Black People and Dynastic Wealth

Back in June Warren Buffet donated the bulk of his wealth to charity. In an interview on the donation he commented that he did not believe in dynastic wealth or that a person will get ahead in life just because he was lucky enough to be born from the right womb. My first thought [...]

Johnson Forms Movie Studio with Focus on Black Family Films

“Robert L. Johnson, the cable pioneer who founded Black Entertainment Television 25 years ago and sold it for $3 billion in 2000, yesterday said he is forming a film studio with independent producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein.”
Johnson’s Our Stories Films will produce family-friendly features about African Americans that will be distributed in [...]

Don’t Front

Kurt Cobain, pictured.
Back in the 1980s, it seemed like everyone listened to the same music. Michael Jackson ruled the world, but there were other big artists, like Prince, Hall & Oates, Phil Collins, Kenny Rogers, George Michael, Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder. Back then, it seemed like many more blacks listened to music performed by [...]