Khris Riddick-Tynes and Leon Thomas make up the production duo The Rascals. They’ve produced Ariana Grande, Ty…

Rapper Killer Mike stopped by The Root to chat about his new Netflix series, Trigger Warning, and be warned, some of…

ABC’s Black-ish has never shied away from controversial topics and tonight’s show about colorism shouldn’t be any…

You made it through 2018. Bless up! But your friends aren’t keeping it 100 with you. Luckily you have Corey…

The queen that is Angela Bassett has had yet another huge year in film and television. The 60-year-old veteran actor…

David Alan Grier is currently starring in Fox’s The Cool Kids, where he is joined by co-stars Vicki Lawrence (Mama’s…

Creed II broke box office records its opening weekend. Not bad for director Steven Caple Jr.’s second feature. “When…

Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of director Malcolm D. Lee’s first major film, The Best Man, which hit…

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who won’t allow bomb threats to intimidate her, is encouraging voters to “step…

The Root’s Video Producer Felice Leon and I went to Harlem to ask black voters what issues they want to see…

Jordan Casteel wants to change the staleness of the high art world and how it views black men. The Denver artist has…

Terence Nance is the lead visionary behind HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness and was recently named as the director for Space Jam 2.

At only 17 years old, Tania Speaks turned her pain into a huge profit after classmates bullied her for her bushy…

Joe Morton is widely known for his Emmy-winning role as Elijah Pope on ABC’s Scandal, but don’t get it twisted,…

BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee sees a lot of similarities between the Ku Klux Klan and today’s administration,…

MTV, I’mma let you finish—but Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest singers of all time, so I would expect the…

It’s back-to-school season, but not all students have access to art programs especially under the current…

The youngest professional artist in Nigeria is gaining international exposure for his stunning lifelike portraits.…

Superfly, the remake of the classic flick Super Fly, hits theaters today. The film’s soundtrack is…

Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 3:53 p.m. EDT: President Donald Trump commuted Alice Marie Johnson’s sentence on…