Very Smart Brothas
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Skinny Jeans And Jordans And…A Gray Hair? Wait…Am I Having A Mid-Life Crisis?
I first noticed the gray hair in my beard a couple months ago. It’s on the left side of my face, attached to my jawbone, a barely-detectable dot of silver amid a sea of black. People don’t see it unless I alert them to it. Even then, I’ve had it mistaken for a speck of salt.…
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Tyler Perry Expecting Human Baby: Written, Directed, Produced By And Starring Tyler Perry
Apparently, Tyler Perry announced at his 45th birthday party that he was expecting his first child. Naturally, I figured this meant a mini-Tyler Perry would debut in nothing less than film fashion. And because one of the stars of Tyler Perry’s films are the titles themselves, I came up with five and a possible: 1.…
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More Famous People Are Naked On The Internet. What Does It All Mean?
Unless you sleep with the fishes, there’s a better than 100 percent chance that you heard about the return of The Fappening. Over the course of the weekend, the likes of Meagan Good, Gabrielle Union, Vanessa Hudgens, Hope Solo’s aggression, Selena Gomez, Kim K, and even motherfucking Omarion caught the tail end of a leaky…
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Love And Hip Hop Presents: Bow Wow And Erica Mena Are Engaged For Some Reason
No, they’re really engaged. Like, seriously. But, we can’t help but think this is Mona Scott-Young’s doing. Erica needs another storyline. Bow Wow needs more exposure as his government-named persona. Which, let’s get this clear right now… we still gonna call you, Bow Wow, Mr. Shad Moss. Your mama named you Bow Wow, we gonna call…
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Why Charlo Greene Quitting Her Job On Air Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week
1. Her name is Charlo Greene and she’s a reporter in Alaska. This is an extra Black name in the lower 48. In Alaska, though, this is peak Blackness. 2. She is enterprising, and confident enough in her enterprise to sacrifice a career she presumably went to school for — and paid tens of thousands…
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Beyonce Derangement Hyperbole Syndrome
I met a dozen or so people for brunch Sunday afternoon, a meet-up that was the brainchild of my wife and one of her friends to combine our collective love of bacon and bottomlessness to a need to do something about the disconnect in the Black professional population here instead of just talking about it.…
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The 25 Best Booties Not Named On The Original List Of The 25 Best Booties
Like Vogue, the New York Times has apparently caught booty fever. They think booty is their ally. But, while they merely adapted to booty fever, we were born in it. Molded by it. Again, we’ve always appreciated booty. We’ve been in booty’s corner for as long as booty existed. To us, there’s no better place…
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Facts About Blacks: The Concert I Just Attended Edition
Here at VSB, we spend a lot of time discussing Blackness. Today will be no different. I had the pleasure of attending a concert headlined by SWV (easily one of my favorite groups of all time) and undercarded by both Erica Campbell (of Mary Mary fame) and Traci Braxton (of every other Braxton aside from…
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The Definitive List Of The 20 Best Times To Be Black
20. When you want to go on a cruise to the Bahamas and get discount conch 19. When you have a baby and you really, really, really want to name her Keisha 18. When you want to grow a beard and not have everyone think you’re a gotdamn hipster 17. When you want to date…