(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in hip-hop history have matched the meteoric rise and cultural impact of MC Hammer. Emerging from Oakland’s music scene in the late 1980s, he quickly evolved from a local sensation into an international icon. With his blend of rap, dance, and showmanship, Hammer redefined hip-hop performance and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In December, 2023, approximately a year before the 2024 presidential election, I wrote an article in which I had Donald Trump winning the 2024 election. President Biden had yet to drop out and I had Trump narrowly beating President Biden. The article went on to discuss how within just ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The parable of the Good Samaritan is a beautiful story superbly told by the master of story telling. One would be hard-pressed to mention story tellers comparable to Jesus Christ, although if one was compelled to, then, perhaps, the names of Aesop, Homer and Hans Christian Andersen would be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Democratic Party’s low approval ratings have sent a stern message to its members. But what is it? Is it a failure to loudly fight an unpopular president on every matter? Is it anger over the party’s previous obsession with boutique causes — transgender rights, for instance — while ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, Alabama, and quickly signing to Motown, the group carved out a reputation for their unmatched versatility. They could deliver horn-driven ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In June, the court found, discriminatory “roving patrols” of ICE agents terrorized Los Angeles and its residents, targeting not those who had committed crimes (remember those promises), but anyone who looked Hispanic or spoke Spanish or was hanging out in Hispanic neighborhoods where men find jobs, at car washes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently wrote about the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program’s annual National Day of Social Action, which this year engaged thousands of students enrolled in CDF Freedom Schools summer programs across the country around the message “Public Education is a Public Good.” Scholars from the CDF Freedom Schools ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whatever you may think of God, and many of us have notions of God that are quite bizarre, we are apt to think, at times, that God has gone too far, he is asking too much, he wants the impossible. Tell me to love my difficult, bad-tempered, sin-loving wife ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Bureau of Labor Statistics economists (BLS) announced the most comprehensive unemployment rate, for July is 7.9%, the U-6 category rate from the Table of Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, and a weak Job number of 73,000. Additionally, the BLS revised down the number of Jobs created over the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Silk emerged in the early ’90s as one of the premier R&B vocal groups, known for their sultry harmonies, seductive ballads, and a vocal chemistry that made slow jams unforgettable. Co-signed and produced in part by Keith Sweat, Silk carved a lane in the New Jack Swing and bedroom ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The plain, compelling truth that registers in the mind, like a splinter of glass in the soft tissue of the brain, is that man for all his efforts cannot find God. This is shocking but should not be so. Humans have their limits, in common with all things created, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Joe Simon occupies a unique place in American music history. With a career that spanned gospel beginnings, R&B chart dominance, and seamless forays into funk and disco, Simon proved that great artistry is defined by adaptability and authenticity. Known for his resonant baritone and his ability to make any ...