If people are going to raise a stink of Tyler Perry over his Madea role, it about time we begin to deal with this as well.
“Elena Kiam, the owner and creative director of the jewelry brand Lia Sophia, says
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From the self-proclaimed founders of hip hop: The Zulu Nation
Curtis Jackson (y’all call him 50 cent. Sorry, I just can’t call a grown man “50 cent”) is set to launch his own line of headphones. Now I will say these do appear to have some cool features, but come on.
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Thug in Church
Enablers of Hip Hop in the church by G. Craige Lewis
Most churches use Christian music as a vehicle to reach youth. I do not have a problem with churches that incorporate rap music (for example) in their youth ministries. What I do see as a problem is when the music does nothing [...]
In the words of Dap from the movie “School Daze”…
Some time ago, I wrote a series of posts were I made the point that Black advertising agencies and newspapers were refusing to see reality when it comes to advertising in our community.
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Hip-Hop’s Top 20 Earners (Forbes)
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This is an interesting topic that I have been looking into over the past few days.
The Dog Star has been covering this issue for some time now. (link 1, link 2)
And if you really want to twist your mind up, check this out.
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Huh.
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In this episode of Blackinformant.com Podcast, we are joined by noted fashion, cultural critic and former Editor-in-Chief of Honey Magazine, Michaela Angela Davis. More from Wikipedia “Michaela Angela Davis is an expert critic and writer on urban style, race, gender and hip-hop culture. She has been the Associate [...]
From nydailynews.com~
Roxanne’s revenge was sweet indeed.
Twenty-five years after the first queen of hip-hop was stiffed on her royalty checks, Dr. Roxanne Shante boasts an Ivy League Ph.D. – financed by a forgotten clause in her first record deal.
“This is a story that needs to be told,” Shante said. “I’m an example that you can be [...]
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