In 2017 Showtime first aired its heavily acclaimed series titled “The Chi.” The show primarily revolved around the Southside of Chicago. The season premiere focused on a murder that shook the lives of many people living in that neighborhood. However, by the third season, a character that barely made any impact in the first two seasons became a key plot. That character was Kiesha Williams, played by Birgundi Baker.
Kiesha In First Two Seasons When the show first went on air, Kiesha Williams was just a side character, and her appearance did not have much to do with the storyline’s progress. Read More...
Ramy, PEN15, and Shrill. Something funny is happening at Hulu. The streaming network whose original output had heretofore been best defined by the grim drama of The Handmaid’s Tale has spent the first few months of 2019 rolling out one buzzworthy new half-hour comedy after another. The February release of middle-school memoir PEN15 was followed in March with the Aidy Bryant–led adaptation of author Lindy West’s Shrill and in April by comic Ramy Youssef’s Ramy, a semi-autographical examination of what it’s like to be Muslim and a millennial. Read More...
When Jay-Z released his Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter, he graced fans with a few bangers, including “Big Pimpin’” with UGK’s Bun B and Pimp C. Considered legends in Southern hip-hop, the duo had experienced success by the late ‘90s but the collaboration with Jay-Z thrust them into the national spotlight. The Timbaland-produced track became a memorable anthem, but it almost didn’t happen with UGK because Pimp C wasn’t on board. Read More...
