Very Smart Brothas

  • Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 1: Here's What Happens To Dreams Defferred

    In what can only be described as the best thing to happen to Monday nights since the introduction of Monday Night Football, the next installment in Black excellence debuted (on TV at least, it’s been available online for days) on VH1. Yes, Love & Hip Hop has returned and this time we’re coming live and…

  • Shit Bougie Black People Love: 21. Panels, Conferences, And Conventions

    If you ever happened to be in dire need of 300 or so Bougie Black People and had no idea how to find them, go to Kinkos and create a flyer for a panel, conference, or convention. When done at Kinkos, create an Eventbrite page. And make sure to have a registration fee. Then, create…

  • Actress Arrested For…Kissing While Black

    Keeping score, we have documented proof that the following are legal offenses: Driving while Black. Walking while Black. Waiting while Black. Going home while Black. Sitting while Black. Losing your keys while Black. Being near a White Person while Black. Now, after Daniele Watts — a young actress who made her film debut in Django…

  • Poussey Too Bomb: Orange Is The New Black Writer Divorces Husband; Dates Samira Wiley

    I’ve had many conversations about the Poussey Effect, which is basically the voodoo that Samira do so well that puts even straight girls in a spell. I’m definitely in that camp. It’s that mischievous smile, yo. Apparently, OITNB head writer, Lauren Morelli divorced her husband after realizing she was a lesbian. She admitted that writing…

  • Spare The Rod, Spoil The Child. Or Nah?

    The NFL played a whole slew of games on Sunday but the recent worst week ever that the league has experienced was at the forefront of it all. And it should be. Real issues that plague society at large are plaguing the league. The recent case of and his indictment for whippin’ his 4-year-old child’s…

  • The Whitest Thing We've Seen This Week: The Palin Family Snow Mobile Party Brawl

    We’re equal opportunity assholes at VSB. So while we’ll continue to recognize lovely examples of peak Blackness, peak Whiteness deserves some love as well. And this story about the Palin family getting into a brawl — first alerted to us by @MsElleAyeGee — easily qualifies. Why? Well… 1. Sarah Palin, easily one of the six or seven…

  • Musiq Soulchild Is A Rapper Now And I'm Annoyed

    The artist formerly known as Musiq Soulchild is now an Atlanta-based rapsinger who refers to his former self in the third person. I know. I’m annoyed already, too. Mr. 143 is no more (for now?). The artist formerly known as Taalib Johnson and Musiq Soulchild is now to be known as…. …wait for it… The…

  • The Definitive List Of The 25 Best Booties Of All-Time

    25. Everyone in Raekwon’s “Ice Cream” video 24. BernNadette Stanis 23. Jennifer Lopez 22. Tamron Hall 21. Your auntie on your mom’s side, whose gravity-defying, thicker than two-day-old grits ass is the reason why your Nana use to carry a .22 20. Phyllis Yvonne Stickney 19. Michelle Obama 18. Florence Griffin-Joyner 17. Kenya Moore 16. Melanie Martin 15.…

  • Paul George Got On Twitter This Morning. He Shouldn't Have.

    Athletes are a talented bunch. But nobody has ever accused them of all being smart. Or having any real concept of common sense, decency, or consideration. Such is the case of Paul George of the Indiana Pacers. When we last spoke of Paul George, his leg was breaking every kind of which a way. Well…

  • 7 Other Things The NFL Is Probably Lying About

    I think we can all agree that the NFL is either the Illuminati or governed by an inept group of individuals who don’t know their johnsons from a stalk of lentils. And since the NFL is more popular than ever and making money hand over fist, I’m going with the former. Given this “fact”, its…