Annapolis native and St. Mary’s grad Jack Bousum has no regrets choosing to attend Army over the hometown team. He had a ...

Black, who played Nightsister Klothow in the 'Star Wars' series, also gets candid about the challenges of working in ...

Black Thought and Redman discussed their mutual influence and recent collaborations during an extensive Rolling Stone interview. The Roots frontman and the Newark native spent nearly two hours ...

Within minutes of arriving at the studio for their Musicians on Musicians shoot, Redman and Black Thought are exchanging daps and catching up like old friends — because they are. The two voluble MCs, ...

Born on this date in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, Black Thought, the lead emcee of the legendary Hip-Hop band The Roots, has created his key to success with one word: ...

In 1967, the social critic Harold Cruse published “The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual,” a magisterial and blistering assessment of Black thought leadership that remains startlingly relevant today.

Will.I.Am thinks that Black Thought is “a trillion” times better than Jay-Z. The rap veteran voiced his thoughts about the two artists on an episode of Sway’s Universe. Around the one-hour and ...

The Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am had a hot take on who he thinks is a better MC than Jay Z. The debate over the top five MCs in hip-hop is as old as the genre itself. Fans love to debate each other over ...

Will.i.am is reigniting the conversation around who truly deserves a spot at the top of hip hop’s hierarchy. During a recent appearance on Sway’s Universe, the Black Eyed Peas frontman boldly stated ...

According to reports, The Roots’ lead MC Black Thought is writing and planning to direct a new film, teaming up with his bandmate Questlove on the project. The unnamed film is planned to be powered by ...

EXCLUSIVE: Roots co-founder Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter is writing and directing a new narrative film that they hope “drops audiences into hip hop’s soul,” and it’s powered by WonderRoom, a 360° ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. In her new book, “The Battle for the Black Mind,” Karida Brown ...