(ThyBlackMan.com) Last night Michelle Obama hosted an “Evening of Poetry” at the White House. She invited an eclectic group of poets to recite their poetry. But, Fox News and right wing radio has singled out one performer—the Grammy award winning rapper Common—to be on the receiving end of their ire. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Obama Administration recently announced that it is standing by its decision to invite the “controversial” rapper Common to the White House for a poetry reading event. Anyone who has heard or seen Common perform (which you can see by clicking here) understands that this brother is about as controversial as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First Lady Michelle Obama has planned an evening of poetry tonight, and many people are up in arms about one of her invitees, poet and rapper Common. His attendance and him performing are considered inappropriate to critics, including The Daily Caller and Fox News, who’s headline reads: “Michelle Obama ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Talk about awful timing: In a media moment where even straight-arrow political reporter Bob Schieffer is calling his statements about the president racist, reality TV star and possible presidential candidate Donald Trump presided over an episode of Celebrity Apprentice Sunday in which all three black women still on the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Reruns remind of period when Black family life was celebrated… After watching a rerun of the 1980’s television mega-hit “The Cosby Show” on cable television, the thought that this show was controversial when it premiered is hard to fathom. The episode I watched was a funny but truly realistic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Oprah Winfrey fired the CEO of her television network after a period of dismal ratings. Christian Norman, the former CEO for the Oprah Winfrey Network was released due to the fact that she was unable to get the kind of audience that Oprah desired. OWN is a partnership created ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) South Park is a show that takes no prisoners. Sometimes they can be brutal, and when your name is mentioned on the show, you might as well prepare to be embarrassed. The latest victim of the show is Tyler Perry, who is presented as “Funny Bot,” a woman in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Didn’t you like “The Matrix?” It seems everyone did? But why? Was it because of the theme: for all we know, life could be a lot different than it seems? Or because it had so many Black actors? Nonetheless, were there hidden messages in the picture specifically aimed at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I watched Tyler Perry last night on the Mo’Nique Show on BET. It was an interesting interview, with Mo’Nique fawning over Tyler’s brilliance in the way you would expect an actress to kiss up to one of the most powerful filmmakers in the world. I fully expect that Mo’Nique ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Did you know that hip-hop is registered as a religion? It was officially recognized in NY as a religion thanks to the so-called “prophet” of hip-hop, KRS One, less than 5 years ago. He didn’t want to just “spit” (rap) lyrics, but be the example of his beliefs. These ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Tyler Perry/Spike Lee rivalry took another turn last week with Perry telling Spike “to go straight to hell”, once again igniting the debate between their fans and commentators on the topic of buffoonery and images of African-American life on film in their movies and beyond. Tyler Perry fans ...
Nation in love with minstrelsy: Spike Lee, Tyler Perry, Snoop Dogg and struggle to define blackness…
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tyler Perry is the most successful black filmmaker in the history of the world. He recently said that fellow filmmaker Spike Lee, perhaps best known for shooting off his mouth, could “go straight to hell.” Well, now. Lee does not like Perry’s films, in which he plays “Aunt Madea,” ...