I am a die-hard Gen-Xer. I grew up in the age of NWA, Cross Colours, Africa medallions and Malcolm X caps. Rap was rivaling grunge to be the music of the day. Ebonics, now referred to as AAVE, was becoming more of a thing in Tucson, Arizona and dances like the butterfly and tootsie roll had replaced […]
As the star of ABC's hit series Mixed-ish, Arica Himmel recently took some time to chat with Madame Noire about her pivot from Broadway to television, the growth of her character Rainbow "Bow" Johnson this season, and what it's like to have Tracee Ellis Ross as a mentor.
In an interesting back and forth on Twitter with her fans, artist Jhene Aiko provided further clarification as to why she no longer uses the N word in her music, despite having a Black parent. See what she had to say.
Controversy has surrounded her moniker since she first came on the scene. Now rapper Mulatto has suggested that there are plans to officially change her stage name.
