The West Coast rapper – best known for his debut album Doggystyle and for smoking weed in public – urged viewers not to support projects in which Black people are mistreated, courtesy of a profanity-laced Instagram video.
Nearly forty years after Roots debuted on national television, the History Channel has brought the iconic story back to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness. History’s re-imagining of one of the highest-rated TV shows of all time “will allow new audiences to experience this epic family saga with a new vision that is both inspiring […]
he star of the History Channel’s “Roots” talks about his faith, his strange route toward his iconic role, and what he learned from playing Kunta Kinte. Though he’d had roles in EastEnders and Doctor Who, landing the role of Kunta Kinte in the History Channel’s new production of Roots was the last thing Malachi Kirby expected. […]
HISTORY® premieres “Roots” on Memorial Day 2016, airing over four consecutive nights at 9 p.m. beginning Monday, May 30, it was announced today by Paul Buccieri, President of A&E and HISTORY. The four-night, eight-hour event series developed by HISTORY, from A+E Studios, is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family […]
In 1976 author Alex Haley, who also wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X released his book Roots, partially based on his journey to discover his ancestry. In the book, he told the story of those ancestors and the struggles they faced after being forcefully uprooted from Africa. Haley’s book was turned into a TV mini-series, […]
The all-star remake of the iconic miniseries Roots has an intense first trailer. Above is your first look at History Channel’s eight-hour American slavery drama starring Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Anna Paquin (True Blood), Laurence Fishburne (Black-ish), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) and Grammy winner Tip “T.I.” Harris. Roots updates the ground-breaking 1977 ABC […]
Soledad O’Brien, Shonda Rhimes Among Guests Set To Appear On Upcoming Season Of ‘Finding Your Roots’
After its little Ben Affleck hiccup, the PBS series Finding Your Roots is back in January with an all new third season of celebs…
In 1977, an unforgettable moment in film and television was created when ABC aired the Roots miniseries. Now in 2015, the remake’s exceptional cast is…
It’s official: Roots is returning to television. One of TV’s most successful miniseries will get the remake treatment and air across corporate siblings History Channel,…
To honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Oprah Winfrey is bringing the cast of “Roots” to her Montecito, Californiahome as she marks the 35th anniversary of the 1977 Emmy-winning ABC miniseries that exposed the horrors of slavery and triumphs of its survivors, with a primetime TV special set to air MONDAY night on OWN. The […]
The 2010 Hennessy Artistry Series went down in Chicago over the weekend.
“Dear God, I’m trying hard to reach you Dear God, I see your face in all I do Sometimes, it’s so hard to believe it… But God, I know you have your reasons…” Dear God 2.0 by The Roots How do you talk to God? I like this song, because it is a conversation with […]
