In the words of Dave Chappelle, “If you don’t like chicken and watermelon, something is wrong with you.” Sergio Garcia made headlines this morning when he made a racist joke about Tiger Woods. Now I’m not against a racist joke; in fact, Louis CK and Dave Chappelle are two of my favorite comedians. But if […]
The images of blood covered Moore, OK tornado survivors are forever stained in our minds, or at least until the next natural disaster hits. The stories of children clinging together in hallways at Plaza Towers and Briarwood Elementary, while their teachers hovered over them as human shields to protect against the falling bricks, are heartbreaking. […]
I see the blood on the leaves. Once again, the world has been hit by Kanye West’s race consciousness, and while “the blacks” seemingly get Kanye’s gripes with Western society, “the whites” are, well, confused. Continuous discussions of black vs. white, us vs. them, black America vs. white America, rich vs. poor, truth vs. lies, […]
Mayor Hawthorne is one of the dopest artist music period. His voice is a pure silk. His music style has the funk of the 60’s, the soul of the 70’s, that 80’s & 90’s flare with the energy of everything that is hot right now. Hawthorne’s latest offering, “Her Song,” features the UK’s Jessie Ware […]
The fear is universal. The grief that follows is nothing short of expected, if not primitive. The subsequent emotion of tragedy and crime is identical in every neighborhood in America. But the national reaction is culturally myopic and historically discriminative. Even in 2013. Which means that when 19 people, including two children, are shot and […]
If there’s one universal truth that all likeminded rational thinking adults can agree on, it’s that slavery is wrong, and any glorification of slavery today continues to be wrong. It’s a simple sentence even the least developed of adolescents can grasp, but alas, it seems like some fashion publications and brand editorials just don’t seem […]
Redemption. What does it really mean in this funny thing called life? For many, redemption holds a different meaning and purpose – a meaning or purpose that may only offer a once in a lifetime opportunity of moral salvation. And for Charles Ramsey, the time for redemption arrived on May 6, 2013. The news broke […]
By now, many of you recognize the face of the man pictured above – Charles Ramsey. He made national headlines late last night when he rescued missing Cleveland teenagers, now young women, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. It’s been an excruciating 10-year-old mystery, which eventually turned into another missing teen cold case, but because of […]
A “Justice for KJ” rally was held at the Serenity Christian Church in Valdosta, GA. Last week I marched and rallied with the young people of Valdosta Georgia to get answers to Kendrick Johnson 17-year-old student KJ was found dead bruised and battered. His body was found hidden in a rolled-up mat in Georgia’s Lowndes High School’s […]
Ever wondered why there are children living out of foster homes, or women living on the street because their religious parents couldn’t stay true to “Only God Can Judge?” It’s because although sex is free, protecting yourself from the consequences of sex…isn’t. A group of physicians at the University of Tennessee have conducted a study […]
R.I.P. to Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly of Kris Kross. Sad news this week; it is a constant reminder of how precious life is… The West Coast remains the hottest region for emerging artists in hip-hop. But don’t sleep on the south because that region still has the ratchet rap scene on smash. Peep this new Gucci Mane “So Icey Pt. 2.” […]
There is a very, very fine line between presenting an opinion and volunteering an insult, and when the ability to chime in on someone’s personal appearance is as simple as tapping on a few keystrokes in a comment section without revealing an identity, the level of disaster reaches new heights. The latest, but not […]
