Very Smart Brothas
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Fifty Shades of Bey*
Beyoncé has set the internet on fire… again, this time by re-recording “Crazy in Love” for the soundtrack of the upcoming film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The new version is slower, breathier, and sexier, and it’s pretty much the exact sort of thing you’d overlay sexually tense shots of two okay-looking White people…
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VSB Events: Love Jones Cafe (7/28) | REMINSCE (8/2) | Naturalista Hair Show (8/3)
In the next one of our VSB’s is going to be all over DC talking, dancing, and shuckin’ and jivin’. First up, is the Love Jones Cafe held at The Howard Theatre on Monday, July 28, from 7-10pm, where Panama Jackson will be a panelist for a conversation about love and dating alongside Mr. #Pleasantries…
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GET ON UP Advanced Screening Passes (Washington, DC | Tuesday, July 29)
If you’re into Black cinema, then you already know what GET ON UP is about. But on the off chance you don’t, it’s the biopic of James Brown, one of the most famous artists of all time. Starring Chadwick Boseman as the icon himself, here’s a synopsis for all you suckas that don’t know: Based…
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Old "Bae" Becomes New Flavor For Whites
In this, the 2014th Year of Our Lord, on the 23rd day of the month of July, at 6:55 p.m. EST, TIME Magazine ran a story. It’s headline read: “This is What Bae Means.” Yes, stupid stories happen. Stupid headlines even more frequently. But TIME Magazine, once a premier weekly magazine (the first of its…
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Watching "Tha Crossroads” As An Adult
I used to rock with Bone Thugs N Harmony. I generally enjoyed bopping and inventing words to a handful of Bone Thugs songs and even copped the “Look Into My Eyes” maxi single. In fact, I learned Biggie’s verse on “Notorious Thugs” in the seventh grade to impress a girl, and well, you see how…
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Tony Dungy and Things That Sound Bad No Matter What You Mean
Recently, Tony Dungy, the former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and current NFL analyst, was asked some questions about drafting players into the NFL and the subject of Michael Sam came up. If you’ll remember, Michael Sam is the openly gay player drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the recent draft out of the…
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When Creatives Collide: Run You.
Writers tend to find inspiration in a variety of sources. Hell, I believe this is true for all creators. The venues in which I call my muses are infinite in that I really do view any and everything as a potential story to tell. From an exchange between commuters that I witnessed on the train…
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New York City Approves 'Poor Door' for Apartment Building
In “Separate, But Equal” news, New York City gave the green light to Extell Development so that they may install a separate entrance for affordable housing tenants, who make 60 percent or less of median income. So, I get it. You’re providing lower income tenants with the opportunity to dwell in a more expensive area…
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Hi. I'm A Writer. And I Suck at Scrabble.
Whether you love or hate my literary canon balls, they contribute to the overall canon of literacy. There are canons both to the left and right of them. You can hear the volley and thunder. Hell, I am the world renowned, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition…really I could do this all day. I mean it…