Author: Cheo Hodari Coker

Quotes

The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose sight of what's going on in the real world.

The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose sight of what's going on in the real world.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

Let's face it: there aren't a lot of black superheroes. So, in dealing with a black superhero, you're going to deal with ugly history and the beauty of history.

Let's face it: there aren't a lot of black superheroes. So, in dealing with a black superhero, you're going to deal with ugly history and the beauty of history.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of resistance.

Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of resistance.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

All black art, post-slavery, has always tried to prove in its own way that a black life is the equivalent of anyone else's.

All black art, post-slavery, has always tried to prove in its own way that a black life is the equivalent of anyone else's.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

Hip-hop is as much an attitude and perspective as it is a music form.

Hip-hop is as much an attitude and perspective as it is a music form.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

The first time that I met B.I.G. was in 1994, summer of '94 - I believe it was August. I think it was right after 'Ready to Die' came out.

The first time that I met B.I.G. was in 1994, summer of '94 - I believe it was August. I think it was right after 'Ready to Die' came out.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

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