(ThyBlackMan.com) Certain people demand attention, both due and undue, based on the level of success they have garnered.  The epitome of this in the world of Hip Hop is Shawn Carter a.k.a. Jay-Z. From his lyrical prowess to his business savvy, none can argue that this man has pushed this ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Kashif Parvaiz didn’t have a good relationship with his wife, Nazish Noorani.  In fact, the marriage had deteriorated so badly that divorce wasn’t enough.  Instead, he wanted to see his wife dead. So, Kashif took matters into his own hands, setting up a murder-for-hire situation that left his wife’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am hearing all these complaints about the president’s bus, the president’s big, long black bus. They are saying it is too expensive, too luxurious, it was made in Canada, it is too ostentatious, and what else? What else is it that bothers them about the president’s big, long, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Florida GOP Congressman Allen West, in his trademark shoot-from-the-lip style, made brief news recently when he dredged out the worn term “plantationism” to describe the alleged relationship between blacks and Democrats. The slave inference translated into modern day political vernacular is that the Democrats for the past near six ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans are a different breed today comparable to sixty years ago. Recently Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his entry in running for the Presidency of the United States. Perry from where I sit is a reflection of what is wrong with America, in particular the modern Republican Party. In ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The new decade has been nothing but good for the rapper Wale Folarin. He released the mix tape “More about Nothing” last August that was a sequel to his 2008 tape “The mix tape about nothing” started building a buzz that was bigger than his “Nike Boots” and “Pretty ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s about time! After three years of silence, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is finally unleashing its outrage at the nation’s first black president and holding him accountable for policies which have disproportionately failed black Americans. Compared to whites and other minority groups, more blacks are unemployed under Obama ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)  It seems like 35 is going to be a breeze. I have three weeks and some change before the mid-point of my thirties is in transition. I am at peace with a lot in my life too. I am in love with music. I am in love with experiences. I ...