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Hollywood powerhouse Tracy Oliver sums up her career simply. "When people go right, I always tend to go left." She wrote the hit 2017 film Girls Trip, becoming the first Black woman to pen a movie that grossed over $100 million at the box office. On todays episode of The Limits, Tracy tells Jay how she has navigated her biggest Hollywood successes, from an eight-figure deal with Apple, to creating and executive producing the Amazon series, Harlem. Tracy credits a lot of her wins to he...

On todays episode of The Limits, Jay speaks with Colman Domingo, star of stage and screen. Hes the ultimate character actor, known for stealing scenes in films like Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Selma, and If Beale Street Could Talk. He embodies every character he takes on, most recently earning an Emmy nod for his role as father-figure Ali to Zendayas Rue on HBOs Euphoria. Colman is a triple threat in Hollywood, with experience as a producer, director, and writer. He just wrapped shooting the film a...

One of Al Harringtons biggest takeaways from his sixteen-year run in the NBA? Never let a rookie take your spot. The former power forward constantly found ways to evolve the game to outsmart new competitors — and, in his words, "provide a new offering."In his post-game career, hes used that mindset to build the cannabis company Viola, which sells high-quality forms of marijuana. But Violas mission isnt solely to sell product. Instead, Al wants to ensure that Viola gives Black and bro...

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe is of course a champion on the field, but off the field, shes a champion for the causes that matter. She has long been one of the biggest voices advocating for equal pay in the U.S. Soccer Federation, which was historically reached via collective bargaining agreements this month. Now, as shes reaching the end of her trailblazing run in professional soccer, Megan sat down with Jay Williams to talk about the path to equal pay for the U.S. Womens National Team, and wh...

Years before they built the SpringHill Company — an entertainment and development brand recently valued at $725 million — Maverick Carter and LeBron James were just two kids from Akron, Ohio who loved playing basketball. Over the past two decades, their friendship and ambitions have grown stronger as they have defied assumptions of what athlete-driven business ventures can be. In this episode of The Limits, Carter — CEO of SpringHill — sat down with Jay Williams to share how he and James...