The Kendrick-Drake battle was so much that I had to do a whole episode about it. I called some MCs... more

Melyssa Ford is an icon. She’s been a star for over 20 years and we’ve been friends for that long.... more

Tremaine Emory is a designer and creative director who was at Supreme until late last year. He resigned alleging rampant... more

Amari Marshall aka Amari Monster was a Dance Captain on Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour. She danced beside the Queen night... more

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actors of our time and in this throwback conversation she gives us... more

Tobias Dorzon played running back in the NFL briefly and then went to culinary school and became a serious... more

Joe Budden is an MC who retired and became an even bigger force in the culture than he was. In... more

Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson is the he author of Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America and a leading... more

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest MC of his era. Is it even a question? But how did he get to... more

BA Parker is the co-host of the great podcast Code Switch and she was a film professor at Morgan State... more

Matthew Knowles is Beyonce’s father and he served as her manager for many years and according to him he is... more

King Green is a great MC and a serious student of the craft. I found him on Tiktok and we... more

You don’t need to work 50 hours a week to get rich. You need to make your money work for... more

Tiffany Cross is a broadcaster and podcaster and a political warrior. She’s brilliant and she’s a fierce defender of Black... more

Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. Her book Caste has been shaped into a movie... more

I went to SXSW to intv three Black activists—Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, Chris Smalls of Amazon Labor... more

A Different World is on tour so let's throwback to my interview with Kadeem Hardison. In this interview we talk... more

Amber Riley is a singer-actress dynamo who starred in Glee and is now in Single Black Female 2. We talk... more

Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who stars in one of the best films of the year, American Fiction. In... more

Erick Sermon is half of the legendary hiphop duo EPMD and also an incredible producer who’s worked with Kanye, Dr.... more

October London is a hot singer-songwriter who Snoop Dogg has installed as the new face of Death Row Records. London’s... more

Bomani Jones is a longtime writer/broadcaster who can talk about absolutely anything. The guy has three advanced degrees in economics.... more

Nina Compton is an amazing chef who has won a James Beard award who is running Compere Lapin in... more

Amy Sherald painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. There’s an awesome story... more

Chef Charlie Mitchell was the first Black chef in NYC to earn a Michelin star. He got it for his... more

Darrelle Revis is one of the best NFL players of his era—definitely the greatest cornerback of his day. We talked... more

Toure talks to successful people to find out how they became successful and to see what they know that can... more

Toure talks to successful people to find out how they became successful and to see what they know that can... more

Chef Jarvis Belton was the executive chef at Slutty Vegan. He’s a genius chef. We dig into what it really... more

Black Thought is one of the greatest MCs ever and the author of a memoir The Upcycled Self. Check out... more

Raquel Willis is a major trans activist and the author of a powerful memoir called The Risk It Takes To... more

In this throwback episode from 2023, Bresha Webb is the most hilarious person I know. I struggled to keep it... more

Omar Dorsey is an actor’s actor. He’s starring on Bookie on Max now. Amazing convo about acting and Hollywood and... more

Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. Her book Caste has been shaped into a movie... more

Jeymes Samuel is the director of the Book of Clarence as well as The Harder They Fall. He’s also an... more

Don Lemon is a broadcaster who wears his heart on his sleeve. Now he’s starting a new show on Twitter.... more

Large Professor is one of the most important producers in hiphop history. Amazing convo. Toure Show Episode 412 Host & Writer: Touré... more

Few Congresspeople had a more harrowing time on Jan 6 than Congresswoman Maxine Waters. In this throwback, we talked about... more

Rachel Maddow is an MSNBC legend and an old friend and the author of a book called Prequel. We talk... more

Shaun King is… controversial. IG has banned him. How you feel about that depends on how you feel about him.... more

My man Mitchell S. Jackson has written an amazing book about NBA fashion called Fly. We talk about NBA style... more

Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who stars in one of the best films of the year, American Fiction. In... more

Roy Wood Jr. could have been the new host of the Daily Show. But instead, he left the show. Why... more

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actors of our time and in this throwback conversation she gives us... more

Charles Blow is a New York Times writer with a big idea: Black people should move back down South to... more

Chris Redd was an SNL star. He’s now starring in Candy Cane Lane on Amazon. He’s an hysterical stand up... more

Sam Jay is a superstar comedian! How’d she do it? We talk about the mindset and the attitude that helped... more

Please note: This episode is a very recent interview that we are introducing as a throwback. André 3000 is back with... more

Eboni K. Williams is a lawyer, a broadcaster, a Real Housewife, a friend, and an amazing person. In this fascinating... more

Black Thought is one of the greatest MCs ever and the author of a memoir The Upcycled Self. Check out... more

André 3000 is back with an album of instrumental jazz where he’s playing the flute. We talk about the album,... more

My 2017 conversation with Diddy about money, relentlessness, and hiphop. Held in front of an audience at the New School.  Toure... more

Michael Harriot is a brilliant writer and the author of Black History AF one of the best Black history books... more

Brent Faiyaz just dropped a new album Larger than Life, so we’re throwing back to our last intv with him.  Toure... more

Zainab Johnson is an amazing comedian who’s got a new special on Amazon called Hijabs Off. We talk about being... more

Note: A very recent interview with Jada Pinkett Smith is our throwback. Is Tupac the love of her life? Is her... more

Eriq La Salle has been a major actor for decades but now he’s also working on writing novels. He’s just... more

The NBA season has begun and one of my best NBA intvs ever was with John Salley who’s a 4... more

Jada Pinkett Smith. Is Tupac is the love of her life? Is her relationship with Will actually getting better? Was... more

Tremaine Emory is a designer and creative director who was at Supreme until recently. He resigned alleging rampant racism at... more