In the late ’80s and early ’90s, a group of five African American men — all famous comedians — created a body of work that shifted popular culture, altered the entertainment industry and impacted ...

Back in 1977, not long after Richard Nixon’s slithering exit and the election of Jimmy Carter, the “Richard Pryor Show” envisioned America’s first black president. The prescience of the skit is almost ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in ...

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Paul Mooney is old school. And I don’t mean that just in terms of comedy. Sure, he was Richard Pryor’s longtime co-writer and collaborators. Long before and long after, Mooney has been a fixture in ...