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Cheo Hodari Coker

American Journalist

Born: Dec 12, 1972

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All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter. And that goes back to Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston - take your pick. Cheo Hodari Coker

When I was a critic, I reviewed Public Enemy's 'Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age' - this is back in '94 - and I called it a 'Dante-esque spiral of the hip-hop hell.' I idolized Chuck D, but I just hated that record, and I did not hold back. Chuck didn't freeze me out. Every time I met Chuck, he always treated me with the utmost respect. Cheo Hodari Coker

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Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly. Cheo Hodari Coker

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Fatherhood is something that is personal to me because I didn't grow up around my father. Cheo Hodari Coker

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My mom and dad met at U. Conn., and their lives couldn't have been more different in terms of their upbringing. Cheo Hodari Coker

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I just always feel that any black art should address our perpetual struggle for progress and freedom, period. There's no way around it. The thing is you can never predict what the next injustice is going to be. Unfortunately, it's part of being black and conscious in America. Cheo Hodari Coker

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The thing about being black in a mostly white industry, particularly as a black male, is you can't lose your temper in the same way. Essentially, you are an angry black man losing his temper in a way that's unprofessional, as opposed to an industry that has protected unprofessional white males in perpetua. Cheo Hodari Coker

I finally achieved my dream by being a TV showrunner. Cheo Hodari Coker

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The thing that was fascinating and frustrating about Pac was that he clearly knew better than to go down the gangster road that he went down. Pac knew - and he was right - that thug energy could be redirected into fearless positivity. Cheo Hodari Coker

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My era was '90s Carhartt-and-Timberlands hip-hop. That's my rock n' roll. Cheo Hodari Coker

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When you scratch the soul of hip-hop, you find R&B and funk but also reggae. Cheo Hodari Coker

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The first 'Creed' is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Cheo Hodari Coker

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Even though my approach is slightly different, the Luke Cage of 'Jessica Jones' is no stranger to the Luke Cage of Marvel's 'Luke Cage.' It's really a continuation to a certain extent. It's just got a little different flavor, but it's still the same suit. Cheo Hodari Coker

'Daredevil' is haunted by Frank Miller, from the standpoint of the Frank Miller run on 'Daredevil' is so insurmountable. Cheo Hodari Coker

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It's much easier to talk about racism when you're able to use mutants as a metaphor. People would much rather talk about Charles Xavier and Magneto than they would about Martin Luther King or Malcolm X. Cheo Hodari Coker

As long as black people preserve their culture in Harlem, Harlem will always be alive. Cheo Hodari Coker

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One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.' Cheo Hodari Coker

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Alfre Woodard is a powerhouse, master actor, but she's also someone that you want to interact with, someone that you want to talk to. Cheo Hodari Coker

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If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality of your cultural history, regardless of whether or not you talk about it, it's there. Cheo Hodari Coker

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Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories. Cheo Hodari Coker

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Television has power. Cheo Hodari Coker

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I'm a hip-hop showrunner. Cheo Hodari Coker

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