When this week started, I didn’t expect for Kwame Brown to basically become my favorite person ever—a 7-foot…
Panama Jackson
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Panama Jackson is the Senior Editor of Very Smart Brothas. He's pretty fly for a light guy. You can find him at your mama's mama's house drinking all her brown liquors.
You cannot be a fan of 90s era hip hop, especially of the Native Tongues variety without being familiar with the…
You never forget your first love.
On May 4, Jermaine Cole, aka Light-Skinned Jermaine and famously known as J. Cole, announced the May 14 release of…
Friday was a fairly emotional day for me. If I’m being honest, all of last week was. I’ve known Friday was Damon’s…
When I recently wrote that legendary 90s R&B group Jodeci was unbeatable in a Verzuz battle, I truly didn’t think it…
As is often the case after Verzuz “battles,” folks get to ruminating on potential matchups, etc. Also, I’m folks; I…
On December 24, 2020, Nike (and I presume the Kobe Bryant estate, headed up by his wife Vanessa Bryant) decided to…
By now, if you’re lucky, you’ve seen this viral video circulating the social medias. In it, a man whose name I do…
One of the coolest parts of this entire journey with Very Smart Brothas is the sheer amount of cool people I’ve had…
“...so how you feel, frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself, I be too numb, to feel something…
I love the internet. Along with allowing me to order shit off of Amazon and it be at my doorstep before I hit “Place…
On March 18, 2021, Mark Morrison’s “Return of The Mack” reached its 25th birthday. To commemorate this…
I have four children—a daughter and three boys. My daughter is 12 and the youngest boy is almost 6 months old. The…
Y’all really don’t talk about the movie Trippin’ enough. Released in 1999 and starring everybody’s favorite…
Ever since the SWV versus Xscape Verzuz was announced, my soul has been awash with joy and good tidings and cheer. I…
Up until last week, I had a very vague knowledge of Derrick Jaxn. I’d heard his name of course. He and a slew of…
Do you know what song you know but maybe don’t know that you know? I’m glad you asked: Creative Source’s “I’d Find…
