(ThyBlackMan.com) It is an unfortunate truth that in the 21st century world of advertising, African Americans often continue to be portrayed in a demeaning and stereotypical manner. Within the past week alone we’ve seen several examples of corporations apologizing for racist imagery, including a controversial online Mountain Dew ad. While ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I started last week by being traumatized by an ad released by Mountain Dew, which I referred to as “the most racist ad in history.” The commercial featured a battered white woman being intimidated by a police lineup full of black men, along with a demonic negro goat making a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The family of the late Emmett Till is entirely fed up with corporations who provide sponsorship to rappers seeking to desecrate the memory of civil rights figures, as well as contribute to the destruction of the black community. After an offensive lyric written by the artist Lil Wayne, the Till family ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, the rapper TI expressed a bit of outrage over the link that the website TMZ made between Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the hip-hop music industry. Earlier in the week, it was reported that Tsarnaev loved to listen to hip-hop music, and that he was a a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) William Leonard Roberts II is a clown. He’s a clown who has made a very good living pretending to be a notorious international drug dealer surrounded by guns, henchmen, champagne and women. He is the prime example of just how unreal hip hop has become. The stories Roberts tells ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Director Antoine Fuqua is one of the most talented people in all of Hollywood. His films, including “Training Day” and “Olympus Has Fallen” have done quite well at the box office, and he deserves tremendous credit for his accomplishments. Of all the roles that Antoine might have played in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know you guys heard about the Rick Ross lyric that basically stated that he slips drugs into women’s drinks and then has his way with them. I don’t feel like posting the link, so you guys will have to just google it. This really made me think about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 1991, Rev. Jesse Jackson asked the question “is hip hop music educating or eroding young minds.” 1992, the Parents Music Resource Center was instrumental in applying public pressure and forcing rapper Ice-T to recall his album and remove the song “Cop Killer” from it. Various law enforcement organizations pledged ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Well Singer Justin Timberlake is everywhere. Or at least he seems to be. The actor and pop/R&B phenom recently hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the fifth time — a historic event that drew appearances from comedic heavyweights like Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase — and followed that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I just found out that Michael Baisden is “leaving” radio. How does THAT sound to you? Of course you KNOW it HAD to be something pretty rough going on behind the scenes but I have to applaud him for how he maintained his composure in the manner in which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If Grammy-winning singer Beyonce was hoping to get lots of attention with her newly released buzz single, “Bow Down/I Been On”—well—mission accomplished. Only thing is, it’s likely not the kind of buzz Mrs. Jay-Z Carter was hoping to hear. Plenty of people are turned off by the song’s disrespectfulness ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Syrup. Sizzurp. Lean. Purple drank. Texas tea. Whatever it’s called, the recreational drug made popular in Southern circles is now making headlines with the recent hospitalization of rap superstar Lil Wayne. Weezy, who is reportedly “recovering” after suffering multiple seizures, is a self-proclaimed sizzurp fiend who has alluded to ...