(ThyBlackMan.com) Numerous reggae musicians both from the past and present are self-proclaimed revolutionaries. Modern society seems to accept their claims, whether or not they have done any revolutionary acts. Though Bob Marley is the commercially accepted king of reggae, his bandmate Peter Tosh holds a grander title: the title of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes you just have to live long enough to see some of your heroes unfortunately become villains. In this case, it was a trailer that broke my heart. Like every other enthusiastic Spike Lee fan, I watched the trailer to his latest joint Chiraq. Sigh. I had to watch ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all love celebrities. Their good looks, relationship woes, and over-the-top personalities make them prime fodder for entertainment even when they don’t mean to be in the public eye. We simply want to know what makes them tick because, well, they seem so different from the average person. One ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “A massacre kept secret for over 100 years. Now the truth will finally be revealed.” The Wilmington Massacre was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life has an interesting way of changing directions as quickly as the wind. Sometimes we have some control in the matter, and other times all we can do is hold on as the storm rages. In times of chaos, and confusion, a step in the right direction can become ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you die, what will you leave behind, bills or benefits? That’s the main question posed by the upcoming documentary film by Ric Mathis, Atlanta videographer and film maker. The question is applicable on a personal and collective level; one each of us should honestly answer. Mathis has captured ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ebony Magazine stirred a mini-firestorm of rage when it dredged up an old photo shot of the TV Cosby show family, plopped it on its November cover, and then fractured the picture. The obvious point being that embattled comedian Bill Cosby not only disgraced his legacy but disgraced the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a previous article, I mis-spoke. I called Eminem an uncrowned king. I said this because of some misconstrued, prejudice that hides in a tiny crevice of my soul. I was doing to a white boy exactly what whites do to Black people. I was incorporating his skin color ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From the inception of Hip-Hop, the Black woman has been portrayed as everything from a heroine to a house wife to a video-ho. Irrespective of the role she plays for said artists, she remains hitched to Hip-Hop like a descriptive plot interwoven in an intricate piece of a written ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Young Thug certainly embodies the title of his hit song, “I’m a Stoner.” I’m not one to throw stones; but, one would have to be stoned after absorbing music that is mixed with weed, lean, molly, and E. It is rumored that Young Thug drinks prescription cough syrup while ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I warned you and I warned athletes in a previous posting about the dangers of trick roll prostitutes https://thyblackman.com/2015/09/13/sex-lies-and-nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell/. Brother Lamar Odom, who we wish the best, is at death’s door because these ruthless gold diggers. These gold diggers are no different than his wife and her family and the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Janet Jackson has returned to music with a grand entrance. Her new album “Unbreakable” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. I must say that I truly appreciated that she seems to be dodging the pitfall of trying to be “relevant” based on what many current ...