Sonja Sohn

Name: Sonja Sohn Hails from: Virginia Occupation: Actress and activist Why She’s a Babe: As Detective Kima Greggs on the best television show of all time, The Wire , Sonja proved that she could drink, smoke, fuck, and fuck up her relationships right alongside the big boys. And now the Blasian former slam poet –who goes by her Korean American mother’s maiden name because her father didn’t approve of her career choice–is turning her experiences from the show and from filming in the bleakest neighborhoods of Baltimore into a nonprofit called “ reWIRED For Change ,” a life-skills, violence prevention, and self-esteem-building program targeting ... Read Full Story

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During it's five year run The Wire was the best damn show on television, period. And I'm not just saying that because I'm from Baltimore, honestly the whole show was just top shelf from the actors and storylines to the set and cinematography, nothing was sub-par. The music was always indicative of Baltimore, whether it be "club" music playing in somebody's car or Club Queen K-Swift (RIP) making a cameo DJ-ing some party, the music mimicked the life and that brings me to my point: DoMaJe's interpretation of the Tom Waits' "Way Down In The Hole" is nothing less than genius. Yeah I said ... Read Full Story