
NBC’s The Wiz Live! was a massive success for the network Thursday night, drawing an estimated 11.5 million viewers for the special live broadcast of the 1974 Tony-winning musical — however, some social media users, apparently unaware of the musical’s history, called the show racist for its use of an all-black cast.
by Daniel Nussbaum4 Dec 2015, 5:48 PM PST0

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” did a mock version of singer Common’s rhetoric regarding race and racism. In the sketch, a mock version of “Hollywood Game Night,” Common, as one of the contestants, uses his introduction to say “I play tonight
by Ian Hanchett11 Apr 2015, 10:07 PM PST0

A New Jersey university cancelled rapper Common as graduation speaker just hours after his selection when police expressed concerns about a song the rapper wrote that appears to sympathize with a convicted cop-killer.
by Daniel Nussbaum2 Apr 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

Hip Hop star Common and R&B singer John Legend accepted the Oscar for Best Original Song at Sunday night’s Academy Awards for their song Glory from the film Selma. Common began by thanking God before relating how lucky he was
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Feb 2015, 8:59 PM PST0

Although Ava Duvernay’s civil rights era drama Selma garnered only two Oscar nominations Thursday, President Obama has deemed the film worthy of showing, and will screen it Friday night at the White House for a special event.
by Kipp Jones15 Jan 2015, 10:08 PM PST0