Bönz Malone
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Bönz Malone is an American writer and actor.
Personal life
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Career
Writing
Malone began his writing career at Youth Communication in 1986,[1] where he was a teen writer and reporter for New Youth Connections (later renamed YCteen), a magazine written by and for New York City public high-school students. At Youth Communication, Malone developed and perfected his hip hop writing style in a monthly column called Streetalk, which ran from 1987 to 1989. Malone later took the Streetalk column and style to Spin magazine, Vibe magazine,[2] and other venues for which he became a notable contributor.[3]
In 1995, he wrote the
Malone is the author of the coffee table book Hip Hop Immortals, for which he profiled 85 hip hop artists and features the photography of David LaChapelle, Mark Seliger, Jesse Frohman, Christian Witkin, and Michel Comte among others.[5]
Film
While Malone was at Youth Communication he was featured in What's Going On, the
Malone played supporting roles in Life, the 2000 John Singleton Shaft, Adam Bhala Lough's 2002 Bomb the System again with Marc Webber, and starred in the 2004 Men Without Jobs, and The Jerky Boys' Kamal Ahmed's 2003 God Has a Rap Sheet.
Malone was the script consultant for the 1992 film, Juice directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps.
Music
Malone was an A&R executive in 1992 at
References
- ^ "Alumni". Youth Communication. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Robertson, Lyana. "How One Man Lost A Record Deal With The Notorious B.I.G. Over A Dice Game". Vibe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Winter, Laura. "Making a Cellblock An Unlikely Garden Of Free Expression". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "The Source July 1995 issue featuring The Notorious B.I.G."
- ^ "Bonz Malone LinkedIn".
- ^ "Slam:Powerhouse of Poetry, Emotion". philly.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "1998:Camera d'or". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Slam". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "How One Man Lost A Record Deal With The Notorious B.I.G. Over A Dice Game". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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