(ThyBlackMan.com) “That boy done lost his mind” I can hear my late father saying after Kanye West’s twitter praise of his “dragon energy” brother Donald Trump. And, as surprising as Kanye’s support can be, I was even more astonished to find that public opinion polls show Trump’s support among black men ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some people you just can’t get to shut up. They will stand on what they believe, and they won’t care what “experts” or anybody else says about it. They’ll listen, but they won’t budge on what they know is true. For two weeks, President Trump and artist Kanye West have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life asked death: “Why do people love me but hate you?” Death said: “Because you are a beautiful lie and I’m the painful truth.” Kanye West’s incomprehensible and mindless comment that “slavery was a choice”, this along with his support of Trump have stirred up the wrath of many in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Music is a key component of any video and has a huge impact on video editing. The way the music does or does not complement the images and clips that accompany, it can be the difference between a well done and impactful video and a poor one. Here are 5 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) THE name FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS appeared early in the first presidential campaign of OBAMA but was quickly dismissed and hidden by the media and now after the OBAMA presidency is finally over its a good time to re examine the life of FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS because not only did he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jay-Z is an unhappy, blind person. I know because I’ve been there. Like him, I thought and felt like my mother, whom I resented but thought I “loved.” I believed that “racism” existed, and that whites were to blame for blacks’ suffering. It’s a lie, meant to keep whites afraid ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For most people, working out is something that requires motivation and even a little inspiration to get you through your routine. Without those it can be tempting to cut your workout short, or worse yet, not do it at all. One thing that can act as a huge motivator for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1990, KRS-ONE (Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone), of Boogie Down Productions fame, posited that Rap Music should be considered “Edutainment”; a new genre of thought or education that was both educational and entertaining. KRS-ONE believes in this concept so significantly that he titled one of his albums Edutainment. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The science fiction fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time, written in 1962 by Madeleine L’Engle, won the prestigious Newbery Medal. The author had a fascination with quantum physics and her novel reflected that interest as it explored themes of good versus evil. Initially, over 20 publishers turned down the book. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Music is one of the most important parts of filmmaking that should never be taken lightly. There are plenty of reasons why music should be given as much importance in the film. When you are making your next film project, you have to fully understand its importance before you proceed. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I had a friend ask me about Hugh Masekela after seeing his name trending. I didn’t know where to begin, so I said, “If Bob Marley lived and continued his social activism he would be the Hugh Masekela of the Western Hemisphere.” This wasn’t an attempt to elevate “Bra” Masekela ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There have been many great songs in music since it’s inception in The Motherland thousands of years ago before European colonization because music was birthed in Africa. But however, since the early 1950s, music has taken on a more edgier turn with many urban artists singing and rapping lyrical content ...