“Before You leave this planet, it is important that you get in touch with what your purpose is and not be defined by what your job or career may be..but find out what it is you are suppose to do for the betterment of mankind and everything else will fall into place.” – Kobie during our Central Park conversation
August 24, 2011
Kobie Brown “From Fatherless To Fatherhood” (2012 Film)
February 14, 2011
Toure on Upcoming Projects , Storytelling, His Story, Multicultural America & Book Recommendations
While checking my email at the Soho Apple Store, I ran into long time friend and very talented writer, Toure. Referred to as “a one-man media conglomerate” by The Daily Beast’s editor Tina Brown, the pop culture commentator has his hands in various media works, from penning articles for Rolling Stone, where the scribe has been a long-time contributing editor, to contributing to MSNBC and hosting the Fuse’s Hip Hop Shop. His TL is not short of tell-it-like-it is commentary. Touré is expecting the release of his fourth book, Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? on September 13. These days Toure is Fuse’s pop culture and music insider Touré, takes on double hosting duties with two of the networks hottest shows, “Hip Hop Shop” and “On The Record with Fuse.”
In addition, Touré is the author of Never Drank the Kool-Aid, a collection of published articles, Soul City, a novel, and The Portable Promised Land, a collection of short stories. He is also a Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone, formerly a host and correspondent at BET and was CNN’s first Pop Culture Correspondent. He has appeared on the “Today Show,” “the Paula Zahn show,” “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren,” “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch,” “Topic A with Tina Brown,” “Anderson Cooper 360°,” “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “Dateline NBC,” “Nightline,” and many others.
September 18, 2010
Jerry Murphy: From Drafting to Painting “Almost Angelina”
Jerry Murphy is a much loved local artist in Woodhaven, Queens whose current work is influenced by portals and perspectives. His first painting was of his wife over 40 years ago and has not stopped painting and creating a window into life with his work. I visited and filmed Jerry at his home gallery in Woodhaven, Queens.
May 26, 2010
Georgia: Family Business, Hair Culture, The Wall & Customer Service
Meet Sister-in-Laws Jodie Patterson and Kiara Ellozy , the founders of Georgia. Part beauty store and part salon, Georgia harbors a soft spot for the frizzy-haired masses. Named after co-founder Jodies corkscrew-curled daughter, the inviting space was designed by Christian Wassmann and Serge Becker, the creative mind behind hot spots like the Box and Bowery Bar. — Their inspiration is Harlem native Madam CJ Walker..As a manufacturer of hair care products for African American women, Madame C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, became one of the first American women millionaires. http://www.georgiany.com/index.php
May 16, 2010
My Small Story: Pia, Anonymous, DJ MoMa, Fashion Addict & Young Global
Filmed at night on the streets of NYC. Pia has a love story; Anonymous has a story about NYC’s “underbelly”; DJ MoMa has a BIG music announcement; Fashion Addict reveals her need for fine garments & Young Global shares his story about the “circle of influence”.
