If you take inventory on the tallied responses on social media, “The Wiz Live” was a certifiable hit. Atlanta-based theater legend Kenny Leon scored a…
Beloved rapper and conscious lyricist Common ran afoul of black America last weekend when he said on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart that African-Americans…
*Common‘s father, Lonnie Lynn, has died. The Chicago rapper’s fans know Lynn for his soulful spoken-word poems on Common’s albums. The AP is reporting that Lynn died on Friday according to Common in an interview Monday in Los Angeles. He gave no further details. Lynn was 71 “Lynn was a star high school basketball player in […]