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A Few Other Books Aside From Beloved That Politicians Might Want to Consider Banning for Political Gain If We Believe the Children Are Our Future
If Toni Morrison’s Beloved is too much for some parents, here are some others we might want to let go.
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Our Kind of People Is A Treasure Trove of Good Writing and Solid Acting. Just Kidding. It’s Terrible, and I Love It
Lee Daniels’ latest television show is exactly what you think it is—rich and ridiculous
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Is Iverson Mall ‘Still Making It’? An Investigation
The Hillcrest Heights, Md., shopping center was recently used in an inspirational fashion. Should it have been?
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The #CrateChallenge And You: What Stacking Shit And Walking On It Teaches Us About The Human Condition and Society
There’s a new social media challenge that you should not try at home. People are trying it at home.
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The Black Mainstream: Black Famous
Who is the most Black famous person you can think of? Wait…what even is Black famous?
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I'm Happy That Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Are Going to Howard. Now, Howard Folks Get to Be More Insufferable. Yay
From one ‘elite’ HBCU graduate to a legion of others up in Washington, DC…congratulations.
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'Wanna Battle You'll Be Baffled at the Stuff Stated': In Tribute to Gift of Gab, One of My Favorite Hip-Hop Lyricists Ever
Gift of Gab, the rapping half of West Coast hip-hop group Blackalicious, died on June 18 at the age of 50.
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'I'm Still Spending Money from '88': 9 Thoughts About Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, One of the Best Albums of All Time on Its 25th Birthday
On June 25, 1996, Jay-Z released his debut album Reasonable Doubt and launched a legendary hip-hop career.
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I’m Here for ‘The Bando,’ a Trap-Experience Restaurant in Atlanta Where You Can Get ‘Crack Wings’ (Along With Various Other Food Items, of Course)
The Bando. I actually like this idea of a trap-aesthetic restaurant.
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An Inter-Generational Convo about Hip-Hop and JCole on Pass The Peas with Panama Jackson
When J. Cole released his latest musical offering, The Off-Season, on May 14, 2021, I knew I wasn’t going to love it. And as most self-fulfilling prophecies work, I didn’t. I maintained my similar stance of being bored with most of Cole’s music. But like any curiously dapper chap in the roaring 2020’s, I do…
