Before streaming. Before playlists. Before “independent” became a marketing category. There was Black Fire Records . In the mid-1970s, in Washington, DC, Jimmy Gray and I founded Black Fire to create space for music that didn’t fit the industry’s narrow boxes. We weren’t trying to chase trends—we were trying to tell the truth. About our lives. Our communities. Our future. The Black Fire Documentary  is more than a film about a label. It’s a window into a moment when artists,

ONE MAG was created as an editorial home for living culture - where Black music, creative lineage, and contemporary expression can be held with context, care, and continuity. In a digital landscape built for speed and surface-level engagement, this platform exists to slow the moment down long enough to honor story, lineage, and the people carrying culture forward. But meaningful media doesn’t sustain itself by accident. Behind every feature, every long-form piece, every visua