(ThyBlackMan.com) Quick note from Dr. Boyce: Thanks you to you who’ve supported our efforts to confront Universal Records and the horrible song they were planning to release disrespecting Emmett Till. I spoke with Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday, Bishop Tavis Grant, Change.org and the spokesperson for the Emmett Till family about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When a rapper says he’s gonna “pop a pill” then “beat that p*ssy like Emmett Till,” that’s when we know that he might have gone just a little bit too far. But that’s just what happened this week, and the Till family isn’t happy. Lil Wayne and Future, two ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop enthusiasts watched the 55th Annual Grammy Awards with bated breath wondering if this was the year Nas, whom CNN recently named the greatest lyricist of all time, would finally win his first golden gramophone. It wouldn’t take long to realize this year would be the same as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As an African-American evangelical woman, Beyonce’s performance last night was pretty bittersweet for me. Quite simply it was both exhilarating and excruciating. Exhilarating because as a supremely talented black woman on a world stage surrounded by a plethora of talented black women, Beyonce and Co. were making history. (Even ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The controversy over the images in “Django Unchained,” a white man’s film continues to brew in America. Whether you love or hate the film, the most important message was that Blacks have done a poor job of controlling their own image. We can take control of our own image ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “They say money make a n*gga act n*gger-ish” Problem- A$AP Rocky Yes, Conservative talk show host, Sean O’Reilly hated Hip Hop with a passion. Yet, there he was, sitting in front of his flat screen watching the Grammys, anxiously, waiting for the rap song of the year to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Spike Lee doesn’t need my help to defend him, but he does deserve our gratitude and respect. I remember watching Pulp Fiction for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, if not loved it. It is fair to characterize it as a classic piece of American cinema. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) recently received a message from one of my most respected colleagues, NBA free agent Etan Thomas. Etan is one of the most important black men in America, largely because he has worked tirelessly to encourage black male athletes to embrace their intelligence and collective socioeconomic power. In that regard, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recent changes at some local black-oriented radio stations have listeners wondering how will their lives be affected and how much true and vital information will they receive? The African-American community is again at risk of being divided, marginalized and deceived by some black talk show hosts and others who do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The movie “Django Unchained” became, deservedly, one of the most controversial and profitable films of 2012. Millions of people showed up to see the b****y tale of revenge with serious political implications in a racially-divided nation. When the film was released, there were some, like Spike Lee, who felt ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In music, there are words to songs that become larger than the song itself and sometimes, larger than the artist. We still remember Marvin Gaye asking “What’s Going On?” We still remember Public Enemy bellowing out: “19-EIGHTY-NINE’S The Number…” Without even saying the remainder of the line, those words ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Watching the life of Katt Williams is like watching a plane crash in slow motion, the kind of crash where the pilot tells you that you’re going down 20 minutes before you’re actually dead. The slow decay of one of the great comedians of our time is painful ...