(ThyBlackMan.com) During a four-year college career, most students take roughly 40 courses. Personally, I went to graduate school for another seven years after college, taking an additional 40 to 50 more classes. During my entire undergraduate, masters and doctoral experience, I never had one African American professor. This experience made ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop is life, power, and expression. Hip Hop transcends race, class and cultures. It has been the voice for those who have been marginalized and oppressed. It has also been a vehicle for economic self-sufficiency and collective survival. Today, Hip Hop is a multi-billion dollar industry. However, over the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Music Industry is not dead! People just want to hear good music instead of the one dimensional form of music they’re being force fed.. Presently The American Real Estate industry is in dire straits. The Real estate industry has been flooded with an inferior product namely sub prime loans, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you were among the millions out of work at any point in 2010, your tax return may look quite different this year. Many people fail to realize that they must pay taxes on unemployment benefits. For 2010 all unemployment benefits received will be considered taxable income. That is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.” -Muhammad Ali DJ Kool Herc, The Godfather of Hip-Hop, the first to loop beaks and develop the beat style that set the foundation of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, I ran into a good friend I’ve known since college. In addition to being happy to see him, he stunned me with two shocking facts. The first was that this year marks the 40th anniversary of us entering college. The second was that he was diabetic, and experiencing the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s far from definitive proof, but new research raises concern about diet soda, finding higher risks for stroke and heart attack among people who drink it everyday versus those who drink no soda at all. The beverage findings should be “a wakeup call to pay attention to diet sodas,” said ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even stellar relationships lose their spark over time. Here are the ingredients of a lasting, fruitful partnership, and techniques for weathering the stormy periods. Joy, passion, great sex: when a couple heads into marriage, this is what they have in mind. Of course they want their relationship to last—but without ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In an agreement formally announced today, Magic Johnson Enterprises — in partnership with the Yucaipa Cos. — has invested in Vibe Holdings, LLC. This investment will make the NBA legend chairman of the media company that owns Vibe magazine, in addition to other well-known brands like the television franchise ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons has released an interesting new book entitled, “Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All.” Simmons appears to have decided to share his keys to wealth with the world, addressing a community where wealth accumulation continues to be one of our greatest and most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A feud over the estate of Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, has created divisions among the couple’s six daughters and has resulted in something none of them had intended: keeping part of their father’s legacy from the public. The daughters have traded accusations of irresponsibility, mental incapacity and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Progress of a whole generation is just gone… The Great Recession has been hard on almost everyone, but it’s been really tough on black households, who have seen much of the economic progress of the past generation disappear… Despite high-profile success stories such as Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey, ...