Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Along with the infamous jester Boo Boo the Fool and the much-despised ...

Why, it’s “Dope Fiend Jazz,” a 35-minute improv jam by producer OC Notes and vocalist Rik Rude. Recorded downtown on Christmas day, 2010, the piece is named after Pioneer Square’s many junkies. The ...

After releasing a song that seemed to be aimed at his dad 50 Cent, Marquise Jackson made his acting debut in the movie Dope Fiend, a crime drama that's set in Brooklyn. Besides Marquise, the film also ...

Along with the infamous jester Boo Boo the Fool and the much-despised slavemaster Willie Lynch, Dave the Dope Fiend is perhaps one of the most iconic fictional characters in Black America. Sparked by ...