(ThyBlackMan.com) Law 21: Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker. Seem Dumber than your Mark. Have you ever heard a rapper spit a few bars that were radically genius and wondered wow he sounds so smart? That’s because he probably is! You would be surprised to learn that some of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ashley Judd is a very courageous woman. I am not referring to her work as a global ambassador for YouthAids, or her efforts to end poverty and sexual violence in underdeveloped nations overseas, or even her journey here in America as an actress, mother, daughter of a country music ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Expert Traces Groundbreaking Murphy Routine Back to Tribal Culture… On the streets of Brooklyn, Harlem, Watts and Compton, they called it “the dozens.” It was the tradition of hanging out with your friends and hitting them not with punches, but punch lines. Kids would gather and hurl insults, tell ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The first time Mo’Kelly heard Jacob Lusk sing, it wasn’t on TV. It was singing together in the tenor section at the Congregational Church of Christian Fellowship here in Los Angeles. He was just as genuine, full of smiles and singing talent then as he is now. So can ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) New York, NY—The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) announced that they would partner with Benetton for Vision and Vernacular: Eight African-American Artists in Venice, an exhibition of self-taught African American artists during the Venice Biennale from June 1–15, 2011. Luciano Benetton, chairman of the Benetton Group, said “It gives ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A group led by Ambassador Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III is expected on Monday to announce plans to launch a new over-the-air television network aimed at African-American audiences in the fall. Based in Atlanta, Bounce TV, is trying to line up distribution through the digital signals of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a fan of hip-hop, I couldn’t help but appreciate the talent of the rapper Wiz Khalifa out of Pittsburgh. Fresh off the release of his new album, “Rolling Papers,” Wiz appears to be on the top of the hip-hop world. The first thing I thought about when I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a previous post, (Un)Holy Hip Hop?!!, I spoke out against Christians who have condemned Holy Hip Hop and Gospel Go-Go to a place of no return. The argument on which I made my case is that since music, much like man, was originally created with a Godly purpose; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote In a Puff of Smoke, I confessed a contemptuous intolerance for Sean “P. Diddy/Puff Daddy” Combs. Such contempt, I’ve come to realize, is incorrect according to the love of Christ that I claim to abide by. Taking it a step further, I must admit that I’ve ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Based on the perception of a lineup of randomly patterned inkblots , the Rorschach test is a psychological device developed to gauge a person’s mental stability. Interestingly enough, the test is predisposed to a logic that states a person’s mindset (balanced or otherwise) can be determined by how they ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Brooklyn, NY — March 25, 2011 — The National Association for the Study and Performance of African-American Music (NASPAAM) today is honoring Dr. Jesse McCarroll with its Lifetime Achievement Award at its Eleventh National Biennial Conference in Houston, TX,. Dr. McCarroll, professor emeritus of music at New York City ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Surrender Your Possessions Surrender your will To the Lord’s and be freed from Demons embattled. ~ Although I am far from a resident expert at exorcising resident evil, I have personally assisted in delivering a fellow Brother (capital “B” to denote that he’s black!) in Christ. But it’s not ...