Don Cornelius, Thank You My Soul Train Brotha…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Don Cornelius was my uncle. No, he wasn’t my grandmother’s brother or some dude that grew up with my grandfather, but he was a member of my family. He came to my home every week, bearing gifts, dropping jewels and genuinely seemed to take an interest in our condition. Yeah, it was through a television screen, but he was as much... [Read more...]

Affirmation of Black History…

(ThyBlackMan.com) During Black History month, students are bombarded with facts about the important attributions African Americans have contributed to society. We learn that African Americans were not  just main contributors to the civil rights movement, but in government, engineering, and the medical field as well. One aspect we need not leave... [Read more...]

What Happened To the Real Love Songs?

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start off by saying that I am not that old.  But at 45 I would consider myself to be old school and I’m not talking the 1990’s. I remember back in the day when a group was called a band, they really were a band.  The members actually played instruments and they had soloists that could really hold a note. There was Earth,... [Read more...]

The Beyonce Saga Continues?

(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are we so amazed with the lifestyles of the rich and famous? Sometime we are even mesmerized with the not so rich and famous.  I understand that some of us need a form of escape from reality, so we turn to reality television, such as The Atlanta Housewives, The Bad Girls Club and many of the other tons of reality television shows... [Read more...]

Drake VS Common, Hip Hop really…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Here’s an unlikely duo for rap beef: Common and Drake. A guy once known for wearing crocheted pants versus America’s most successful emo-rapper. And yet, somehow against the odds, Common has pinned Drake in his cross-hairs as a fortuitous enemy to hip-hop at-large, taking shots at the Canadian rapper for his rapping style.... [Read more...]

A Beyonce & Jay Z Original: Yes Baby Blue Ivy…

(ThyBlackMan.com) All hail Blue Ivy. The heir to The Throne is here. Beyonce Knowles Carter gave birth to a baby girl Sunday in New York at Lenox Hill hospital. For the last 10 months we’ve all been consumed with whether or not Beyonce is actually pregnant. Is her baby bump real. Well none of that matters anymore. The baby is here and now it’s... [Read more...]

Beyonce Knowles Gives Birth…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Pop the Cristal and pass out the Cigar Aficionados.  Yes, the day has arrived.  Beyonce has given birth to a bouncing baby girl whom they have named Blue Ivy Carter.  In the most anticipated baby news of the year, Beyonce Knowles gave birth to little Blue on January 7th, Saturday night.  Baby Blue was delivered via a scheduled... [Read more...]

Jay Z N***a’s in Paris: A Pop Culture Phenomenon…

(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember once, Jay Z quoted in an essay to Rolling Stone, that when you hear a great song, you can think about when you first heard it, the sounds, smells, emotions involved etc.  That a great song doesn’t try to be anything, it just is. We’ve all seen our fair shares of number ones and one hit wonders, but when a song... [Read more...]

Rapper Common Music Review: The Dreamer, The Believer…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop in 2011 was not all that hot; the usual names dropped albums, and there were too many defunct mix-tapes released. Let’s just say that the best always finish last. And, Common –aka- Common Sense made sure that he did just that with his ninth studio album entitled, The Dreamer, The Believer. First, when speaking of this... [Read more...]

Don L Castor: Artist Spotlight…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I once saw on one of Kanye West’s Voyr videos that the importance and anatomy of the artist has steepened and declined in magnitude that was once appreciated in the 1970′s and 80′s. Music has been generalized and commercialized to the masses and personal and meaningful content has taken a back seat to glamour,... [Read more...]

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