(ThyBlackMan.com) I admit I don’t get to attend church as regularly as I’d like, and like most I’m not perfect. Everyone has a past they must face at some point and no one gets absolved from that reality. Granted Christianity is supposed to be about putting that past on the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One conversation with rapper Rick Ross will have you questioning the definitions of success, wealth and opportunity; how to identify opportunity, how to achieve success and how to maintain it while keeping your soul and bodily faculties intact. Ross, born William Leonard Roberts II, rose to prominence in 2006 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a previous article, I quoted a statuette in my house that reads “Any man can be a father but it takes a special man to be a dad.” I maintain this to be true and to be something that needs a definite distinction. Folks use the term “baby ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month I went into the whole ticket situation with the Afrofuture Music Festival. If you forgot, festival organizers doubled the price of tickets for anyone who wasn’t a person of color. Now, apparently there were some who had no problem with it and bought the higher priced tickets. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is sometimes difficult to express your feelings sufficiently to the one you love, even at your wedding. The right song can put a smile on someone’s face, and help express what you feel in a way that just words wouldn’t do. This is why we have put together ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, there was some—let’s call it hub bub or static—about the Afrofuture music festival and a particular ticket practice. If you haven’t seen it, Afrofuture Fest was giving Black and brown festival goers a “POC Ticket” discount. Early bird was $10 and the regular ticket was $20, not including ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Yeah, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more” Lil Nas X Introduction If you’re like most people it’s hard to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Arkansas State, reputable for its love for lovesome music, recreational lifestyles, and different exciting folk festivals. These festivals allow tourists and natives to enjoy wonderful music and more. Plus, with different music artists, groups, and bands; you get to listen to a variety of music genres. Some of these ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Music is timeless and hip-hop is engrained in our culture—Black culture and yes, American culture. It’s no surprise that people are defensive of hip-hop and hyper critical of it as well. When hip hop rolled to the direction it is now with this new crop of rappers, there were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many, their car is their pride and joy, a place where they spend hours most days. Music always makes the journey nicer, helping to bring enjoyment to otherwise boring journeys. However, as your car ages, so does the stereo. In fact, as electronics are developing so quickly, often ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Billed as a “live-action adaption of an animated classic,” the carpet gets pulled out from under this weak and formulaic production early on. The basic story is about a poor young man who gets involved with a royal family, encounters a magic lamp and meets a genie. Purportedly, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Southern soul is a different animal from what most know of soul. Like any other genre of popular and popular Black music, soul can be broken down into different subgenres. You have Motown, blue-eyed soul, soul by Latinos, quiet storm and of course Southern soul. Motown and the southern ...