Fashion
These sneakers became famously known footwear where you KNOW they can fight
What are Black Air Forces?
This red drink is the unofficial beverage of cookouts and HAS to taste like diabetes to be
What is Kool-Aid?
The term used to describe a man who can’t get no love from TLC’s song “No Scrubs.”
What is a scrub?
This phrase is what you say when someone is lying, exaggerating, and adding unnecessary theatrics.
What is “doing the most”?
This city is where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
These long, patterned scarves are laid down at night to protect hairstyles and mysteriously vanish by morning.
What are bonnets?
At any Black family function, if this dish shows up creamy, runny, or made on the stovetop, the cook is immediately judged, but it's an honor to be asked to prepare it.
Before going solo, this singer asked us to “Cater 2 U.”
Who is Beyoncé?
This warning is delivered by a parent or elder when your tone gets too casual and they need to remind you who you’re talking to.
What is “I’m not one of your little friends”?
This 1997 movie starring Brandy and Whitney Houston was the first live-action Cinderella film to feature a Black princess.
What is Cinderella (1997)?
These varying sizes of "shopping bags", nicknamed the "Bushwick-Birkin" are designed by a Liberian designer and broke the internet during COVID?
Who is Telfar Clemens?
This cookout side dish will instantly start a group chat war if raisins are involved.
What is potato salad?
Before he was yelling about being “a motherlovin’ starboy,” this artist told us “I can’t feel my face when I’m with you.”
Who is The Weeknd?
This phrase is what you say when someone tries you, and you’re one sentence away from a full attitude.
What is “don’t play with me”?
The biggest conspiracy theory we collectively refuse to let go of.
Who is Tupac Shakur? (Is he still alive?)
This braiding technique feeds hair in gradually so the braid starts small at the scalp and gets thicker, giving a super natural look.
What are feed-in braids?
This canned meat becomes a full delicacy once it’s sliced, fried, and served with rice and eggs
What is Spam?
The years Cash Money Records told us they were taking over for the ’99 and the 2000.
What is 1999–2000?
This is the warning phrase from your mother meaning “you are dangerously close to being embarrassed publicly.”
What is “fix your face”?
Steve Urkel’s smooth, fine, R&B-coded alter ego.
Who is Stefan Urquelle?
This designer, known for bold logos and Harlem roots, created custom pieces for LL Cool J, Biggie, and Aaliyah before high fashion ever acknowledged streetwear.
Who is Dapper Dan?
If this dessert shows up at the cookout store-bought instead of homemade, aunties will whisper about you for the rest of the night.
What is Sweet potato pie?
This man wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Negro National Anthem.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
This dramatic line, delivered by many Black parents mid-lecture, is a humorous reminder that they gave you life and can still check you at any time.
What is “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out”?
This 1970s dance show helped launch the careers of artists like Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and The Jackson 5 while showcasing Black fashion and dance culture.
What is Soul Train?