One of my favorite comic books of all-time is the graphic novel 'God Loves, Man Kills.' — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
People underestimate hip-hop the way they have sometimes underestimated comic books. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
For me, I was never really obsessed with Luke Cage. My obsession was Wolverine. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Our Luke Cage is a black hero, not a hero who happens to be black. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I can't turn hip-hop off, just like I can't turn comic books off. It blends into everything for me. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of comics: not necessarily 'Luke Cage.' I was more of an 'X-Men' head. I was always more… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
With 'Luke Cage,' we all, as a collective wanted to tell the truest story that we could but, at the same time,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
It's much easier to talk about racism when you're able to use mutants as a metaphor. People would much rather talk about… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I just felt that Danny Rand within the Luke Cage universe... I just felt that he was going to be dope. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Honestly, what 'Luke Cage' is - it's a hip-hop Western. And you have Luke Cage as the sheriff of Harlem. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Most superheroes, when you look at origin stories - before they invent their costume, they just go with what's around. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed of comic books. You have some people that are like, 'We're trying to elevate comic books.' Comic books have… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
For 'Luke Cage,' of course, I was familiar with Power Man and Iron Fist. I read the comics. That was really more… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I wanted Season 2 of Luke Cage to be Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate,' or Fugees' 'The Score,' or Public Enemy's 'It Takes… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
One of my favorite memories as a kid was when the original 'Secret Wars' came out with the debut of the black… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Even though my approach is slightly different, the Luke Cage of 'Jessica Jones' is no stranger to the Luke Cage of Marvel's… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The thing about Luke Cage that makes him different is - on the surface is he's a hero for hire; Luke Cage… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
If a superhero is a community superhero, then is he going to protect his community by controlling everything? If he decides to… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I wanted Luke Cage to very much be an African American superhero rather than a superhero that happens to be black. I… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Really, the arc for the first season of 'Luke Cage' is 'hero.' How does one become a hero? What does one feel… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
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… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of African-American superheroes. I've been reading comics since I was eight or nine years old. Luke Cage stood… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The difference between a Marvel superhero and a DC superhero is that we place Marvel superheroes in the real world that we… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I think the fact that 'Black Lightning,' 'Luke Cage' and 'Black Panther' have each made noise in their own way will only… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The Luke Cage you saw in Season One was a reluctant hero. He was trying to figure out if he wanted to… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I always respected Luke Cage and thought that he was interesting, and I really liked what Brian Michael Bendis did in his… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
When you're a black superhero, you can't erase the notion that you're black. If you're black, living in the community, and you want to… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I always respected Luke Cage and thought that he was interesting, and I really liked what Brian Michael Bendis did in his update of… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Hip hop fans are obsessed, and they're geeks about hip hop. Comic book fans are also geeks, and when you can meld the two,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I wanted Season 2 of Luke Cage to be Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate,' or Fugees' 'The Score,' or Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I wanted Luke Cage to very much be an African American superhero rather than a superhero that happens to be black. I felt it… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
The Caribbean is such a rich place, and Jamaica, personally, is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been lucky to, on… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
75%-90% of the murders that occur in black and Latino communities are solvable. Everybody knows who did it or somebody knows. The reason nobody… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
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… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Fatherhood is something that is personal to me because I didn't grow up around my father. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
My era was '90s Carhartt-and-Timberlands hip-hop. That's my rock n' roll. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
