Some Natural Disasters are not so Natural, but Vodou (Spirit) will Prevail
Can’t no one know at sunrise how this day is going to end. Cant’ no one know at sunset if the next day will be here. In this world of trouble and wars a member must be ready to go. We look forward to...
View ArticleVanity Fair’s Racism Sings: Don’t Cha Wish You Were White Girl Like Me. Don’t...
“Mirror . . . mirror on the wall who the fairest of them all?” In most fairytales, the mirror would reply, “Snow white is the fairest of them all.” However, in the case of Vanity Fair’s March cover,...
View ArticleNNEKA’S “CONCRETE JUNGLE”: Addictive, powerful, life-affirming, and...
Concrete Jungle stuns, inspires and enthralls from beginning to end, and confirms without question that Nneka has the potential to be among the most vital and fascinating voices of pop music in the...
View ArticleRazing Arizona
I guess I have to start protesting Arizona, née Mexico, which sucks because I’m totally not into marching, making colorful signs, or shouting rhymes in unison with a bunch of people. I suppose, then,...
View ArticleArt, Greed & Unpronounceable Symbols: Thoughts on Nas’ Scathing Letter to the...
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; record labels are dinosaurs. They’re big, clumsy and growing more and more obsolete by the hour. Philosophically, I am 100% down with Nas on this issue. And...
View ArticleThe New Nigger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iau-e6HfOg0 Good day niggaz, the non black niggaz that is. Though many black leaders push for the burial of the term, they have not done so on behalf of the other...
View ArticleYouth as the Miner’s Canaries of Democracies!
In Peter Coy’s article the Kids Are Not Alright, he quotes that democracies are “much better at managing large numbers of highly educated people” than are nations with an official leader who has...
View ArticleThe US Government’s Hip Hop Diplomacy in the Middle East
Our government is using Hip Hop as a form of DIPLOMACY abroad, countering "poor perceptions" of the US and promoting democracy in the Middle East. Does this speak to Hip Hop's ever-expanding...
View ArticleAbolish Columbus Day
Today is Columbus Day, a holiday where we recognize Columbus' "discovery" of the "New World" with a day off--for some--and a sale or two. For others, though, Columbus Day is the official reminder of...
View ArticleThe Palestinian Resistance Will Not Be Televised!
Let’s make this clear: Palestine has no navy, army or air force; this is not a war, this genocide! The people of Palestine have been suffering for many years but lets start at 1948 when the British,...
View ArticleToday in Post-Race History: Say it Ain't Sosa
We’ve seen the Sammy Sosa picture(s) by now. The Michael Jackson jokes are stale and unimaginative. So I won’t make any here. Yet as a black blogger, I guess I have to say something. So I will...
View ArticleIran promises to “break” sanctions reimposed by Trump when he voided Obama’s...
On Monday, the United States’ reimposed economic sanctions against Iran, which had been removed under Obama after the Iran nuclear deal, went into effect. Iran is now defying the sanctions and...
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