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by Gene Demby onJanuary 19, 2013
The world will never see Oxygen's reality show about rapper Shawty Lo and the 10 mothers of his 11 children. NPR's Gene Demby wonders whether viewers are missing out on a program that might have made them question stereotypes.
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January 16, 2013
Petitions to cancel the show caught Oxygen's attention.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onJanuary 12, 2013
Instead of debating Django Unchained, we should be harsher critics of shows like Best Funeral Ever.
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by Lynette Holloway onJanuary 10, 2013
In today's link roundup: The Atlanta rapper tells MTV that one of his 10 baby mamas wants him to do more for "her kids" because she has two by him. Plus: A pastor pulls out of the inauguration benediction over anti-gay comments.
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by Clarence Page onJanuary 8, 2013
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that All My Babies' Mamas -- the story of rapper Shawty Lo and his 11 children with 10 different women -- is just one example of new forms of slavery that we impose on ourselves.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 7, 2013
Concerns about racist and exploitative images in the upcoming Shawty Lo reality-TV show evidently did not register with the network.
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by Nick Chiles onJanuary 2, 2013
MyBrownBaby blogger Nick Chiles joins the debate surrounding Oxygen's upcoming program All My Babies' Mamas, about Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo. As a husband and father, he likens the reality show about the rapper, his 11 children and their 10 mothers to a "sticky gob of spit" in his face.
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by Tami Winfrey Harris onJanuary 1, 2013
In a stinging piece at Clutch magazine, Tami Winfrey Harris admonishes the media and African Americans for buying into black dysfunction in light of the impending spring premiere of Oxygen's program All My Babies' Mamas, about the Atlanta rapper, his 11 children and their 10 mothers.
