(ThyBlackMan.com) For years, I wasn’t too much of an admirer of the actor ceremoniously known as Aubrey Graham. Of course, it was more of his transition to “Drake,” the rapper-and-singer. Up until the fall of 2011, I always thought he was extremely overrated and over-hyped That all changed, when the song ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African American Lewis Latimer invented the filament for the light bulb that illuminates our homes and brings motion pictures to life. The first feature length film was D. W. Griffith’s Birth of A Nation (1915). Up until then movies were never more than 30 minutes. Birth Of A Nation, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t dislike Don Lemon, but I’ll admit that he’s never made me comfortable. The only time he’s ever interviewed me was during a segment about Tiger Woods a few years ago, and I picked up a peculiar arrogance in his voice and gestures that, quite frankly, threw me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chris Brown has an undeniable talent to entertain While we didn’t watch him grow up right before our very eyes, like say a Michael Jackson for example, the general feeling is that we had him under our scope long enough to watch him develop into something more than what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Yesterday Beyonce unveiled her new hairdo on instagram—a short blonde pixie cut. And, of course as with everything Beyonce does, the world went crazy. Peoples’ reactions were a mix of praise, shock and disappointment, which is truly saddening even as I write this. Twitter had a #beyhairheadlines hashtag where ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I will always love Whitney Houston. And millions of other people will too. I’m recalling my recollection of the news of Whitney Houston after just watching film clips of her on YouTube. I had just finished turkey chili over chef Rick Bayless’s Frontera lime + sea salt tortilla chips, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last weekend I saw the award-winning movie “Fruitvale Station.” For anyone not familiar, the film is about the last 24 hours of Oscar Grant’s life, a 22-year-old black male who was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in the early morning of January ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I hate R&B, for the most part. Of course, it sounds harsh and as a music lover and writer, discovering music old and new is always an interesting and joyous experience that can never be expendable. With well over 3000 songs on my iPad of all genres, I’ve became ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I like Spike Lee. I really can’t believe that it’s been 27 years since his breakthrough flick “She’s Gotta Have It” flooded the consciousness of the masses. He’s gone on to make some real classics, Malcolm X of course being my lead favorite from his vast body of work. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The fact blacks praised Jay Z for his comments on the Zimmerman verdict and bashed CNN’s Don Lemon for pointing out the problems blacks bring on themselves is exactly what’s wrong with “Black America.” I’ve always rejected the news media and self-appointed black leaders’ persistent efforts in relegating blacks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This month Homeland star David Harewood has criticised the lack of opportunities for young black actors in the UK and advised them to head Stateside to find stardom. He is not the only one: more and more black UK actors have begun to realise that they might never find ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The only way to change the radio format is to change ourselves. One day at a time. It is a far gone conclusion, that the radio format today is particularly garbage from top to bottom. For hip hop, guns, sex and drugs govern the airwaves. For R&B it’s more ...