[youtube id=”tlsvUvVgCOQ”]Surviving R. Kelly was one of the most talked about topics in January when it reached more than 26 million viewers. There had never been such a serious public discussion about sexual abuse in the music industry. The documentary emerged in the midst of the #metoo Movement and was also supported by the #MuteRKelly activists who successfully campaigned to have Kelly dropped from his record label. Phonecalls to sexual abuse hotlines went up and more women came forward with more abuse allegations against the singer. Kelly was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault and spent a few nights in jail for failure to pay child support. 

Soledad O’Brien will host Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact. Journalists, psychologists, non-profit organizations and legal experts will talk about the aftermath of the documentary. Kelly’s interview with Gayle King will be analyzed as well as the young women who still live with him. 

Surviving R.Kelly won the 2019 LA Press Club President’s Award for Impact on Media. dream hampton, who is one of the executive producers, was recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. 

Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact will air on Lifetime Saturday, May 4th at 10 PM ET. 

[youtube id=”_wAU5I696xg”]Open Mike Eagle and MF Doom’s video for “Police Myself” reflects the harshness of racism in America. They rap about the assumptions made about them as Black men and how that impacts their everyday reality. Mike gives advice to a young boy and warns him how something as innocent as dancing could get him racially-profiled as a troublemaker. Mike made a statement about the video in a press release:

“The theme of the episode is criminality and we made a song and video outlining the idea of ‘double consciousness’ where one has to be aware of their own internal experience but also aware of how others perceive them. For black Americans and other marginalized people around the world that perception can be the difference between life and death.” 

The video is from The New Negroes With Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle which will make its debut on Comedy Central Friday, April 26 at 11 PM ET with a simulcast on BET. The new series features stand-up comedy informed by social issues with new and established comedians and artists. 

[youtube id=”5oYxYtelBOU”]Open Mike Eagle and Danny Brown are “Unfiltered” in the first music video from The New Negroes With Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle. Mike is stuck in a cubicle all day feeling frustration until his alter ego played by Danny Brown emerges from his body to give everybody a piece of his mind. The song is a first look inside the show’s political awareness and the type of topics they will address in the series that features stand-up comedy and music. Their inspiration from Alain Locke’s New Negro of the Harlem Renaissance will take form as a way for Black Americans to tell their story with introspective comedy. The New Negroes With Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle will debut this Friday, April 19th at 11 PM ET on Comedy Central. 

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I voted for 44 twice. I even checked my emails in his Senate Office while lobbying for Salone to be given another chance to rebrand. Not once in 8 years was I given any support regarding Africa or the Black Agenda, but 45 invites me to the WH to celebrate the #FirstStepAct ?????

— The Disruptor? (@IWashington) April 1, 2019

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