(ThyBlackMan.com) Usher vs. Chris Brown. Is there any comparison? Some people feel that there is none with Usher winning hands down. Others believe that Chris Brown knocks Usher out the box. Usher was born, Usher Terry Raymond IV born on October 14, 1978. Usher Raymond is a singer, songwriter, dancer, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of my favorite TV shows happens to be “The Boondocks.” Most Boondocks fans remember the scene where one of the boys on the show, Riley, makes reference to the rapper Ice Cube by saying, “You mean the dude who makes family movies?” The infamous Boondocks scene defines the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There have been a few successful movements (since the late 90s and early 2000s) in hip hop including the rise of No Limit Records, Bad Boy Records, and now Cash Money. Each one of these movements was considered major points in hip hop history that paralleled the successes of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently hip hop rapper Jay Z stated that he will no longer use the B word in his lyrics because of the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy. I can appreciate this change in his point of view if you can truly call it that. However, after years of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The pop music scene has been on lock down for some years now, and for those who want to get in, they will have to wait their turn. There is Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry who have solidified their dominant roles in the genre. However, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In this celebrity obsessed culture it’s no surprise any new milestone or rote mundane everyday occurrence in a celeb’s life is Breaking News. Enter Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa. The couple announced their engagement a couple weeks ago and since then the blogosphere has been ablaze with speculation on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jay Z and Beyonce are one married couple that are constantly in the news, especially since their marriage. On April 4, 2008 Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) exchanged wedding vows cloaked in secrecy surrounded by close friends and family at Jay Z’s glamorous penthouse. Jay Z and Beyonce ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Flashback to February 2009, R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested by theLos Angelespolice for allegedly beating up a woman. Insiders identified the victim as his then superstar girlfriend Rihanna. Three years later and it is now rumored that Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together again however, this time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The death of pop music icon Whitney Houston has executives at Sony huddling up with marketing reps in its music and film division for a windfall of revenue from movie and DVD sales over the next year and many decades to come. Houston was found Saturday at the Beverly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the years of listening to hip hop continuously, I learned that there were three types of rappers in that hip hop music consists of: you have the “rappers rapper“, the one who everybody in hip hop culture, fan or rapper, consigns. The mainstream rappers, who have the appeal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lies on the lips of a priest Thanksgiving disguised as feat – Jay-Z, “No Church in the Wild” The preacher want me buried why? Cause I know he a liar Have you ever seen a crackhead, that’s eternal fire – Tupac, “Blasphemy” Is there any doubt that today ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Media coverage of singer Whitney Houston’s funeral evoked a disappointment I often feel as a black woman in America. It reminded me that many elements of black culture are still viewed as exotic and, in some cases, disdained as such. Houston’s funeral, but for being broadcast live and attended ...