(ThyBlackMan.com) To say their names in one sentence, together, is like committing an act of auto-lingual arousal. These two women have helped to cement a redefinition of beauty that boldly steps away from an otherwise bland field of homogenous features that all seem to glorify a very small global ethnic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black slavery never ended, it just took root in the minds of black Americans. Roots that would continue to cause black people to stay divided, make excuses, sabotage themselves, abort their unborn children, allow the oppressor to define them, blame everybody else, always struggle, need help from the government, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whitney Houston was a singer with an amazing voice and stage presence. Dropping her first solo album in 1985, she was also what you’d call a hit machine with a strong musical pedigree. One could say that she was going to be a star regardless but Whitney Houston had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jimi Hendrix is one of the earliest guitar gods in rock history. The things we did with and to a guitar were groundbreaking in the 1960s. His playing became one of the concrete tracks in hard rock with a number of musicians pointing to him as an inspiration for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our previous showcase on Black rock bands noted several acts for you to check out. However, not all of them featured the greatest Black lead singers in rock history. It was more about the artists as a band. Let’s look at five truly incredible Black frontmen. 5. Ice-T (Rock ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Extreme metal isn’t so much a subgenre of heavy metal as a category of a several subgenres. This is metal that more extreme than other genres—particularly traditional heavy metal, neo-classical, power metal—in speed, aggression, vocals, and content. Before we get into our five Black musicians in extreme metal, here’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re back on Black rock music! Last time, we looked at some Black frontmen of a few renown bands. In that article and our article on Black rock bands, I also mentioned albums to check out. Now we’re going to do a quick dive into five of those albums ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the rate of unemployment reaching record highs across the country in the last few years, many men are at home while the women in their lives are at work. If you look at the statistics in Black communities, the statistics get worse-much worse. The rate of unemployment among ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Up ye mighty Race” Pan Africanist Marcus Garvey was born in the parish of St, Ann, the same parish as Bob Marley and Burning Spear. He became a master printer at the age of eighteen. “Africa for the Africans” a term attached to Garvey actually came from Dr. Robert ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) North American popular music is today heard all around the world. How and where did it originate, and how did it change over time? The music of a people is generated by those at the bottom of society, closest to the land. In the US that would be the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve all witnessed the sad scene before: once spry and energetic rappers who have overstayed their welcome to the genre and now, well, they’re just old. Looking at an old rapper that has clearly seen younger days and is now trying to catch their breath in between lyrics is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Music and song has always served as a catalyst to help Black/African Americans maintain a sense of internal calmness and hope during strife; cultivate, embrace and express individuality; as well as represented that living connection to and displayed through craftily-strung together lyrics trophies of cultural history, knowledge and heritage. ...