(ThyBlackMan.com) I swear you can’t fuck with me… I love hip-hop. I want to support it. I try to understand those who are a few years behind me and support their efforts to become empowered and thoughtful individuals. But after hearing the lyrics from a Lil Wayne song (an artist who’d already ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everybody must be lying except R. Kelly. For you to support R. Kelly, that is what you must believe. Otherwise it’s difficult to reconcile supporting the singer/songwriter on any level, artistic or otherwise. We can have the shallow and rehashed debate of separating the artist from his/her artistry, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Detroit native Jarvis Brown is a dedicated hard worker who loves to help his community and have fun. As a youth development specialist for Youthville Detroit, Brown is able to live out his passion, with a little help from one of the most dynamic entertainers on the planet—Usher. Among ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop often lends itself to oppositional stances, otherwise known as “beefs.” The subculture’s latest and most brewing beef is found amid two powerhouse female rappers: Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj. The root of this fem clash is relatively unknown, however, one can agree that it has reached astronomical ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like most musicians these days, Rihanna is under scrutiny for her new music video “Man Down,” which depicts the singer gunning down her abuser. According to reports from ABC News and TMZ, the Parents Television Council has condemned Rihanna’s video for its suggestive acceptability of violence. In a statement, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This morning I woke up to reading my daily online news publications. I immediately was entranced by an article with the headline, Lupe Fiasco: Obama Is a Terrorist, on TheRoot.com. I sat, thought for a minute, and decided to write about it. I have never in my life seen ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The rapper Lupe Fiasco is not your average hip-hop artist. He doesn’t buy into the buffoonery that has come to define the industry that makes itself into one of the hottest minstrel shows in America. He’s thoughtful, empowered and everything that rappers and black men are taught not to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The economic recovery is lagging, we’re bumping up against the debt ceiling, we’re still fighting two wars — maybe three if you count Libya. We’re in a mess. So why do I feel the need to talk about some of the latest television offerings, especially the so-called reality shows ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 1984. Year of the Prince…Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, that unpronounceable symbol, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince or simply, the most apt, The Artist. It was this year that Prince challenged the King (of Pop). Before the summer of 1984 Prince was an immensely talented but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Columbia University Professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, a long-time member of the Your Black World coalition, interviewed Star Jones on Our World with Black Enterprise. In the conversation, Star breaks her silence on the powerful feud she had with Nene Leakes, saying that this is the last time she is going ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 5.) Flavor of Love If the term “sell out” means you’ll do absolutely anything for money/you sold your soul to the devil/ lost all your moral fiber/ made your family look bad/ made your race look worse/pimp and exploit black women because white men told you too/ then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Via Tyler Perry Newsletter… Hey there guys, you good? So, I just finished filming a really good movie called GOOD DEEDS. It’s me like you’ve never seen me before. It comes out in February, brace yourself. There were a lot of long days on this shoot, so I wanted ...