(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Cornel West seems to have gone on a shameless mission to disparage anyone in the Black community who tends to overshadow him. Now he’s after music mogul and entrepreneur, Jay-Z, regarding his business holdings. West seems to be bound and determined to demonstrate to the world that Jay-Z’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Russell Simmons is a brilliant man, a jack of all hip-hop trades. He has leaped tall piles of money in a single bound, doing yoga one minute and rolling with Young Jeezy the next. There is part of me that respects Russell to the core, when I see ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the same conned and misinformed fans/Want to place the blame on everybody eatin’/Money ain’t the root of evil, fool you need it/It’s just power and the inner-visual and how we choose to treat it.— from “Life Sucks” by Del The Funkee Homosapien and Tame One. Elitism drives underground ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like everyone else, I was shocked and dismayed to hear the allegation that Nicki Minaj threatened to shoot Mariah Carey on the set of the television show, “American Idol.” Of course, this is Mariah Carey’s claim, but if it’s true, it’s certainly a problem. This is not just Diva ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some would say the recent altercation at the BET Hip-Hop Awards was just the latest embarrassment to befall hip-hop, an oft criticized slice of pop culture…and they would be correct. It’s the “latest” incident, not an aberration. It’s more behavior deserving of more criticism, only to fall on deaf ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently my wife, born and raised in South Africa, recounted a story of purchasing tickets for a Musiq Soulchild concert in Johannesburg a few years ago only to have him replaced at the 11th hour by Will Downing! Attending the show, she found herself disappointed, disgusted and slightly psychologically ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “My kid’s can do whatever the hell they want.” Not my words, but the words of Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg Lion, Snoop Lion or whatever he is going by these days. A few days ago a picture surfaced of Snoop’s oldest son, Corde lighting up the ganja with his ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I worked and lived in South Africa for five years only recently having been transferred to my employer’s West Africa office in Abuja, Nigeria. My musical tastes, prior to that transfer were largely confined to underground hip-hop and 70s soul. As any expat should, I’ve opened up to new ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Music and song has always served as a catalyst to help Black/African Americans maintain a sense of internal calmness and hope during strife; cultivate, embrace and express individuality; as well as represented that living connection to and displayed through craftily-strung together lyrics trophies of cultural history, knowledge and heritage. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The culture wars. Not the variety supposedly being waged on the national stage in America this election season. No, this one falls under another category. One that I would wager a greater number of black men of a certain age are grappling with. The hip-hop variety. A struggle that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A rapper who thought that it was fun to brag on Twitter about drinking and driving died shortly after sending his last tweet. The tweet by the rapper “Inkyy” was YOLO, which means “You only live once.” It appears that his sudden death confirms his expectation…he’s only going to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Michelle Obama took a visit with Dr. Oz on his TV show, using her popularity to bolster her husband’s chances at reelection. Michelle is a superstar in the Obama campaign strategy, as she is one of the most beloved figures in America. The episode with Dr. Oz, which airs ...