(ThyBlackMan.com) They tell me that in order to make it in Hollywood you have to first sit on the casting couch. The casting couch basically means have sexual relations of all kinds with people in the industry who are well connected and in power. They include directors, agents, producers, etc. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Due to their interesting choices in programming, VH1 might be better referred to as “The Evil Empire.” Their endless stream of reality TV shows tend to focus on taking otherwise irrelevant black people and making them as recognizable as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (I’m serious: There are black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Time has brought about an immeasurable amount of change. In hip hop’s heyday, rap music was, without question, authentic and thorough; nowadays, people march to a different drum. It appears that only one vainglorious record is all that is required for an individual to be awarded a multi-million dollar ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Matthew Knowles, Beyonce’s father and former manager, has dirty laundry that has been all out in the public for years and many are taking different stances in the classic case of an affair gone terribly wrong. In case you haven’t been following the story, Alexsandra Wright is the woman ...
(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 ...