One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

I was just really happy to see Barry [Jenkins] and Mahershala [Ali] and everyone else involved with "Moonlight" get their moment.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over the place.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

If you're black living in the community and you want to change things, there are going to be things that happen. That's true of anybody. I mean you c…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

Harlem is filled with moments of history.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

The only thing I can worry about is my swimming pool and keeping the leaves out of my swimming pool. I can't worry about what's happened to my neighb…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

The one thing you'll notice when you're walking through Harlem is every single passing car is playing different music and there's also music that's b…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a point where a movie like "Moonlight" wi…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is that it is the …

- Cheo Hodari Coker