(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After witnessing the firing of Roland Martin and Soledad O’Brien from CNN, and hearing the strong probability that Donna Brazile will soon be next, it really hit home for me when I read and article that quoted Steve Harvey on how racist Hollywood still is and far behind we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently I was informed that articles and essays I have been writing, content wise, for the past 30 years, would no longer be published in an urban newspaper I have been writing for over the past 20 years since its inception. I would place links but I don’t want ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is Hip Hop Destroying Black America? To answer this question fairly, we must first discard the distorted image of Hip Hop that mainstream media has passed off for the past 20 years. Hip Hop is a movement consisting of 4 main artistic elements: DJ’ing, Rapping, Breaking and Graffiti. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rodrick Dixon and Alfreda Burke highlight April 13 Detroit concert celebrating the musical legacy of African Americans. It is often said that the entertainment world provides few examples of African Americans displaying love for each other but Rodrick Dixon and Alfreda Burke sing a different tune, literally. The husband and ...