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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 5 Recap: "Truth Be Told"
It’s Tuesday, which means that last night, the house that Mona Scott-Young built invaded our living rooms for a little bit of country and a little bit or rock and roll. So now that we’re back to life and back to reality, let’s delve in, shall we? Yes. Let’s. As usual, let’s start with the…
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5 Interesting and Useful Facts I Learned From Hip-Hop
Between slanguage and actual facts, hip-hop saved my life. That isn’t true, nor does it make sense. But I’m being grandiose. And I’m a hot nigga. I’ve been that way since about a week ago. Also, I’ve learned that slang is still evolving. For instance, I’ve spent a considerable enough amount of my lifetime around…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 4 Recap: These *CENSORED* Ain't Loyal…Or Listening
Once again it’s on. My favorite Monday night adventure came through with the boomboompow. We’ve got at least 2 drinks thrown and it would have been 3 if a certain fake-me-out hoodrat wasn’t pregnant and infused with temporary common sense. Temporary. Because VH1 hates us just a little bit, we had no Ray J sightings…
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Teairra Mari Should Be A Superstar
To know me is to know that I love all things entertaining. All things entertaining includes VH1’s Monday night lineup, ‘pacifically, Love & Hip Hop Hollywood. This is not news. I remember when I heard that Ray J was going to be a centerpiece of the show and the joy that arose in my heart.…
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Ebola, Hoes, and Mixtapes: The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week, Redux
Every now and then you see something so hilarious you hope and pray that its true. This is how I felt today when a friend of mine sent me a link this Tumblr with the following exchange. It turned me into a detective to do as much research as possible into it. 1. It’s real.…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 3 Recap: Common Sense Ain't That Common
As we’ve gotten further into the splendiferous world of LHH Hollywood, a few trends have emerged. I’m lying. It’s the same shit on a different day. Such brings us to episode 3. And like any good show begins, we start with the Chroni-WHAT-cles of Ray J da Gawd. Look, I’ve acknowledged that I’m here for…
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When Did Miles Per Gallon Become So Sexy?
This past weekend I was in Atlanta, Georgia. Unlike 90 percent of visitors to Atlanta, I was not there for the #ATLast Outkast show. I was there to attend the funeral of a cousin of mine who passed away unexpectedly at age 45. Do not cry for me Argentina. The service was beautiful and I…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 2: The Cast Members You Don't Care About
This is a day late and a dollar short, but I’m Black. Sue me. Much like any great series, there are episodes of a show that feature tremendous highs and also those that are intended to move you from point A to point B. Episode of 2 of LHHH was the latter. In this episode…
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I Bought A Mountain Dew. Here's How It Happened. Don't Buy Mountain Dew.
You know how some people make bad decisions constantly? I’m one of those people. Sometimes I get away scott free with my middle finger to the law, nigga grippin’ my balls. Other times I pay tremendously. Like, tremendously tremendously. And you know I mean it because I wrote tremendously twice and italicized the first one.…
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Facts About Blacks: The Concert I Just Attended Edition
Here at VSB, we spend a lot of time discussing Blackness. Today will be no different. I had the pleasure of attending a concert headlined by SWV (easily one of my favorite groups of all time) and undercarded by both Erica Campbell (of Mary Mary fame) and Traci Braxton (of every other Braxton aside from…
