Cheo Hodari Coker
1972
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Biography
Cheo Hodari Coker is an American television producer, writer, and journalist best known for being the showrunner of the Marvel series 'Luke Cage.' He started his career as a music journalist, interviewing renowned artists like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Coker later transitioned into screenwriting, working on projects such as the biopic 'Notorious' about the rapper Notorious B.I.G.
Famous Quotes (5)
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I always say, if there's one person who understands a culture more than anybody else, it's the one who's either documenting it or creating it.
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The best stories are the ones that are true. They resonate because they're authentic.
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Hip-hop is a culture created out of a necessity to exist. It not only reflects life, but defines it. That’s why I love it. It’s the closest thing we’ve got to black culture.
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I’ve always loved stories. Being a writer and being someone who is into pop culture, you realize that a lot of the stories we’re drawn to are people who have the ability to tell their story the best.
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Hip-hop celebrates life, death, the past, the future. It’s the past, present, and the future all in one because you can have an artist like Kendrick Lamar who can articulate the black experience, but then have Kanye who can try to create the future in the same way.