(ThyBlackMan.com) Hollywood, one of the prime cities for television and music, amongst other forms of entertainment is at the heart of mass media. Time and time again, the portrayals of black people have always been manipulated in anunkind way, and even if they are somewhat shown positively at first glance, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many, their car is their pride and joy, a place where they spend hours most days. Music always makes the journey nicer, helping to bring enjoyment to otherwise boring journeys. However, as your car ages, so does the stereo. In fact, as electronics are developing so quickly, often ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you recently gone to a funeral and noticed everyone’s attire has changed just a tad? You don’t really see the all black ankle length skirts or women wearing modest suits in navy or black. Men, can be found wearing their Sunday’s best of loud colors or what they ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Southern soul is a different animal from what most know of soul. Like any other genre of popular and popular Black music, soul can be broken down into different subgenres. You have Motown, blue-eyed soul, soul by Latinos, quiet storm and of course Southern soul. Motown and the southern ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Walking Dead is one of the popular shows on television. Every time a new season starts, it’s on. Sometimes the season starts off hot then over a few episodes it’ll cools. Once it cools, it picks back up with the mid-season finale and the season finale. This is just ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are simply films you might end up sleeping on if you don’t have them on your mind or if few people mention them. This was the case with Black Cop, a 2017 drama from Canadian director Cory Bowles. That name might not ring any bells unless you’re a fan ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who doesn’t love funk? The answer will surprise you but a lot of great albums came out of this genre during the 70s and 80s—especially when it split off into P-funk, go-go, disco and others. A classic is 1971’s Maggot Brain from P-funk originators Funkadelic. Maggot Brain: When Funkadelic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Spider-Man is in my top five favorite Marvel superheroes. It’s a bit of a cheat list because both Miles Morales and Peter Parker are there. During my junior year of high school, the first Spider-Man film dropped. This movie was in development for a sometime as they found directors, writers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Art has always been a matter of perception and interpretation. Movies are no exception to this rule. There will be movies whereby a viewer become not only a fan of a character, but they are a fan of a character played by a particular actor. For them there is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The motion picture Little opened in theaters on April 12 and is doing very well at the box office for a low budget film. As of this writing the film has grossed $15,499,000 its first weekend coming in second to Shazam the multi-million dollar budget comic book character movie. Little is a fantasy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I’m not flipping through comics or being the greatest thief ever in Elder Scrolls, I enjoy some sci-fi and fantasy—of the Black persuasion. It’s no secret that there’s been speculative fiction not only by us but for us around for years. Octavia Butler and Charles Saunders are often called ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of us know Daphne Maxwell Reid as Aunt Viv from “Fresh Prince of Bellaire”. She has a rich on-screen career, but she is also a designer. She has contributed to community through many different career paths, and now she is has released a cook book titled “Grace + Soul ...