Cheo Hodari Coker

One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

When you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The first 'Creed' is one of the best movies I've ever seen.

— 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…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

'Daredevil' is haunted by Frank Miller, from the standpoint of the Frank Miller run on 'Daredevil' is so insurmountable.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I just felt that Danny Rand within the Luke Cage universe... I just felt that he was going to be dope.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Honestly, what 'Luke Cage' is - it's a hip-hop Western. And you have Luke Cage as the sheriff of Harlem.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Rosario Dawson is such a resourceful, intelligent actress that you can do anything with her.

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One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

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

One's ability to communicate a story visually, honestly, is a bridge of communication that transcends language because the true mark of a…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

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

It's better to write a pilot rather than write a spec show. In some cases, you have to do both, but more…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because,…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

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

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…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over…

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Human sexuality is not always about being labeled. It's about having a human moment, an emotion.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

To me, Harlem is one of the most important places on the earth, particularly when it comes to talking about African Americans.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I really think that Steven Caple, Jr. is going to be a great addition to the 'Rocky' director pantheon.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Fatherhood is something that is personal to me because I didn't grow up around my father.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The reason that Shaft has a dominant theme song is because James Bond has a dominant theme song.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I was just really happy to see Barry [Jenkins] and Mahershala [Ali] and everyone else involved with "Moonlight" get their moment.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Because I'm a former critic, I view criticism differently than most do. I can take criticism, but if you're going to eviscerate…

— 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…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

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

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

My private joke about 'Luke Cage' is that it's a bulletproof version of 'Lemonade,' and that, essentially, it's a concept album that…

— 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…

— 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…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

You can't really say that Bushmaster or Mariah Dillard is a bigger bad, because they both do some pretty heinous things.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

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

Black women are the most passionate commentators, and even as black female geeks and nerds, they are rarely acknowledged.

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In reality, black women, women of color, are powerful, bold, dynamic, and self-assured, so there's no reason their TV counterparts shouldn't be…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The only thing I can worry about is my swimming pool and keeping the leaves out of my swimming pool. I can't…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

In the imagination, Harlem will always be the spiritual capital of black excellence in America.

— Cheo Hodari Coker