(ThyBlackMan.com) Living while Black can be a challenge for Black people. It can be ominous negotiations for Black men and young boys in particular. For this reason, interdisciplinary artist and scholar Dr. Fahamu Pecou has made it his life’s work to critique prevailing misconceptions of Black identity, by untangling the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been a little over two weeks since Kobe Bryant passed and here’s what I’ve learned; Kobe was deified in some circles. Not just for his ability to play basketball but his attitude, work ethic and commitment to being the best. He was equally as human as he appeared ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) By now we all know Gayle King disrespected the memory of Kobe Bryant, his family, and Lisa Leslie when she pressed questions, after her initial question, during a CBS interview with Lisa Leslie. There was an outcry of anger towards Gayle King for her gross mishandling of that situation. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The media is a love hate relationship because they should report the truth of a matter regardless of the person they are reporting about. Truth is supposed to be unbiased and it should supersede a degree of feeling. Those that work in media have a difficult job because if ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the past several years, there has been a very disturbing & disgusting trend going on in the entertainment industry specifically regarding beloved movies franchises. And that disturbing trend is when these toxic liberal SJW feminists force and shove their political garbage into beloved movie and tv franchises which ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Lost souls. Parallel lives going nowhere in a low-income, west of Houston neighborhood. That’s the setting of this richly drawn character study about an aimless 14-year-old poor white girl, Kris (Amber Havard), and a middle-aged black ex-bull rider turned down-on-his-luck rodeo clown Abe (Rob Morgan, Mudbound). The location and characters ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you want to treat yourself with the best luxury sneakers this year? We reveal 5 of the hottest high-end kicks on the market right now. The gender balance is finally catching up. Men are spending almost as much money on shoes as women are, as of 2017. That’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In a time when life feels fragile and love can seem fleeting, there are signposts reminding us that life holds immeasurable meaning and love can last a lifetime if we have vision and faith and accrue the tools to sustain what we hold dear. Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re still diving into Black rock with guitarists! Black musicians have always been a part of hard rock and heavy metal whether it’s creating the music that inspired the path of these genres or being members of bands. Now, we all know Jimi and a lot are probably familiar ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Spider-Man was a true game of the year winner. It had everything that would make it a classic before time passed. The story was incredible and well-paced with some cool revelations. I also loved how these well-known characters had their stories changed a bit to fit in with the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Actors aren’t just plying their craft on stage and screen. Sometimes, they get behind the mic and give us some of the most memorable characters in gaming or the important ones to the plot. Let’s look at ten characters from acclaimed games featuring Black actors as the voice. Officer ...

(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 ...