Toure Show

Toure Show Ep. 315: Tyler James Williams-I ActOriginal Air Date: March 16, 2022Tyler James Williams is a star on Abbott Elementary and he’s now Emmy nominated but he first blew up years ago on Everybody Hates Chris playing young Chris Rock. He’s a great comedic actor and a deep introvert and a very thoughtful person who loves to be alone with a book. We talk about acting and getting out of the child star trap and what it was like to have his father, a police officer, put him in handcuffs just so he’d know what it’s like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Faiyaz has a new album Wasteland.     Toure Show Episode 334   
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toure Show Ep. 136: Jesmyn Ward-I WritePatreon Original Air Date: May 1, 2020Jesmyn Ward is one of the great writers of our time. She’s a two-time National Book Award winner and a MacArthur Genius grant recipient. She wrote Salvage The Bones, Men We Reaped, and Sing, Unburied, Sing. I wanted to talk to her about writing, how she does it, so we talk about her work—I ask her to read from her books and break down the choices she’s making. A really powerful master class for anyone who loves writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His Name Is George Floyd is an incredible book about Floyd and the world he lived in that takes you deeper into his life than any book has. The authors Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa went into Floyd’s community and spoke with his family and his friends to find out all the truths about what Floyd’s life and death were influenced by.     Toure Show Episode 333   
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This show has featured a lot of amazing musicians so this week we’re compiling the best advice and insight from some of the greatest musicians we’ve ever had on the show into one show.In Order of Appearance:MaxwellToni BraxtonBig Daddy KaneMorris DayIndia.ArieCorinne Bailey Rae Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denzel Curry is an MC with new album out called Melt My Eyez See Your Future. We talk about his music and about hiphop and about the tragic death of his brother.     Toure Show Episode 332 
 Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Touré Show Ep 200: Big Freedia-I Am BounceOriginal Air Date: December 11, 2020Big Freedia is the Queen of Bounce music and the star of Beyoncé's new single Break My Soul and one of the most amazing performers to come out of New Orleans in years. And her life story is everything. It's a throwback to our interview from 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bartees Strange has a new album out called Farm To Table and he’s a brilliant, artistic, fascinating musician’s musician who’s a joy to talk to.   Toure Show Episode 331   
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Touré Show Ep 152: D Smoke-I Won Rhythm + FlowOriginal Air Date: June 26, 2020D Smoke won Netflix’s hiphop reality competition show Rhythm + Flow because he’s an MC who’s shaped by knowing music theory from his mom, by knowing how to teach from working in public schools, and knowing the streets of LA. All of that is great training for an MC. He’s a fascinating guy and an MC on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie Hector played Marlo Stanfield on the Wire and a controversial cop on David Simon’s newest drama We Own The City. He’s an incredible actor. We talk about We Own The City, the Wire, and how to be a great actor.   Toure Show Episode 330   
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices