While Eddie Murphy has taken on many roles over the course of his career, the one at the center of his world is dad. Learn ...

“Scared Straight” is pretty much the textbook example of a Saturday Night Live sketch that’s built on a “dumb joke,” but gets ...

Taking advice from the late Sidney Potier, Eddie Murphy was told to avoid starring in a 1992 Spike Lee classic that starred ...

The AFRO and Real Times Media hosted “Who’s Who in Black Baltimore” on April 9 at the Marriott Waterfront, honoring Black ...

Reflection on the Baltimore Uprising 10 years after the death of Freddie Gray. Community leaders and attorneys discuss ...

Frances Murphy Draper is the publisher and CEO of the AFRO. This week she reflects on the resilience, contributions and financial empowerment of Black communities—highlighting how faith ...

Smith and directed by Dwight R.B. Cook, runs for one weekend only, April 24-26, 2025, at the Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Drive, in Baltimore. Morgan State University’s Department of ...

Mulan, who is the daughter, decides to pose as a man and take his place in turn becoming a hero. Eddie Murphy provides the comic relief as Mushu, a disgraced dragon looking to redeem himself and ...