Culture
‘A Strange Loop’ wins big with Tony for best musical. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / Andscape
R. Kelly should get at least 25 years in prison, prosecutors say. By Tom Hays / AP and USA Today
‘Mississippi Masala’ finds new audiences 30 years later. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
It’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade, and salsa meets jazz in memories of The Village Gate. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
History made on Broadway with plans to rename theater after Lena Horne. By Zachary Schermele / NBC News
Why Can’t the Star Wars Nerds Imagine a World With Black People? By Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones
The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time By Charles et al / Rolling Stone
‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever.” By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
Book banning in the US: The authors of color censors are trying to silence. By Eliott C. McLauglin / CNN
‘Jazz Fest’ documentary isn’t just about jazz, or music, but life. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Smalls’ in Harlem was truly a jazz paradise. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ honors the legacy of Black Navy pilots. By Arturo Conde / NBC News
Maya Cade Created The Black Film Archive With Love. By Candice Frederick / HuffPost
Dancing to ‘Billie Jean’ Led Him to ‘MJ.’ Now He’s a Tony Contender. By Michael Paulson / NYT
Heavily-Sampled Artist Bernard Wright Has Passed Away At 58. By Bandini / Ambrosia
Vital, challenging film tackles America’s original sin. By Chris Byrd / NCR
Kendrick Lamar returns with double album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. By Melissa Ruggieri / USA Today
“Thomasine & Bushrod” Is a Blaxploitation Western That You Need to Stream. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Janelle Monáe to Star in Josephine Baker TV Series. By Stephanie Holland / The Root
Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl. By Tucker Reals, Zoe Christen Jones / CBS News
The Evolution of Tyler Perry. By Candace McDuffie / The Root
Atlanta’s third season explores the horrors of intimacy with whiteness. By Nylah Burton / Vox
Charles Mingus, the great jazz composer, remembered. By Tom Vitale / NPR
Yes, we need a law protecting Black people against hair discrimination. By Toella Pliakas / Wash Post
Oprah, Smithsonian Channel To Explore Health Care Inequities. By Jonathan Landrum Jr. / HuffPost
‘black-ish’ is coming to an end, but it understood the assignment. By Monique Judge / Andscape
