JESSE Williams is best known for his role as one of Grey's Anatomy's favorite characters, Dr. Jackson Avery. But now, the actor, director, activist, and former teacher is trading in the hospital lights of Grey-Sloan for the gritty glamor of Broadway. Who is Jesse Williams? Jesse Williams is an Oscar-winning producer behind the Netflix short film about race, Two Distant Strangers. Williams didn't always have his sights set on being an actor. Read More...
a really important milestone anniversary.
This is the 40th year for the event, which will take over Hart Plaza on the weekend of July 14th.
The festival is put on by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and it celebrates the arts and culture of the African Diaspora, "American Black Journal" contributor, Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ spoke with festival director, Njia Kai about this year's event. Read More...
On Drake's 2013 track "Tuscan Leather," he revealed that there was tension in his relationship with Nicki Minaj. "Not even talkin' to Nicki, communication is breakin,'" he rapped, via Genius. Minaj revealed she was upset that Drake did not include her, or any Young Money alumni, on his latest album. "I'm Young Money 'til the death of me," she said in a 2013 interview with DJ Whoo Kid, via BET. "I'm always going to want my team to be a part of my project, no matter what, in some way. Read More...