(ThyBlackMan.com) Mexican born actress and new “it” girl Lupita Nyong’o is now the new face of Lancôme cosmetics. The French based cosmetic and skincare company announced last Friday that Lupita Nyong’o will be the new brand ambassador. Starting in September, the Oscar award winning actress will star in ads that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Does living the Thug Life really pay? It was yesterday when I caught the news online (I don’t really ever watch television anymore) about the arrest of Florida Rapper Trick Daddy on several charges which included possession of cocaine and possession of a weapon and ammunition. A Broward County ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At one point, Jay-Z was the king of hip hop. Editors Note: Please don’t get your panties in a bunch over that statement, stans. Choosing during the composition of his second album to stray lines of pop-rap record magnitudes, Jay-Z went from the guy hip hop heads could clamor ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently I have been thinking, that I am glad South African apartheid was gone before Alicia Keyes, Rihanna & Beyoncé were born because I really believe that they would have performed there just to get a check. Now I am not holding the aforementioned to the platitudes of others ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The general consensus of America doesn’t like the idea of a musician dominating in a genre that they are naturally gravitated to succeed in; Chuck Berry with Rock, Michael Jackson initially with pop, and now Eminem with rap music. Pound for pound in terms of record sales and pop ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He’s known by his stage name “Lil Tei” but goes by Tylan Mitchell another young black African American from West Coast California who trying to make his big come up. He started rapping at an young age and released his first now well known mixtape entitled “The Rise of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Baton Rouge Rapper Lil Boosie’s release from prison has some celebrating as if he were Nelson Mandela reincarnated. While it’s debatable that the celebration was warranted, one thing that is not debatable is that the mainstream media is always happy to highlight black dysfunctionality whenever possible. So, in typical ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s funny that so many people like to proclaim, “Everything is not about race,” when it comes to a Black person being blatantly disrespected and/or victimized by someone who is not Black…especially a child. From Trayvon Martin to the recent trial and sentencing for the slain Jordan Davis, we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If anything, Oprah Winfrey is a person who knows how to sell a show. Pushing the OWN network has required this savvy businesswoman to pull all the stops to find ways to get people interested in what she has created. The latest venture for Oprah is a head-to-head with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the last few years an actor been trying to find his way to fame but claim he hasn’t had any type of notices from the press or news media from the work he’s done. His name is Jeremy L. Murph an young African American actor who say’s he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lupita Nyong’o has been making her rounds on-screen at award shows and in the magazines, detailing her effortless fashion style. However, the moment that I felt a sense of connection with Lupita was during her speech on beauty standards and self-image. Recently, Lupita Nyong’o attended Essence Magazine‘s Black Women in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you’re sitting in the chair waiting for your segment to begin on CNN, you can sometimes see the segment that comes on right before your own. On this particular day, I was set to appear on AC360 right after film director Spike Lee, a man with whom I ...