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So, Um, I Don't Think Beyoncé Is a Bad Actor
Since the release of the trailer for the new The Lion King live-action (or CGI or animated, whatever tickles your fancy and allows you fall back from your personal “well, actually’”face-ass principles) film remake—set to drop in July 2019 – the jokes about H-town’s finest, Beyoncé “Sorry, I’m Not Sorry” Knowles’ acting chops have resurfaced.…
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So Disney Just Gon' Kill Mufasa Again for a Whole New Generation of Kids with This The Lion King Live-Action Remake, Huh?
It is officially official: the live-action version of The Lion King, with all of your faves, will hit theaters in July 2019 so we can all excitedly watch Mufasa die. Again. Twenty-five years after he died the first time. There’s no two ways about it, Mufasa’s death in The Lion King is one of the most…
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Dear DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, You Can Be Wrong but You Can’t be Loud and Wrong About Mumbo Sauce
Many years ago I remember getting into an argument with a friend about the documentary, Waiting for Superman, the 2010 documentary that looks at the American public school system. The argument wasn’t about the specifics of the film at all. The argument was about how well-known the documentary was. I argued that because I’d never…
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Is Usher a Legend In the R&B Game? Yes. Yes, He Is
A few weeks back in Atlanta for Spelhouse homecoming, I got into a fun and spirited debate with my crew of Day Ones over Sunday brunch. Because we love to have deep and intellectual conversations about shit that doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, music and entertainment are usually an easy go-to.…
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Ray J Is Going to Philander Smith College. Homecoming Finna Be Lit!
Ray J is going to college, y’all. And while that sounds like the name of a new reality show helmed by Mona Scott-Young, it’s an actual factual true statement. According to his Instagram account, Ray J, real name Willie Ray Norwood, has decided to enroll at Philander Smith College, a historically black college located in…
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It Snowed in the Washington, DC Area Today for the First Time This Season. Let Me Tell You About My Commute
According to the crackerjack group of meteorologists who service the Washington, D.C., area (or at least the ones on the stations I watch who shall remain nameless), today would be a day with some snow flurries early, perhaps some light accumulation on the grass and this evening would be a likely mess full of heavy…
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Dear LeToya Luckett, You Are a National Treasure, Especially Playing Rochelle Cross on Greenleaf
THIS ARTICLE HAS LIGHT SPOILERS, BUT SPOILERS NONETHELESS. I’m going to go ahead and tell on myself and pray that the Beyhive doesn’t feel inclined to come get this smoke: LeToya Luckett was always my favorite Child of Destiny. I remember, way back in the ’90s, running into LeToya and Latavia at Lenox Square Mall…
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Some Asshole Tried to Rewrite Hip-Hop History and Alleged That Outkast Was ‘Dressed So Fresh, So Clean’
Like many a southern rap fan, I grew up on André and Antwan, better known as André 3000 and Big Boi, and even better known as Outkast. When all the players came from far and wide, I too wanted to attend the “Player’s Ball.” What’s the funkiest kind of music for my soul? Southernplayalistickcadillackmuzik, of…
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10 People Who Are Possibly Behind the God Account on the TV Show God Friended Me
Have you watched the show God Friended Me? It comes on CBS on Sunday nights, and let me tell you, I love this damn show. I can’t tell you exactly why, but I do. For whatever reason, as on-the-nose as nearly every aspect of the show is, it just … works. Here’s the premise: An…
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Dear Daylight Savings Time, You a Whole Asshole Until My Kids Are Older
Most of the United States set their clocks back an hour this past weekend to mark the end of Daylight Savings Time, an invention the white man (no, really, also the first sentence of that article is some pure bullshit) created to apparently save the daylight for the evenings, which to be clear, is nowhere…
