(ThyBlackMan.com) We know about the power of hip-hop, which is my favorite genre of music. Hip-hop can either produce an entire generation of soldiers ready for liberation, or it can produce a pack of misguided buffoons who are looking for a white man to tell them what to do. The ...
Clear Channel Communications Should be Confronted for Promotion of Toxic Music in Black Communities.
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, I spoke at a conference hosted by the Center for Church and Prisons in Boston, Massachusetts. Rev. George Walters- Sleyon brought together a group of people to discuss the prison problem in America, including d**k Gregory, Dr. Umar Johnson, the rapper Jasiri X and others who are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear music & television industry executives and politicians, my column today is intended to “expose and educate.” After reading this article, please check your “Moral Compass.” Want a major label recording contract? A couple of hundred grand to do your debut album? Well, to save time, I can give ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve all heard the news, right? Legendary DJ Mister Cee was caught up in a scandal last week after footage of him soliciting a transgender prostitute surfaced. Apparently, on the audio, the DJ can be heard negotiating prices for sexual acts with “drag queen” Bimbo Winehouse. After the recording ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After considerable thought, I felt empowered to step forward and address the mist of deception surrounding “Miley-Gate“. Some members of our dear American public and media assert strongly that Miley Cyrus is endowed with the social duty to be a role model; therefore, Cyrus should think not once, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What is the role of the modern day recording artist? If you answered “to entertain and or make considerable profit” then I would say you are correct. Contrary to popular belief, the persona that any particular entertainer brings forth is, indeed, a calculated attempt to generate funds for their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Now I got tattoos on my body Psycho b*tches in my lobby I got haters in the paper Photo shoots with paparazzi Can’t even take my daughter for a walk See ‘em by the corner store I feel like I’m cornered off Enough is enough I’m calling this off” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always respected Jamie Foxx. Not only is he extremely talented in a multitude of arenas, he also understands the depth of personal power that celebrities have at their fingertips. From what I’ve heard both in public and behind the scenes, I can confirm that Jamie has left me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No, I didn’t watch the VMA’s, and judging from my Twitter Timeline I am glad I didn’t. I gave up on the MTV Video (which we never play anymore) Music awards after they publicly humiliated Michael Jackson in the early ‘00’s, but that’s a different story. Sadly I could ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The problem is that most want to cast the performance of Miley Cyrus at the VMAs into one of two extreme categories. Most want to say that either the performance exemplified all that is wrong with today’s youth, or run to the other end of the spectrum and suggest it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What comes to your mind when you hear the word “ratchet”? Knock-off purses from the corner store, a “hot mess” in a public place, or, as society has conditioned us to describe, someone or something that can be relayed as “ghetto”? The word ratchet is loosely used in slang ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Honestly, I’ve haven’t had the chance to listen to Robin Thicke’s summer jam until I was commissioned for this article. So this should let you know where he’s at in my musical radar. Is his music important when you start thinking about R&B culture or is he just a ...