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The Hotepocalypse Is Upon Us! Tariq Nasheed Goes Full Sisqo

Alert! Alert! Ladies and gentlemen, the Western Hemisphere’s Association of Tragedy, Dumpster Fires and Unbelievably Crazy Catastrophes (WHATDFUCC) interrupts your Friday-night festivities to announce that the body of one of the country’s foremost Hotepologists has been possessed by what appears to be the soul of a joint collaboration between the spirit of Montell Jordan’s “This…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 9, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

Thank You, Woke Baby Jesus, for Giving Us Ashymania ’17 Between Tariq Nasheed and Dr. Umar Johnson

It is the War to End All Lotions. The Thrilla in the Manila Folders. The Notep Telenovela Marathon. The Battle of Waterloo. And by “Waterloo” I mean “Did these niggas shower today?” On Friday evening, it was revealed that our good friends Dr. Umar Johnson and Tariq Nasheed—men who were assumed to go hand in…

By

Damon Young

Published

December 30, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

Dr. Umar Johnson And The Hotep Civil War, Explained

Ok, so I’ve seen you reference “Hoteps” before — with quizzes, video content, and even the way you conjugate certain verbs — but I don’t think I’ve ever quite seen a clear definition or explanation on what makes a hotep a hotep. Would you mind providing one? No problem! In this context, Hotep refers to…

By

Damon Young

Published

December 29, 2016