tyler perry shows and "the game" were the only black expression on television. i used to joke. oh, well, they don't need us anymore because they got obama. >> around 2014, conversations in hollywood were taking root. were finally given the agency to tell their stories. >> police beating up on an unarmed black man? that's a story i've been hearing all my life. >> kenyon was a new voice in condominium, doing blackish and all the spin-offs, grownish and everyish. >> this is serious stuff, son. >> kids are dying in the street. >> hold up. kids are dying? we're kids. >> he's tackling the trump administration. he is talking about black lives matter. all these things that are swelling up in american culture. >> okay. fine. maybe the storm is keeping me up a little bit.