(ThyBlackMan.com) Once, long ago, in a record industry far, far away, Nas was a universally respected rapper. Hip-hop purists will likely put his debut album ‘Illmatic’ in their Top 25 list of all-time greats, and Nas himself in the upper echelon of rappers. Sadly, Nas’ reign as a commercially viable artist ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s being reported that the rapper T.I. ( aka Clifford Harris) has a probation revocation hearing coming up on October 15. The rapper was arrested for drug possession with his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle. The incident occurred on September 2 of this year, and they were allegedly in possession ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In our course on urban inequality at Harvard this semester, we want our students to understand the roots of the social conditions in America’s inner cities. To that end, we get some help from Bodie, Stringer Bell, Bubbles and others from HBO’s “The Wire.” Take this scene in a Baltimore ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in 2006 during an interview with T.I., he told me he had changed. He told me he was sad it took him so long to realize he had been living on the wrong side of the law. He told me it was his biggest regret that he had let ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After all the legal trouble T.I.’s endured, will his latest arrest for possession of a controlled substance kill his career? Not if theBVX has anything to say about it, so we’re giving the King of the South a few tips on how to live his life. 1. Explain Yourself IMMEDIATELY ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop promotes blacks living beyond their means, skipping out on education… The debate has raged for centuries about whether art influences society or where society is influences art. In the case of popular hip-hop music, the “art” both creates and justifies society, even at it own expense. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A gangsta-inspired double-consciousness? I think I’m Big Meech/Larry Hoover? Whipping work/hallelujah? One nation/under god ? Real n*ggas getting money from the fu*king start? –B.M.F (Blowin Money Fast) by Rick Ross featuring Styles P?? Earlier this month, Casey Gane-McCalla, a journalist, rapper, comedian and Facebook friend, declared on his FB ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No American minority group has been caricatured as often and in as many ways as blacks. The entertainment media, from vaudeville to television, has portrayed blacks as happy-go-lucky idiots, dangerous thugs, and any definition of a n**ga one could fathom. The industry has degraded the black community for years, simply ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “But they use you for an example. They would rep’ but our heroes got their hands full” -These are our Heroes-Na-s Sellout; Sambo; Uncle Tom. These are all terms to describe someone who turns his back on the black community to serve the interests of white supremacy. While these terms ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I never liked music until I heard hip hop. I never really liked hip hop until I heard NWA. Call me a thug, a hoodlum, or a dangerous black man, but as an 18-year old teenager, the chronic coming out of those speakers took my breath away. Ice Cube was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always had a problem with Tyler Perry. Not the man, mind you – he’s always seemed like a fairly generous, warm-hearted guy – but the “performer.” I say performer instead of artist or talent because I don’t believe he is either of those. He performs. He is theatrical in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “This be jail, n***a,” the young man intones, jokingly. “Not no a spiritual retreat or your recording studio.” Such was the assessment of one my African-American Georgetown students, Derek Bowen, age 20, before he moved on to something more important to him: celebrating the the Georgetown Hoyas’ Big East Tournament ...