(ThyBlackMan.com) There is something about real R&B that refuses to die, no matter how much the industry tries to dress it up, water it down, or chase trends. When you hear a true love record, you feel it in your chest before your mind can even process the words. That ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is always that moment in Hip Hop when the music fades and the streets start talking louder than the speakers. That moment don’t come with a beat, it comes with whispers, accusations, and paperwork. And right now, that moment belongs to Pooh Shiesty and Gucci Mane. The headlines ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a certain kind of silence that falls over Hip Hop when the music and the streets collide again. Not the manufactured silence you get from PR teams or label statements, but the real kind. The kind that makes you sit back and ask yourself how many times ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a certain kind of exhaustion that comes with seeing the same headline over and over again. Another rapper. Another shooting. Another night that was supposed to be about money, music, and success turning into something else entirely. When reports started circulating about Offset being shot in Miami, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is the part of Hip Hop that never feels new, no matter how many times we see it play out. It starts with momentum. A young man gets hot, not just for a season, but in a way that feels like it could last. The streets recognize him. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In nearly every city known for great food, the most memorable meals rarely come from large restaurant chains or corporate dining groups. They come from independent restaurants. These are the places where menus are shaped by personal experience, cultural influence, and creative freedom rather than strict brand guidelines. Independent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is hard to imagine that anyone who has access to a screen — of any size, at any place, at any time — has not seen comedian Druski’s ubiquitous parody of “Conservative Women in America” (his phrase). Even though Druski, née Drew Desbordes, never says anyone’s name in the video, Erika Kirk, widow of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In August 2022, seven officers from the Adams County Sherriff’s Office in Ohio executed a search warrant on the home of the Grammy-nominated rapper known as Afroman. Afroman was not home at the time, though his wife and young children were. The home’s security cameras recorded the officers’ actions. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When people talk about the greatest female groups in music history, TLC always sits at the table. Not on the side. Not in the hallway. At the table. What they did in the 90s was more than just hits on the radio. They changed how groups looked, how they ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The jury was bombarded with uncharged, unproven accusations, turning the proceedings into a trial of Mr. Cosby’s character.” That was the claim disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby made immediately after a jury awarded Donna Motsinger nearly 60 million dollars in damages in a civil trial loss in a Santa Monica, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know I preface a lot of what I write with “when I was growing up,” or “in my childhood.” But it is factual and rings poetic. In my early years, a movie called “Carwash“ came out. It is a 1976 comedy set over the course of a single ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Michael B. Jordan just took things to another level, winning his first Oscar for Sinners and reminding folks that this rise did not happen overnight. From his early days on The Wire to standout roles in Fruitvale Station, Black Panther, and the Creed films, he has put together the ...