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  • Sexist!? Misogynistic!? Chauvinistic!?

    Jozen Cummings is the author and creator of the popular relationship blog Until I Get Married, which is currently in development for a television series with Warner Bros. He also hosts a weekly podcast with WNYC about Empire called Empire Afterparty, is a contributor at VerySmartBrothas.com and works at Twitter as an editorial curator. Follow him on…

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  • ‘More Than a Game’ Is About More Than LeBron

    When More Than a Game opens (in select theaters) on Oct. 2, one scene is all it’ll take for people to understand what the documentary is really about. The star of the film, LeBron James, and the rest of his teammates on the St. Vincent-St. Mary High School basketball team are being escorted out by…

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  • The Beating of Derrion Albert Is Must-See TV

    I winced when I saw the wooden railroad plank being smacked against Derrion Albert’s head. My stomach turned when I saw the five other young black men stomp on Albert. By the end, my eyes welled up with tears when I realized what I saw: A 16-year-old child beat to death. No doubt it was…

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  • Jay-Z and Oprah Make Lemon Pie

    If I write a book on hip-hop history, Jay-Z’s appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show will be in a timeline of the culture’s high points. I enjoyed it. It made me remember a lot of other hip-hop/Oprah moments. Oprah and hip-hop haven’t been the best of friends. I remember when Ice Cube took the talk-show mogul…

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  • Kanye West Does Not Care About Taylor Swift

    The MTV Video Music Awards were supposed to be about Michael Jackson—a do-over of sorts from the rushed, slapped-together tribute to the King of Pop displayed at this year’s BET Awards back in June. But in one quick moment, Kanye West did something so out of pocket, even BET would have been ashamed. Anyone who…

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  • Jay-Z Should Rap About Marriage

    As we read MSNBC’s report about yet another sad study on the decline of marriage for successful black women, the very single Hill Harper releases The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships, and Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man still gets quoted, I find myself…

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Jozen Cummings is a senior manager at Bleacher Report. He is the founder and creator of the blog UntilIGetMarried.com. His work has been featured at GQ.com, Deadspin, and many other publications.


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