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Crackers- Chris Rock

This video is a hilarious spoof of Andre 3000′s song “Hey Ya” from his “Love Below” Project. Really there is nothing else to say the song and video speak for [...]

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Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra is like Angela Bassett playing Queen Elizabeth

Originally I was going to write a post on soul mates, but something struck me during the middle of the day that I thought was important to discuss. While looking [...]

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Flashback Friday: Frat Party Themes Slap in the Face

This weekend I will be trekking back for one of my boys from college wedding back in good old Iowa. So, in honor of that I am going to share [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Black Wall Street

The time we live in today is an ever-changing landscape. With explosion of technology information is gained and forgotten almost as soon as we receive it. The other day there [...]

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“They Are Still Our Slaves…Why: IGNORANCE, GREED, and SELFISHNESS”….So, Now...

Yesterday I received an email from a friend. Yeah you know one of those forwards we get with thought-provoking information in it. You know the one’s with the subject line… [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Black Face and Forgetting Past Representations

This week the controversial website World Star Hip Hop was temporarily shutdown. 50 cent claimed that he was the reason for it being shutdown but that is speculation at this [...]

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You Say You Love Hip Hop…Then Why No Love For Kool Herc?

I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don’t stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the [...]

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Open Forum: Why Can’t We Question Anything?

Last week I was asked to be on a panel at Harris Stowe State University on “Women’s Images in Hip Hop”. The discussion and dialogue with the students was great. [...]

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Reversing A Culture of Ignorance: The Black Wild West

Recently the film True Grit has gotten rave reviews and has even received a few Oscar wins. The admiration for the  Western genre of films is nothing  new. We are [...]

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The Gas Face: Juan Williams and Uncle Tomism

A few nights ago on the O’Reilly Factor the classic conservativeSterling Armstrong,Larry Elder…Juan Williams (a lot of those ultra conservative black men all run together to me) was guest hosting [...]

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Bin Laden is Dead…What Will This Country Do Now?

Sunday night the POTUS (President of the United States) broke into most major programming( conveniently it was the same time as NBC’s The Apprentice was going off…shots fired at Donald [...]

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War of The Beauty: COINTELPRO on the Black Women Part 2

This week in Psychology Today there was an article by Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa, researcher at the London School of Economics, who proclaimed that black women are the least attractive women in [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Soul on Ice

The next post in the series: Reversing the Culture of Ignorance… This week the beginning of the Stanley Cup has begun with the Vancouver Canucks playing the Boston Bruins. You may [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Black Women That Were More Than “The Help”

The next post in the series: Reversing the Culture of Ignorance… The film “The Help” has been a big financial success but not without its criticisms. I have been very [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: The Jack Trice Story

Make sure you check me out tonight on 12 Kyle radio as we will be talking about Love, Relationships and, Hip Hop. The show starts at 9 EST and you [...]

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MLK…He Was One of Us

This upcoming weekend marks the 26th holiday celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We take out time to celebrate the legacy of man who spent his life helping America [...]

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You Gave “The Help” a Chance…Why Not “Red Tails”?

If you haven’t make sure you check out the last two episodes of the “Straight Outta Lo Cash” Radio Show. This week we had hip hop legend and St. Lunatic [...]

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I Pledge Allegiance to Which Party??

America is gearing up for another election this fall. In 2008, the emergence of Barack Obama election as President not only was it become a historical monument but one of defining political views....

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“Don’t Get Caught Up in No Throne”: The Pharisee Complex in Black America

If you haven’t make sure you check out this weeks episodes of the “Straight Outta Lo Cash” Radio Show. This week’s show “Snappin, Trappin, Rappin, and Trayvon Martin” feat. MC/Hip Hop Artist [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Lil Boosie is Not A Political Prisoner

Last week, people were elated all over hip hop because Lil Boosie beat his murder charges! Can I get applause! You know you ready to hear his post jail released [...]

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Rubber lip? Are Afro-American Nick Names Damaging to Our Children?

  If you haven’t make sure you check out this week’s episode of the “Straight Outta Lo Cash” Radio Show. This week’s show “Life Can Be A Bitch” .You can also [...]

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We Have Freedom But Is Reality TV How We Wanna Be Free?

Make sure you check out this week’s episode of the “Straight Outta Lo Cash” Radio Show. This week’s show “The Wrist Game is Real Proper” features XXL magazine’s Tef Poe.You [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Chris Rock and The Fight For Independence

Last week, the internet was buzzing over Chris Rock’s tweet about the 4th of July. Some people took the satirical nature of the tweet so personal even though what he [...]

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Reversing A Culture of Ignorance: Innovating and Elevating

Throughout history there have been many African-Americans who have effected and transitioned the way we live life today. Many innovations in this world we use every day were created by [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: People Who Fought Back Before D’Jango

Everyone is talking about Quentin Tarantino’s D’Jango Unchained. I still have a review that I will be dropping soon on my views of this movie and how both extremes of [...]

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DJango Unchained Review: Where My B***H BroomHilda?

I have mentioned and had people ask me about my thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s DJango Unchained. I do want people to check out my previous post on the real DJango’s [...]

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So, You know about the Illuminati BUT What You Gonna Do About It?

The last 10 years or so there has been a fascination with the Illuminati in popular culture. I know specifically in the black community. The Illuminati I know became more [...]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: When We Were Kings and Queens

This past month has been Black History Month. I will admit that I am kinda of done with the idea of Black History Month because Black History isn’t just black [...]

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Paula Deen Saying “Nigger” Isn’t The Real Issue

The internet has been buzzing the last few days over the comments made from Chef and Food critic Paula Deen. She has been accused by former employees of being racist […]

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Reversing a Culture of Ignorance: Before Jackie Robinson

America’s past time baseball season is in full motion for another season. This marks the 66th year that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in […]

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Do We Believe in the March on Washington More Than We Believe in Ourselves?

This past week was the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. In 1963, almost 250,000 people attended the march […]

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Before Rosa Parks Didn’t Get Up There Was Claudette Colvin

March 2, 1955 was a monumental day in Montgomery, Alabama. When they hear this, most people will assume that I’m referring either to the stand that Rosa Parks took or […]

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Why Do We Go Out of Our Way to Romanticize The Past?

How many times have you heard someone say, “This sure are getting worse in this world”, or “Things used to be so much better back in my day.” I can’t […]

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25 Questions For You To Really Think On

Yeah it is back another 25 Questions for you to answer or think about… How wrong was Nicki Minaj for using Malcolm X’s image for her single “Lookin Ass N***A”? […]

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