My broadcast career has spanned major networks and cable outlets both as a host and contributor: I hosted The Cycle on MSNBC, Hip Hop Shop on Fuse, the Black Carpet on BET, I’ll Try Anything Once on Treasure HD, and Spoke N Heard on MTV. I was also the first Pop Culture correspondent on CNN. A respected voice in the community, I consistently lend it to amplify causes for social justice and political awareness. I write because it’s the most natural thing in the world to me. I write because I love making sentences. I write because I live to talk about the world in ways that could challenge how people think. I write because I love talking about Black people and Black culture and the beauty of Blackness. I’ve published six books including I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became An Icon and Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness: A Look At What It Means To Be Black Now. I host the podcast Toure Show — guests have included Zadie Smith, Malcolm Gladwell, Ice Cube, Spike Lee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Nikki Giovanni, Toni Braxton, Taraji P. Henson, and many others. I love using media to help challenge people’s perception of themselves and of the world.