(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently hip hop rapper Jay Z stated that he will no longer use the B word in his lyrics because of the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy. I can appreciate this change in his point of view if you can truly call it that. However, after years of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The pop music scene has been on lock down for some years now, and for those who want to get in, they will have to wait their turn. There is Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry who have solidified their dominant roles in the genre. However, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In this celebrity obsessed culture it’s no surprise any new milestone or rote mundane everyday occurrence in a celeb’s life is Breaking News. Enter Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa. The couple announced their engagement a couple weeks ago and since then the blogosphere has been ablaze with speculation on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was going on ten years of age when the movie SuperFly was released. It was the talk of nearly everyone I came in contact with. My first experience came with the album cover and soundtrack, the pictures and the music and although I would not be able to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jay Z and Beyonce are one married couple that are constantly in the news, especially since their marriage. On April 4, 2008 Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) exchanged wedding vows cloaked in secrecy surrounded by close friends and family at Jay Z’s glamorous penthouse. Jay Z and Beyonce ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest controversy in Beyoncé Knowles news may be her breast-feeding Blue Ivy in public, but I’m still shaking my head about the recent fuss over her True Match commercial for L’Oréal, which highlights the singer’s mixed-race heritage. In the ad the star says, “There’s a story behind my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Congratulations to Ms. Octavia Spencer for winning the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for The Help (2011). I thoroughly enjoyed her on screen passion, humor and audacity. Her irreverence shimmered like glitter, her rage took on an artistic flair, and the relationship ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) @ Jones Hall For The Performing Arts. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was conceived in Rogers, Texas, and later moved to New York City. Alvin Ailey would see his dance company flourish and grow in to an American institution over the course of his life. In the late ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Flashback to February 2009, R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested by theLos Angelespolice for allegedly beating up a woman. Insiders identified the victim as his then superstar girlfriend Rihanna. Three years later and it is now rumored that Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together again however, this time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The death of pop music icon Whitney Houston has executives at Sony huddling up with marketing reps in its music and film division for a windfall of revenue from movie and DVD sales over the next year and many decades to come. Houston was found Saturday at the Beverly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the years of listening to hip hop continuously, I learned that there were three types of rappers in that hip hop music consists of: you have the “rappers rapper“, the one who everybody in hip hop culture, fan or rapper, consigns. The mainstream rappers, who have the appeal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Led by Robert Battle in His Inaugural Season as Artistic Director, Returns to Houston March 2-4, Presented by Society for the Performing Arts Programs to include Home by Hip-Hop Choreographer Rennie Harris; Paul Taylor’s Arden Court; Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16; Robert Battle’s Takademe, The ...