(ThyBlackMan.com) There have been a few successful movements (since the late 90s and early 2000s) in hip hop including the rise of No Limit Records, Bad Boy Records, and now Cash Money. Each one of these movements was considered major points in hip hop history that paralleled the successes of ...

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(ThyBlackMan.com) In regards to higher education, the worst hurdle students of color face is acceptance.  I am not referring to social acceptance from other students, but college admission acceptance. They can barely even make it into a higher education institution, much less an elite and prestigious Ivy League college. In ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last year I spoke at the penitentiary.  I talked to the guys about entrepreneurship, post prison opportunity and beginning to plan now for when they were released (those that would be) back into society.  After the meeting I was inundated with brothers who had questions and wanted me to come ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I was talking to a very close Sister of mine, and during the course of our conversation, we both felt that it seems among the Sisterhood, we can’t say we love the Black Man  without receiving some sort of backlash from Black Women. In order for our Sisters to love ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Brothers you love a woman that keeps her self together right? When the hair is in place, nails are done, the feet are prettied up and the body is tight and right you are a happy camper. It’s just the way you like it. Well don’t be surprised to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last night Oprah Winfrey reminded us why she is the “Queen of Talk” with the first interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, her manager/sister-in-law/friend Pat Houston, and her brother Gary, just a month after her untimely passing. For OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, the interview was a huge score, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently hip hop rapper Jay Z stated that he will no longer use the B word in his lyrics because of the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy.  I can appreciate this change in his point of view if you can truly call it that.  However, after years of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As we prepare to recognize National Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day, a new research study has served as a wake up call for a community that might have gone too far.  The Center for Disease Control now estimates that 1 out of every 32 black women will be ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The pop music scene has been on lock down for some years now, and for those who want to get in, they will have to wait their turn. There is Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry who have solidified their dominant roles in the genre. However, ...