Video of the Day – ‘Elevators’

The weekend! The brothers reminded me it’s been a year since we lost our Frat Marek Jacobs. Can only speak for myself, but I went through all the emotions again: sadness and grief and reminscing. I think it’s coincidental but maybe it’s not, that in the past 365 days I’ve made quantum leaps forward and […]

Video of the Day – ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’

Full disclosure: this was the song I’ve been working on for my singing reel. Then I saw ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, and, NOPE. My cover isn’t remotely this beautiful. So our musical start this week comes from my fellow Trojan, Kina Grannis. And if you haven’t seen ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ yet, trust me, it’s worth it. […]

2018

The story I tell most often when asked for a Hollywood anecdote is when I chose to work with a still up and coming Issa Rae over the fried chicken commercial my agent at the time tried to talk me into. It’s funny, it’s a name my people recognize, it’s a good anecdote. As this […]

Video of the Day – ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’

The weekend is upon us. One of the little homies told me this morning, he’s about the positivity now, and I half jokingly told him, ‘Like Father, Like Son.’ But not joking at all, it made my day.   Spread love people.  It’s the Brooklyn way, and it’s my way. Have a good one folks.

Video of the Day – ‘Reasons’

Is today a good day to post some EWF? Yeah, I know… everyday is a good day to post some Earth, Wind and Fire. This song is eternal.  I don’t regret being too young to have missed most of my chances to see the original lineup live, but thank you YouTube. The obvious love between […]

‘Pioneers of African-American Cinema’

A few weeks back, my Twitter feed went nuts with black film geeks famous and not famous all saying Netflix dropped a series called ‘Pioneers of African-American Cinema’ that is mandatory viewing if you’re a student of the history or the artform or the culture. And they were all right. Streaming on Netflix, twenty episodes […]