(ThyBlackMan.com) Typically named ‘the best rapper over 200 pounds’ for his large girth, Rick Ross has recently transformed himself into a solid businessman. Musically, he’s always been talented. No, it’s not a wake up call. We’ve been entertained by Rick Ross for years now, starting in 2006 when he dropped ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A big well dressed black guy attended the Dallas, TX tea party rally with his white buddy. Both men missed my singing performance on stage minutes earlier. I asked the black gentleman who had an impressive physique how often he worked out. He replied, “Everyday.” His white buddy said ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I met Calvin Alexander Ramsey through the Black Caucus of the American Library Association email list-serve. I contacted the author to see if I could review his new children’s book entitled, “Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend.” This was my first children’s book that I’ve read in a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Tina Jefferson is from the windy city -aka- Chicago, IL. The entrepreneur states that her dream began with a love for accessories and details. Jefferson tells, ThyBlackMan.com, “I’ve always been the girl that likes to put just a special little added touch at the end to transform items from ordinary to Extraordinary.” I received ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In the day of athletes being rewarded with commercial endorsements, endless bling, fancy mansions and fast cars, it is a breath of fresh air to see black athletes doing more than running a ball. Shaquille O’Neal is known for his skills on the basketball court. O’Neal played three years ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When it comes to African American men the stats, media and society often present a negative image of our young brothers. In turn this leaves some people visualizing black men disparagingly as drug dealing, gangbanging, sagging young men hanging out on street corners. However, we are well aware that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama’s re-election campaign is off and running. In fact it is “Forward.” It is so “Forward” it’s looking backwards at all that has been accomplished in the three years since President Obama has been President to denote just how far “Forward” we’ve moved. If you didn’t watch the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today Facebook began it’s IPO tour. Tomorrow the social network will force everyone to live online forever through the mandatory Timeline. It’s just another step for the company that is half effective and half diabolical. When Facebook first came out I wasn’t too keen on it. I had already ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The last calendar year was an interesting and progressive one for President Barack Obama on the economic front.  The president took over a struggling economy, even though he refused to openly address racial economic inequality.  At the same time, it’s easy to see that during the last calendar year, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The scramble to dig up any piece of salacious dirt, gossip, or innuendo about President Obama before he was President Obama is never ending. The latest in the long train of purported tell-all exposes on Obama is no different. Due out in June, Barack Obama: The Story is a ...