The Lil Kim AEffect
Chapter from The Pawn Queen! BLK (Before Lil Kim) women in hip hop were uplifting the Black female with their lyrics. Most of the female emcees BLK were women of distinction and were a part of the Black power hip hop movements of the 80’s. You had women like Mc Lyte,...
It’s Official – It Controls Your Brain
Dead Prez had a line in “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop” that went – “Uh, one thing 'bout music when it hit you feel no pain/White folks say it controls yo' brain/I know better than that, that's game”. When this lyric was spit by M1 of Dead Prez, all who listened to it...
Ask and Ye Shall Receive
So one night I was headed to sleep and I asked The Most High what I needed to do to heal myself and live a longer better life and a word came to me. The word that came to me was Priyaha. I had never seen nor heard this word in my life. So as we do in the internet age,...
Witness King James The Decider
9 years ago an 18 year old high school basketball phenom decided to bypass college and go straight to the pros. He was immediately castrated for doing so because so-called “basketball aficionado’s” wanted him to go to college and “learn how to play the game”. Lebron...
NBA Officiating #NotAsBadAsFansClaim
Since the start of the NBA Finals 2012, I’ve been hearing how bad the officiating has been. Overwhelmingly this criticism has been directed at The Miami Heat, with claims of the officials being on the side of Miami over OKC. Granted the people yelling are almost...
Martial Law Chicago, Coming to a Street Corner Near You!
228 + murders and 100’s and 100’s more shot this year in Chicago already! Why, people are asking? Why so much violence is such a beautiful city? You have a plethora of talking heads; the mayor, the police chief, and anyone else with an opinion churning out answers and...
“Niggas In Paris”, In Real Time!
Disclaimer: If you are offended by the usage of the word Nigga, Niggas, Nigger or any variation of the word……………….. get over it! So Gwyneth Paltrow Tweets out, “Niggas in Paris for real”, and the Black blogosphere goes up in arms, white blogs discussed it also, but...
Lebron James says HI HATER’s
Armchair I used to play basketball regular job working traveling league coaches, sports pundits and everybody else I forgot to mention that think they are basketball guru's are going to have something to say about this, but as the title says HI HATER’s! Tonight the...
The Wrong Vibe
Vibe Magazine recently released its cover art for an upcoming issue of the magazine and it has been stirring up controversy ever since. It features 4 reality TV stars, Kandi Burress, Tamar Braxton, Evelyn Lozada, and Chrissy Lampkin. In bold grey and pink letters the...
Where Was Trayvon Martin Shot?
After scouring through pages of info on the Trayvon Martin murder today, once again I noticed a glaring omission. We know what Trayvon was wearing, the hoodie of course, what he had in his possession, Skittles and an Arizona Tea we know that he was suspended 3 times...