(ThyBlackMan.com) Ok. So because of the title and if you have read some of my prior articles, I know that you might be shocked that I approve of the message the Brother is relaying with his song. A lot of things that he says in this track are things I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A 1970’s news article on Aretha Franklin’s heroic gesture to pay bail for then recently arrested Angela Davis has been circulating on face-book (link is at end of article). Aretha Franklin offered to pay bail stemming from the capture of Angela Davis in New York after a massive FBI ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today I did an appearance on Hot 97 in New York City with Lisa Evers, Dr. Christopher Emdin and a few other people. The conversation centered around whether hip hop has any impact on what our kids are doing with their lives. The question is simple for anyone who’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m going to share with you something few record labels or publishing companies are going to tell you – it is literally about the end of the world as they know it. Even all the changes in the way people access and buy music are not going to affect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t so sure what to make of the latest release of the reality minstrel show known as the marriage of Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Evelyn Lozada. Evelyn is one of the many women on that hit TV show “Basketball Baby’s Mamas.” (Wait, it might be “Basketball Wives,” but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Scholar John McWhorter wrote a piece for “The New Republic” about the recent Sikh Temple massacre and the man who caused it, Michael Wade Page. Wade Page was one of the few white supremacists who turned his anger toward people of color into real violence, killing six and wounding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Harry Belafonte, who did a great deal of work for the black community during the Civil Rights Movement, is making no secret of the fact that he’s very disappointed in many young black celebrities when it comes to to social activism. Speaking this week with the Hollywood Reporter, Harry ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Stop and listen for a minute … have you ever noticed that the whole world is listening to our music? Then take a minute to wonder … how is it, if our music is being bought and sold across the whole world, that we as a community of Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Re-inventing Mike Tyson will never work. The genius behind ‘Undisputed Truth’ lies in its uncut format, exploring all that intrigues us about Tyson. Starring on Broadway, for $75 bucks, former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson takes on his hardest opponent. Himself. This one man show was a brainchild of his ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So last night a friend of mine called me, and said that I had to watch the latest episode of “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta”. I was offended lol. I said why are you acting like we just met? She stated that there were two scenes that I needed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You would fully expect that in the year 2012, black people would not have a problem looking black. But you would never guess that after seeing the reactions that many people had to seeing public pictures of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The photos of the little ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Information is freely available everywhere. So much that it is easy to verify and substantiate with a little effort. However, for most African Americans, the major news topics of the day are ignored by their most treasured sources of information – black owned urban media and radio. Now if ...