(ThyBlackMan.com) In a previous post, (Un)Holy Hip Hop?!!, I spoke out against Christians who have condemned Holy Hip Hop and Gospel Go-Go to a place of no return. The argument on which I made my case is that since music, much like man, was originally created with a Godly purpose; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote In a Puff of Smoke, I confessed a contemptuous intolerance for Sean “P. Diddy/Puff Daddy” Combs. Such contempt, I’ve come to realize, is incorrect according to the love of Christ that I claim to abide by. Taking it a step further, I must admit that I’ve ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Brooklyn, NY — March 25, 2011 — The National Association for the Study and Performance of African-American Music (NASPAAM) today is honoring Dr. Jesse McCarroll with its Lifetime Achievement Award at its Eleventh National Biennial Conference in Houston, TX,. Dr. McCarroll, professor emeritus of music at New York City ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Surrender Your Possessions Surrender your will To the Lord’s and be freed from Demons embattled. ~ Although I am far from a resident expert at exorcising resident evil, I have personally assisted in delivering a fellow Brother (capital “B” to denote that he’s black!) in Christ. But it’s not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Books such as Pigs in the Parlor by Frank and Ida Mae Hammond and Tony Evans’ The Battle is the Lord’s have helped me develop a different lens as I view and interact with various spiritual activities in my life; activities that I had once “soul-ly” attributed to people. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Chris: I really did not want to write this open letter, and would have preferred to speak to you in person, in private. Indeed, ever since the domestic violence incident with Rihanna two years ago there have been attempts, by some of the women currently or formerly in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Florida Rapper touches on some real issues… The fact that family is important is sometimes lost in hip hop. To be honest, a lot of things of substance are not talked about in hip hop or entertainment in general. So understand; I was a little shocked, and pleasantly surprised ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has reached another milestone in his increasingly storied hip-hop career. This year, Forbes ranked Diddy as the wealthiest hip-hop artist in the world, with a net worth of $475 million. He was followed on the list by Jay-Z, who himself carries a net worth ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a recent survey taken at YourBlackWorld.com, over 83 percent of the black respondents said that the NAACP is off-base by nominating hip-hop artists such as Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj, both of whom have used the N-word and lyrics that are derogatory toward women. In the survey, participants were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) March 9, 1997 will forever go down in history as the day when the world lost one of it’s most talented artists, the Notorious B.I.G. Biggie was “the man,” dropping lyrics like no other, gaining respect all around the world. He was loved by the community, and his spirit ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Call it ironic or even fate that as I sat down to write this article, I decided to download Talib Kweli’s latest effort “Gutter Rainbows” and got a taste of just what I’ve been looking for in the chorus of the album’s title cut as the BK MC claims ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have the interesting privilege of being on an email list owned by the White House. Whenever the administration holds an event that they believe to be of interest to African Americans in media, they shoot out an email to all of us. This week, at least two times ...