(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I noticed that the rapper Ja Rule is headed to prison this week to begin a two-year sentence on a weapons charge. Being caught with a gun in New York is no joke, especially when you’re black. The NYPD stops and searches black males at alarming rates, and the state has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gil Scott Heron (1949-2011) was more than a legendary entertainer. He was a social and political visionary that helped to inspire generations of young gifted and talent poets, spoken word artists, rappers, and a global cadre of musical and cultural satirists that have contributed to the irreversible, progressive transformations ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At the center of every people is something that is, for them, innately funky. And when they fail to hold on to that something, then they fail to protect their Soul. America is such a careless and cold marketplace that it is easy for anyone to lose their Soul. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I will never forget when I heard the political poem, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, performed at The Arlington Museum of Art, in Arlington, Texas. I was so enamored, attentive, and wanted to know if the poet on the stage was the author of the powerful words. I later ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I understand why Director Spike Lee is upset. And I definitely can’t say that I blame him. For over twenty years now he’s worked his butt off to change the horrible stereotypes of Black folks on the big screen, only to have Tyler Perry, within a few short years, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The MC/DJ duo is nothing new in Hip-Hop music. The DJ has evolved from the position of skilled disc spinner to the position of producer. The MC/DJ combo of the now is the MC/Producer. This formula has worked to success several times over in the history of the music ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) May 25 will be a bittersweet day across America. On that day, after a quarter century of unparalleled excellence and out-of-this-world success, Oprah is closing down “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” TV’s top-rated talk show year after year after year. Hers is a truly remarkable and thoroughly American story, a ...