(ThyBlackMan.com) Kanye West may be a lot of things, but dull is not one of them. His latest foray into gospel music inspired “Sunday Services” has some wondering if he has really lost his mind, or has found peace and salvation through these spiritual based gatherings. The jury is still ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s fall and for me that means chilling inside and going through shows I missed out on Netflix. Now, there are a ton of shows to catch up and I’m not one to sit front of the TV and catch stuff when it airs. Plus you have all of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are albums that are considered everyone’s favorites. Like, everyone agrees you should check these albums out. Then there are albums that folks say that you should check out but you probably never heard of the artist before. I’m not going to lie, often times the ones everyone say ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black and Blue, a very modern dirty cop movie, is blessed with a tough-as-nails protagonist, set in a town where locals don’t trust police and told in short succinct scenes that have a steady rhythm. B&B doesn’t have the pedigree of a Sidney Lumet crime drama (Prince of the City), the blistering ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The lineup at the 2019 New York Film Festival included art films that will likely be remembered more for their beauty than their content. Yet there were gems among the programming that will win awards, play in art film houses, thrive on streaming services and be remembered favorably. American ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You couldn’t guess from her dramatic Oscar-winning performance in 12 Years A Slave or her kinetic warrior/spy role in Black Panther that Lupita Nyong’o has a gift for romantic comedy. But she does. In fact, this rom/com/horror movie hybrid is the perfect vehicle for her frothy comic expression. Her ingenuity, a cast of adorable kids, a smarmy ...
(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) Nearly 500,000 film lovers flocked to the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, screening hundreds of films from all over the world. Artistry and diversity, the hallmarks of TIFF, were on view. Black artists, filmmakers and films were a key part of the mix. Big budget movies, small indie films, ...
(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) We live in a stressful society. Every time we look up something tragic is happening in the news. Our government has turned into one big reality tv show, and it’s a disgrace in the likes of which many of thought we’d never see. There is craziness on the job. ...
(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. ...