Me Against the World. The song is of course is a…
#RunTheCulture When you talk about influence. When you talk about Black Girl Magic. When you talk about all-time great black television shows. You’re talking about the #CultureClassic Living Single. Living Single is a tv show centered around six smart, funny, ambitious, and just cool black friends living in Brooklyn in the 90’s. The show was the…
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