The Caribbean is such a rich place, and Jamaica, personally, is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been lucky… — 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
I was just really happy to see Barry [Jenkins] and Mahershala [Ali] and everyone else involved with "Moonlight" get their moment. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
'The Wire' is, by far, my favorite television show of all time. And I've always said that my aspirations for 'Luke Cage'… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
If there's one thing that I've learned from both Spike Lee and Tarantino, it's that you can wear your influences on your… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Muhammed Ali is my favorite boxer, and the reason that I love Ali is because he's not undefeated. It's because of the… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The first time that I met B.I.G. was in 1994, summer of '94 - I believe it was August. I think it… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
When I was a critic, I reviewed Public Enemy's 'Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age' - this is back in '94 - and I… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Bob Marley was always ready to deal with the politics of what was happening in the world but, at the same time,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with African Americans, family is everything. Because we spend so much time talking about how one treats one's family.… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Human sexuality is not always about being labeled. It's about having a human moment, an emotion. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Bushmaster was such a great adversary, and Mustafa Shakir, just the way that he embodies him in terms of the power of… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
This is a country that I love and that I believe in, but at the same time also believe that you should,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
That's the thing about TV: it gives you so much time to tell your story; it's comparable to comics. — 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 Image
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 Image
Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 a Nation… — 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 felt it… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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