Paying Homage

A verified registry of the people building, making, and shaping what shows up on black.wiki. Over time, verified entries will receive plaques, certificates, and contributor cards — a durable record of who put in the work.

All Musicians Writers Designers Founders Podcasters Visual Artists Builders Filmmakers Places

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Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.

2017 Kendrick Lamar album that won the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city

2012 Kendrick Lamar's major-label debut, a sprawling Compton coming-of-age story.

Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp a Butterfly

2015 album mapping racial trauma, Black mental health, and the cost of fame.

Kiese Laymon — Heavy

2018 Laymon memoir on his Mississippi childhood, body, food, and writing.

Killer Mike — Michael

Killer Mike's 2023 solo album exploring fatherhood, faith, and the Black Southern interior.

King of New York

Abel Ferrara's 1990 crime drama featuring Laurence Fishburne as Jimmy Jump — a performance that announced a generational talent.