Very Smart Brothas
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Those Damn Kids Today…Are Actually Much Better People Than We Were
Predictably, the Meek Mill/Drake feud was the main topic of conversation in my barbershop Friday. In the hour or so I was there, the following points were touched on: The importance of whether Drake has a ghostwriter This entire feud happening because Meek Mill is feeling insecure because he’s fighting above his weight with Nicki…
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World Shocked That Man Named "Hulk" Who Made Living Getting Slammed On Head Said Something Offensive
I will never forget where I was and what I was doing the day I learned a steroid-stuffed man who named himself “Hulk” and became famous by voluntarily having his head slammed into barriers, ropes, poles, chairs, feet, knees, and livestock 30 times a day for 20 years straight said something offensive. I do not know…
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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 30. Jesse Williams
You probably know Jesse Williams as one of the guys on one of those Shonda Rhimes shows that airs before another Shonda Rhimes show. Or perhaps as the racially ambiguous guy who really, really, really, really digs Ciroc. This, however, would mean that you’re not a Bougie Black Person. Because, if you were a Bougie…
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The Consistently And Embarrassingly Underappreciated Mike Tomlin
It is 1:40pm EST. Mike Tomlin is trending right now. By the time you read this, however, he probably won’t be anymore. Although (moderately) famous, he doesn’t have the type of fame that would keep him a day-long trending topic in July. Unless, of course, something bad happened. Which is exactly what I first assumed when first…
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The Moment That Ended Sandra Bland's Life
Life is truly a series of moments; and decisions within those moments that can alter or ultimately lead to the end of your life. I watched the entire Sandra Bland arrest video and it made me sick. And it enraged me. And it made me sad because the moment is there. The moment that led to…
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Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Meek Mill And Nicki Minaj From Last Night
By now, we’re all aware of the Twitter “battle” between Meek Mill and Drake last night. Fortunately, our sources were able to find and forward an email exchange that was also going on between Mill and his girlfriend, Nicki Minaj, while that was happening. Below is a condensed version of the conversation. From: [email protected]: To: [email protected]:…
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On Being Young, Black, Liberal, And…Catholic
As a product of 14 years of Catholic education, I often have a hard time explaining what my educational experience was like as there aren’t many relevant pop culture references. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Curtis Sittenfield seems to have nailed the prep school scene, Josh Schwartz and the producers of Laguna Beach had Southern California down,…
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They Killed Her. They Fucking Killed Sandra Bland
My wife and I went to the YMCA tonight; her to take a yoga class, me to play basketball. After the Y we went to Giant Eagle, and sat in the parking lot for 10 minutes to create a grocery list. While doing this, I checked my phone for emails, texts, and Facebook/Twitter notifications. A link shared…
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Stephen A. Smith Is A Sellout
The first thing you have to remember when listening to Stephen A Smith is perhaps the most difficult thing to remember when listening to Stephen A Smith. He is smart. Very, very smart. It is easy to watch him and Skip Bayless hurl gargoyle shit at each other and assume they’re nincompoops. That they only throw the…