After reading the amazing story about Meagan Good on GlobalGrind yesterday, I had to call her and talk to her and tell her myself how Hollywood might be plain stupid. Throughout her career, Meagan has been one of the best actresses to step in front of a camera and I feel like it is time […]
When I ran into Wendi Deng Murdoch last week at a screening of “Snow Flower And The Secret Fan,” a movie she produced, I asked her if she could attend my annual charity event, Art For Life, that is happening at my home in the Hamptons in two weeks. She said that she really wanted […]
To all my Republican friends, billionaires and multi-millionaires, stop bitching and pay your damn taxes. How dare you make record profits and not want to contribute more to fixing our problems while some in our country are suffering the worst economic times since the Great Depression? I DON’T NEED A TAX BREAK. I AM RICH. […]
After reading Bow Wow‘s personal letter about his baby daughter with Joie Chavis, I was really inspired and decided to pick up the phone and talk to my good friend. I know his heart is in a good place and reading his pain and joy really moved me. I’ve decided to share a bit of […]
In 2008 this country was in a crisis, and we came together and worked tirelessly to bring in leadership to steer us through treacherous, scary times. Today, we are at a crossroads in the road to recovery from that crisis and as we head toward the election of 2012, our commitment to our choice in […]
We meditate so we can SEE God’s many miracles unfolding, without stillness life is a blur. —Russell Simmons
Fox News has always been the enemy to many on the left. The place where “fair and balanced news” is often tilted like a broken pinball machine. Where talking point memos are created as marching orders for conservative America. A network that we assume to be evil, yet what is hard to often swallow, is […]
I have known Jessica White for quite a few years since she was a little sweet girl and a special beauty working at Baby Phat fashion shows. She was and still is, adorable. But over the last few years she has taken a huge step toward being a more compassionate, sweeter and even though it […]
Forty years ago today, President Richard Milhous Nixon declared America’s “War on Drugs.” This failed war continues even today to have a devastating and debilitating impact on the lives of millions of Americans. We add our voices to the growing number of people of good conscience to demand a resolute end to this awful destructive […]
After yesterday’s tremendous response to the part one of my conversation with the gifted Lupe Fiasco, I now present to you part two. Look forward to your comments: Lupe: But I think, you know to be honest like for me I think that the conversation is the issue that I’ve always had with America. To […]
After yesterday’s tremendous response to the part one of my conversation with the gifted Lupe Fiasco, I now present to you part two. Look forward to your comments: Lupe: But I think, you know to be honest like for me I think that the conversation is the issue that I’ve always had with America. To […]
I created GlobalGrind a few years ago for moments like this. Lupe Fiasco, one of the great poets of his generation, made some comments that didn’t sit well with a lot of people, when he called President Barack Obama a “terrorist.” I decided to reach out to Lupe to give him a platform to further […]