Vanessa Elie·1d agoThe Small Things That Make ‘The Chi’ Feel RealIn the pilot episode of The Chi, two teenagers lose their lives to gun violence — one at the beginning and another at the end —…
Vanessa Elie·May 19The Euphoric Power of ‘Human Nature’ in Michael BiopicFollowing the highly anticipated debut of the Michael biopic, TikTok has been flooded with audiences recreating some of the film’s most…A response icon2A response icon2
Vanessa Elie·Apr 8ThriftCon Miami: Where Vintage Finds and Culture ConnectAfter two years, ThriftCon has made its return to the sunny shores of South Florida. Known as the world’s largest vintage convention, the…
Vanessa Elie·Jan 6From 79th & Essex to the World: G Herbo, Reflection, and the MusicG Herbo didn’t always have the luxury of reflection. On 79th & Essex, Chicago, a street that raised him, survival was the only option. For…
Vanessa Elie·Dec 1, 2024From the Bayou to the World Stage: How the Hot Boys Changed Hip-HopThe world was introduced to Southern rap in the early 1990s, but no group would go on to define it quite like the Hot Boys. Around the same…
Vanessa Elie·Oct 4, 2024Power Book II Finale: A Father’s Ghost in His Son’s ShadowIn the fall of 2020, during the height of the pandemic, Power Book II: Ghost premiered on Starz, and viewers were hesitant. The vision of…
Vanessa Elie·Jun 30, 2024“The Cast of CW’s All American and All American: Homecoming Shape Black Culture on the Field and…When season one of All American premiered in the fall of 2018, its future impact on Black culture through family, sports, and education was…
Vanessa Elie·Jun 23, 2024“Wop, Wop, Wop”: Kendrick Lamar Unites LA on StageOn the evening of Juneteenth, Kendrick Lamar made history during his Pop Out: Ken & Friends show in Inglewood, Los Angeles. The Compton…
Vanessa Elie·Mar 1, 2024‘The Therapist’, a Short Film by Haitian South Florida Filmmaker Fedleine Jerome, Illuminates Black…Cover for short film, The Therapist by Fedleine Jerome
