Def Jam Artists To Co-Write New Black Panther Stories for Marvel
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Def Jam Recordings and Marvel Comics have announced a new collaboration involving Black Panther. Three Def Jam’s artists – Saint Bodhi, Bobby Sessions, and Kaash Paige – will each write short stories to be published in
Black Panther #23, #24, and #25, the final three issues of the “Intergalactic Empire” saga from Ta-Nehisi Coates and artist Daniel Acuna, ending their run on the ongoing series. To celebrate Black History Month,
Black Panther #23 will see Saint Bodhi offer her take on Storm. March s issue #24 includes rapper Bobby Sessions story about T Challa. In the series finale, April s issue #25, “Toxic R&B” artist Kaash Paige will tell a tale about Princess Shuri. The project is working with the Def Jam Forward initiative to promote social, economic, and educational equality. Each story accompanies a one-page Def Jam artist profile.
Rolling Stone Marvel’s New ‘Black Panther’ Stories Will Amplify Def Jam Artists
Musicians Saint Bodhi, Bobby Sessions, and Kaash Paige contribute to the final three issues of the iconic comic book series in a first-of-its-kind partnership
By DARREN CRAIG
Like a vigilante, Saint Bodhi had to fight through darkness before rising up and into the limelight. Two years ago, the singer/songwriter from Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood was homeless and struggling to navigate a community where many women are pressured into drug usage, undervalued, or mistreated as sex objects.
She hustled and pushed her way into as many studios as possible and in 2019 she stoked a bidding war that landed her major record deal. But then, in 2020, when she was supposed to be growing her following and really making a name for herself, a global pandemic showed up with other plans. With touring and other in-person opportunities still off the table, Bodhi had to consider othe
Def Jam Recordings has teamed with Marvel Comics for a series of
Black Panther storylines written by rising stars Saint Bodhi, Kaash Paige and Bobby Sessions. The collaboration aimed at bringing the voices of young Black creatives into the mix will find each of the Def Jam artists contributing character-driven stories to the final three issues of the Black Panther Intergalactic Empire saga penned by acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates and artist Daniel Acuna.
As part of a Black History Month celebration, Black Panther No. 23 (Feb. 24), will feature Los Angeles singer/songwriter Bodhi taking on BP s ex Storm in an emotional story grounded in tragedy and acceptance, according to a release. A month later, Dallas native rapper Sessions will tell a story about Black Panther in issue No. 24, and April s series finale issue No. 25 will feature R&B singer Paige tackling Wakandan Princess Shuri and the power of knowledge.