Record Labels
This influential rapper and singer/songwriter formed the record label 'Young Money' in 2005.
Lil Wayne
This 2018 superhero movie made $1.4 billion worldwide and became the highest-grossing film by a black director of all time.
'Black Panther'
MLK delivered this renowned speech to 250000 civil rights supporters at Lincoln Memorial
'I Have a Dream'
2016: "Earned all this money, but they never take the country out me"
Beyonce
This cuisine that originated in the rural Deep South consists of comfort food like chicken & waffles, collard greens, and sweet potato pie
Soul Food
Founded in 1921, Black Swan Records was the first major record label owned by a black artist. It specialized in this genre from New Orleans.
Jazz
'Straight Outta Compton', the biography picture about this hip-hop group, was named after their controversial 1988 debut album.
N.W.A
After escaping slavery herself, this famous abolitionist led 13 missions that rescued roughly 70 enslaved people from the south.
Harriet Tubman
2010: "Hairdresser from Milan, that's the monster 'do. Monster Giuseppe heel, that's the monster shoe"
Nicki Minaj
Name the well-known Caribbean-Italian fusion restaurant in Kensington market
Rasta Pasta
This label was founded in 1959 and later signed artists like Erykah Badu, Smokey Robinson, and Diana Ross.
Motown
This 2017 horror film by Jordan Peele was extremely influential for the genre due to its mix of story and social commentary.
'Get Out'
This Nova Scotian woman, who sparked the civil rights movement in Canada in 1946, became the face of the $10 bill in 2018
Viola Desmond
2015: "Most of y'all share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two-man cell"
Kendrick Lamar
This West African side dish, often paired with different stews or soups, is made from ground cassava root.
This 1979 single by the Sugarhill Gang was the first song released by Sugarhill Records and the first hip-hop track to reach the top 40.
'Rappers Delight'
"Guess who's jealous of Adele? BEYONCE!" is a quote from this media personality's talk show that ran for over 1500 episodes.
Wendy Williams
Rosa Parks became widely known as a civil rights activist after she refused to move her seat on a bus in this Alabama city.
Montgomery
1998: "Tell me who I have to be, to get some reciprocity"
Lauryn Hill
These hot peppers, which give jerk chicken its distinct flavour, can be up to 140 times spicier than jalapenos.
Scotch bonnets
Odd Future Records was a label founded by this rapper and singer-songwriter, after his debut album 'Goblin'.
Tyler, the Creator
In 2023, Quinta Brunson became the first black woman to win the Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy since 1981, for her work on this sitcom.
Abbott Elementary
In 2025, Victor J. Glover is set to be the first black man to do this, previously accomplished by only 12 people
Go to the Moon
1976: "Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand"
Stevie Wonder
A scene in The Princess and the Frog features Tiana making this classic new orleans breakfast food.
Beignets