(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’re a jazz lover and want to look upon the contemporary face of jazz royalty, take a moment to go check out Ms. Rita Edmond on Youtube. She’s the jazz world’s best kept secret. She’s currently working on her third CD, but even on her first CD, she made it abundantly clear ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Often when I think about being a Black woman in America, I think of W.E.B. Dubois and the concept of “double consciousness” he wrote about in “The Souls of Black Folk”: It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alicia Keys tells EBONY she doesn’t believe in being “flawless,” yet on the set of the September Issue shoot, the 15-time Grammy® Award-winning music artist, philanthropist and judge on the new season of NBC’s The Voice proves she’s still a girl on fire. The fresh-faced star posed perfectly in futuristic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent news, a rumor has been spiraling through the internet that two of America’s most lyrical rappers are on a collision course that may possibly alter the state of Hip-Hop. In one corner, there is the Canadian born rapper/singer who appears to have single- handedly redefined the rap culture ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The minute I saw online that Adele would be having a new single out soon (Hello), I knew the pop world was going to be upside down. The song had yet to be released, but because of the new emphasis on streaming via record labels, it was going to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all know that there are two sides in the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLMM), but do we know who or what those two sides are? Are they racial, political, or cultural? Is the conflict centered on police vs? Black folks? Who are the two sides and why does ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am quite confident that what I am about to write will prove to be quite controversial, but I implore my readers to please read carefully what I am about to write. I will preface this column with one of my favorite Bible verses, Proverbs 4:7: “Wisdom is the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) More than a couple of million folks have responded to the words spoken by Jesse Williams, which points out the fact that many Black people are mesmerized by words that excite us and stimulate our emotions. Rather than initiating practical and appropriate actions as a result of words that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On last week, actor Jesse Williams gave an awe-inspiring, emotional speech at the BET Awards. Both the speech and its delivery have now become the topic of many conversations about racism, classism, and cultural appropriation. There have been social media debates, there have been roundtable debates, and there have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By far, the BET Awards were more politicized Sunday night then they have ever been before. From the extraordinary opening performance by Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar, to Usher’s “Don’t Trump America”, there were underlying messages that permeated the biggest night in Black entertainment, and that was… ‘justice’. However, there ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As long as the Republican Party continues to be dominated by the same ol’, same ol’ White male staffers, consultants, and aides, they will continue to alienate the Black community. As long as the Republican Party continues to “showcase” Blacks that have absolutely no connection to the Black community, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week rapper Snoop Dogg put up an epic video rant on his Instagram. In the verbiage that only Snoop can conjugate, he said in no uncertain terms that people should not watch the 21st century remake of the epic TV miniseries Roots that aired on The History Channel ...