Erica Campbell

Nov 29, 2024 | uproxx.com | Erica Campbell

Spike Lee is known for films that put a mirror up to culture, specifically how it interacts with the Black community. The Academy Award-winning director wrote, produced, and directed his first film in 1986, She’s Gotta Have It, and since then has continued to release thought-provoking, critically lauded films, grabbing a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination for 1989’s Do The Right Thing and the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for 2019’s BlacKkKlansman.

Aug 23, 2024 | uproxx.com | Erica Campbell

“I am my own validation. I am my only validation,” Taylor Tookes tweets just a few short weeks before New York Fashion Week. During her interview with UPROXX, she tells me she has plans for this years NYFW, but they’re under wraps at the moment. “I don’t know if I’m allowed, but I do have some things going on,” she laughs.

Feb 26, 2024 | uproxx.com | Erica Campbell

Look up the term “genre” in regards to music, and you’re likely to land on a straightforward definition. Merriam-Webster refers to it as a category of artistic musical or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content — a description that leaves little to the imagination. When it comes to the reality of genre in the overall music landscape, however, the connotation is a bit more complicated.

Jun 23, 2023 | rnbcincy.com | Krystal Franklin |Erica Campbell |Fredd E. Redd

An Ohio Grand Jury has declined to file charges against a police officer in the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot last year, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced Monday, reports The New York Times. McGinty called the case against Timothy Loehmann “a perfect storm of human error” but said no crime was committed, writes the news outlet. […]

Jun 21, 2023 | rnbcincy.com | Erica Campbell |Fredd E. Redd

An Ohio Grand Jury has declined to file charges against a police officer in the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot last year, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced Monday, reports The New York Times. McGinty called the case against Timothy Loehmann “a perfect storm of human error” but said no crime was committed, writes the news outlet. […]