Interview with Youtube sensations Kingsley, Dormtainment, Shannon Boodrum, and Whiteney White
by Jerica Deck
Special to The AFRO
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Six college students cracking jokes and making beats turned into an internet phenomenon with over 900,000 subscribers and videos with over 3,000,00 views. The group of Atlanta comedians, known as Dormtainment, consists of Amanuel Richards, Jerome “Rome” Green, Mike Anthony, Daunte “Tay” Dier, Chaz Miller and his brother Cameron Miller. After viral videos like “A** on the Internet” and one of the first Black Harlem shake videos, they soon expanded their talent past laptop screens.
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Both Dier and Green went to school for music, and the group created comedic mixtapes, albums, and music videos. Their albums “Broke and Famous” and “Broke and Famous 2” went to number one on iTunes. Dormtainment also performs live comedy shows at colleges across the country and after moving to Los Angeles, they’ve worked on a web series with Comedy Central called “Six Guys One Car.”
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Interview with MC Lyte and Raheem DeVaughn
by Jerica Deck
Special to The AFRO
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A modern twist on the 1997 classic Black film “Love Jones” hits the stage tonight at Baltimore’s Murphy Fine Arts Center. Nearly 20 years after people first fell in love with the film, the movie is being adapted into a musical play with a fresh mix of both ‘90s and modern music. The show features an all-star cast including Chrisette Michelle as Nina Mosely, Tony Grant as Darius Lovehall, and some fan favorites like MC Lyte, Musiq SoulChild, Marsha Ambrosius, Raheem DeVaughn and Dave Hollister.
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“It was a very meaningful love story for our generation. People like a good love story,” hip-hop icon MC Lyte told the AFRO exclusively.