MEDIA APPEARANCES
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PBS News Hour: The Stark, Chaotic Power of Donald Glover's 'This Is America'
An interview with PBS News Hour’s Jeff Brown about the music video for Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.”
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Pop Pantheon: Frank Ocean
Tre Johnson returns to Pop Pantheon for a special Pride episode about one of pop's greatest disruptors, Frank Ocean.
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CNN Tonight with Don Lemon: Discussing Being Black in America; 'This Is America'
Tre Johnson, Marc Lamont Hill, Shermichael Singleton, and Kierna Mayo discuss the Yale Student who was napping while a white student called the police, and the music video for Chlidish Gambino’s “This Is America.”
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Pop Pantheon: Do You Still Listen to Kanye West and Michael Jackson?
Host and culture writer for Dazed, Vogue and more, Kemi Olivia Alemoru, and writer on race, culture and politics and author of the upcoming book Black Genius, Tre Johnson, join the show to discuss how we as critics and the public interface with the work of famous pop stars who have done awful things.
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CBS This Morning: 'This Is America' Discussion
Actor Donald Glover’s musical alter ego, Childish Gambino, performed his new song “This Is America” on Saturday Night Live. Rolling Stone contributor Tre Johnson calls the video “a nightmare we can’t afford to look away from.”
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NPR Morning Edition: Excitement Builds Ahead of 'Black Panther' Opening
An interview with NPR Morning Edition’s David Greene about Marvel’s Black Panther.