(ThyBlackMan.com) During the mentoring process, one rarely understands why they are being taught certain things. Oftentimes, one could be convinced that their mentor is insane as they seek to prepare you for a “higher purpose” as the next generation of race men/women. There is no doubt that experience has taught the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There have been many great songs in music since it’s inception in The Motherland thousands of years ago before European colonization because music was birthed in Africa. But however, since the early 1950s, music has taken on a more edgier turn with many urban artists singing and rapping lyrical content ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Diddy’s plans to buy an NFL team seem consistent with some Tweets that he posted in August in which he urged black people to follow Marcus Garvey and to achieve economic independence. Economic independence was only one aspect of Garvey’s ideology, however. Marcus Garvey envisioned a complete liberation from all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Entertainer and activist Ossie Davis would be 100 years old if he was alive today. Yet, it’s impossible to celebrate his life without also honoring the storied career of his wife and life partner, Ruby Dee. Given the heightened racial tensions in America, it’s also hard to ignore that Davis ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first heard that a 2.5D Dragon Ball fighting game was coming out, I was very ecstatic because I’ve not been this excited for a Dragon Ball fighting game since Budokai 3 came out in November 2004 for the Sony PlayStation 2 Back during my senior year in high ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Disgraced former talk show host Tavis Smiley to his credit hasn’t at least so far publicly screamed race to battle back against the sexual abuse charges leveled against him. The damage to his reputation suffered has been swift and brutal. The charges got him bounced for the moment from PBS, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Wow! This is the event movie of the year. So much action; so much haunting drama and raw emotion. And it doesn’t just build to one climax; it crescendos from one climax, to the next and the next, ratcheting up the tension every time. Action/adventure fans will be dancing in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In my mid-teens, I fell in love with Dragon Ball when I started watching Dragon Ball Z right before Future Trunks was scheduled to debut and this was at a time when Toonami was at it’s peak back then. Fast forward to 2017 and Dragon Ball Super and it’s had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Hip Hop Nutcracker was a musical explosion combing old school Hip Hop with classical music and the grace, elegance and power of Hip Hop dancing. The back drop story line of the Nutcracker provided the framework on a story that is relevant generationally dealing with the diversity of relationships ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The only Black daily newscast on television is no more. TV One is canceling Roland Martin’s morning show “NewsOne Now” due to budget cuts. “They called a meeting on Wednesday and told the staff they were canceling the show. They’re having significant financial problems and they have to scale back,” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Della Reese, the legendary actress and star of the classic movie “Harlem Nights” and the long-running CBS drama “Touched by an Angel,” died on Sunday, November 19. She was 86. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuEjEZioD4I From Reese’s memorable appearances in movies like “A Thin Line between Love and Hate” to television shows like “Chico ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people in this country have had to deal with the same of sexual assault that dates back to slavery. It was understood that our women were raped, and beaten by slave owners. The abuse they were forced to endure had a lasting effect on our sisters. They deserved to ...