If you’ve been to a black celebration of any sort, you have either done or watched other people do the Electric…

I’m a black-movie connoisseur and African-American-movie advocate. If a black movie exists, I’m checking it out and…

It’s almost the end of June, which means that in Washington, D.C., and, I assume, most other major metropolitan…

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On Saturday afternoon, I took my son to get a haircut at a pretty well-known barbershop in Washington, D.C., near…

For many, the annual NBA draft is the most wonderful time of the year. Young men become instant millionaires,…

Vice dropped a video on Wednesday about a white student named Tiago who just finished his freshman year at Morehouse…

Today is Tuesday, June 19, in the year of our Lord 2018. In Washington, D.C., it’s primary voting day. That, and…

One of my biggest regrets in life is how late I discovered so much music that became immediately influential to me.…

I started watching the Netflix original show Everything Sucks! the way I end up watching everything, including…

A few months back, I had the opportunity to speak at the University of California, Berkeley, about identity politics…

The Washington Capitals, the Washington, D.C., region’s representative in the NHL, are one win away from being the…

Allegedly, Drake has a diss record in the can that would ruin Kanye West’s career. At least according to J. Prince.…

Since June is Black Music Month (or, more formally, African-American Music Appreciation Month), I figure that one of…

I had an opportunity to speak on a panel after a performance of the play Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies, a few…

Last night in Wyoming (a four-word sequence I never thought I’d type), in what is probably the most bona fide…

One of my least favorite scams is the one that fast-food restaurants do at drive-thrus to make it look like orders…

On Facebook Wednesday, I got into a discussion about whether or not I thought Drake could come back (and maybe even…

I’m reminded of one of hip-hop’s classic diss records, DJ Quik’s “Dollaz + Sense.”

It took a few days, but Push back. Over Jay-Z’s “The Story of O.J.” instrumental, Pusha T responded to Drake’s…