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.
Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
Musicians
2017 Kendrick Lamar album that won the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
Musicians
2012 Kendrick Lamar's major-label debut, a sprawling Compton coming-of-age story.
Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp a Butterfly
Musicians
2015 album mapping racial trauma, Black mental health, and the cost of fame.
Kiese Laymon — Heavy
Writers
2018 Laymon memoir on his Mississippi childhood, body, food, and writing.
Killer Mike — Michael
Musicians
Killer Mike's 2023 solo album exploring fatherhood, faith, and the Black Southern interior.
King of New York
Filmmakers
Abel Ferrara's 1990 crime drama featuring Laurence Fishburne as Jimmy Jump — a performance that announced a generational talent.