“When you're dealing with African Americans, family is everything. Because we spend so much time talking about how one treats one's family. Telling a black person that you haven't talked to your mother in a week is probably different than it is with other races because people will look at you different.”

American writer and producer, former music journalist

Cheo Hodari Coker is an American writer and producer, known for his work in music journalism and television. He is associated with series including Luke Cage, NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland and Ray Donovan. Coker began his career as a music journalist before moving into television writing and producing. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2009 biographical film Notorious, which focuses on the life and death of The Notorious B.I.G.