I’d like to be one of those parents who can say that my kids have never heard me use profanity. But I can’t do that.…

No shit.

Kanye West had himself a decade. While he started out on a musical tear that had car speakers and arenas rocking, he…

What started out as a thought about going to Ghana for our honeymoon in 2018 has me and my wife preparing to head…

You know, as I watch my kids grow, I’ve come to the realization that, in life, the 3-5 age range is really the sweet…

If you have spent more than five minutes online in the past week, know some gang members, or (oddly) have a Google…

I promise you that I don’t engage in pure unfettered foolishness just because I’m comfortable in life. And yet, here…

I don’t know what prompted me to go into my parents’ bathroom and look for some lotion when I was around 10 years…

There was a time when nothing sounded more romantic to me (in the fun and adventure sense of the word) than driving…

The heads of woketeps must be exploding right about now: T.I. is out here being castigated expeditiously on Red…

A few weeks back, I wrote a piece that was critical of “yasiin bey: Negus,” the traveling art exhibit/listening…

When we last spoke (about Jacquees), it was in the midst of Mr. Rodriguez Jacquees Broadnax’s ill-advised decision…

It’s not quite rocket-surgery or anything, but I definitely believe in the maxim that too much of anything can be…

As both Morehouse College and Spelman College celebrated their annual homecoming in late October—usually more than…

A few weeks back, I attended an album talk for noted hip-hop lyricist and producer Pharoahe Monch’s 1999 album, Inter…

On Oct. 25, 2019, Kanye Omari West released his ninth studio album, Jesus Is King. The album was released on the…

This past weekend in the capital of African America—Atlanta—a gathering of Black Excellence took place on hallowed…

Dear God,

Even though I went to Morehouse College in Atlanta, I’m fiercely protective of all historically black colleges and…

Last Saturday—October 12—was my one-year wedding anniversary. My wife and I made a whole day out of it, doing lunch,…