(ThyBlackMan.com) In case you’re unaware of the standard narrative of historical films that involve black people, it’s quite simple: Black people advanced in America, not because of anything “you people” actually did. Instead, it was because there was some admirable and noble white guy who saved you. He was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently noticed that my homeboy TJ Holmes at BET recently had a show about professional athletes who find their finances in the toilet. I consider this to be an interesting and relevant topic, just the kind of thing that BET needs to show. As a Finance Professor who’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) BET Don’t Sleep! http://bet.us/V6MIMo (—— Confirmed guests for tonight; Actor Jamie Foxx & Director Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained Film) Issa Rae (via satellite) Newark Boys Chorus Keli Goff Dr. Jason Johnson Also Host T.J. Holmes shall touch base on the CT shootings, and a look back on 2012. Official ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After winning 2 Olympic Gold Medals, Gabby Douglas Calls Appearing On Don’t Sleep! “The Most Exciting Thing That Ever Happened To Me“. Tonight on BET! http://bet.us/V6MIMo. Also Tune in tonight for a frank discussion about how athletes squander their $$ and end up broke 11P on BET. http://bet.us/V6MIMo. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am just a few birthdays shy of officially becoming an old head. I’m actually looking forward to entrance in that club. I’ve been able to grow a full beard since the age of 15 so I’ve always looked old as hell anyway. Specks of grey made their first ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Loving yourself is paramount, no matter what shape, size or color you are. I call it being flawsome: you + your flaws + awesome = flawsome.” These are the words from the great Tyra Banks, who is set to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan South Africa next month. Tyra ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The first music video ever played on MTV predicted the next 30 years of American popular music. If you don’t have hot a music video in rotation now, you can’t exist as a mainstream artist in hip-hop or any other popular genre. This you already know. And it will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Cornel West seems to have gone on a shameless mission to disparage anyone in the Black community who tends to overshadow him. Now he’s after music mogul and entrepreneur, Jay-Z, regarding his business holdings. West seems to be bound and determined to demonstrate to the world that Jay-Z’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, TJ Holmes, host of the new BET show “Don’t Sleep!” took a trip to Power 105.1 in New York City to speak about his new show and the challenges of developing a new audience. Charlamagne Tha God, one of the hosts of the show (“The Breakfast Club”), sent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I find it funny how people are always so quick to blame hip-hop particularly gangster rap music for how the youth act but never recognize the real root of the problem. Gangster rap is just a branch of a tree called violence which was grown by America before music ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve done a lot of work with various media outlets over the years, but it has left me relatively unsatisfied. The reason for my concern is that, as a business school professor, I tend to notice ownership structure, incentives and the role that capitalist organizations have played in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The best thing about the South Side of Chicago is that it’s nothing like the stereotypes you see on TV. Everything we see in the media about black men killing one another left and right, with gang bangers everywhere, is directly contradicted by the tree-lined streets and neighborhood fellowship ...