Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasMy Two Job Offers: Goldman Sachs vs. GrindrWade Pryor, a young Black Ivy leaguer, tries to decide between being an investment banker or a sugar baby.ByWade Osei PryorPublishedJanuary 25, 2022Comments (44)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasStop Policing Black Women’s ToneAfter Sunn M'Cheaux published a TikTok on Black women, the sisters showed up in droves with their storiesBySunn M'CheauxPublishedJanuary 25, 2022Comments (18)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasChance Lynch, One of Andrew Brown Jr.'s Lawyers, Says There's Only One Real Weapon to Fight Police Killing: End Qualified ImmunityA civil rights attorney explains why police are not held accountable for killing.ByChance Lynch as told to Murjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 25, 2022Comments (25)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasThank You for the World, Very Smart BrothasCheers to VSB, a site that changed the game, the culture and my lifeByPanama JacksonPublishedDecember 15, 2021Comments (38)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasThe Light Above the Stove Tells God You're Done Cleaning for the Night—an African-American Urge, ExplainedThe song 'This Little Light of Mine' may (or may not have) been written about the light above the stoveByPanama JacksonPublishedDecember 8, 2021Comments (36)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasI Had the Opportunity to Be in the Listening to Kenny G Doc But Turned It Down Because of COVID. I Have Real TearsA doc about Kenny G premiered on HBO Max on December 2nd and I watched it with all the feels for what could have beenByPanama JacksonPublishedDecember 3, 2021Comments (17)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasI Discovered Virgil Abloh Because of His Nike Collaboration. I Learned So Much MoreMuch like discovering jazz through hip-hop, I discovered the world and legacy of Virgil Abloh though sneakers.ByPanama JacksonPublishedNovember 30, 2021Comments (1)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart DadsVery Smart BrothasVery Smart DadsI Took Two of My Kids to Get Their COVID (and Flu) Shots by Myself: A Discourse on Parental Decision-MakingTwo kids, two shots, one parent? Easily one of the worst decisions I've made at my big age.ByPanama JacksonPublishedNovember 23, 2021Comments (34)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasKanye Wants to Pay Beanie Sigel for Coming Up With the Name 'Yeezy.' Beanie Wants to Do Business Instead: A DiscussionThis is dinner with Jay-Z or $500,000 playing out in real lifeByPanama JacksonPublishedNovember 18, 2021Comments (10)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart DadsVery Smart BrothasVery Smart DadsObserving a One-Year-Old: The Transactional Satisfaction of Flushing the ToiletMy youngest (and last) child has discovered flushing the toilet. It is his new hobby. Jesus be a fence around my…ByPanama JacksonPublishedNovember 9, 2021Comments (12)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasThis Kanye West, Excuse Me, 'Ye' Interview on Drink Champs Was Exactly What You Expected But So Much MoreYeezy Yeezy sat in with Nore and DJ EFN for some of 2021's most must-see TVByPanama JacksonPublishedNovember 5, 2021Comments (19)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasWas Joe Really Willing to Do 'All The Things (Your Man Won't Do)'? An AnalysisR&B singer Joe's 1996 jam from the Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood soundtrac…ByPanama JacksonPublishedNovember 4, 2021Comments (11)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasCharley Bordelon on Queen Sugar Is Running for Congress. There Are a Whole Lot of Family Skeletons in That ClosetCharley Bordelon has decided to run for Congress. The attack ads from her opponent will write themselves.ByPanama JacksonPublishedOctober 29, 2021Comments (9)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasA Few Other Books Aside From Beloved That Politicians Might Want to Consider Banning for Political Gain If We Believe the Children Are Our FutureIf Toni Morrison's Beloved is too much for some parents, here are some others we might want to let go.ByPanama JacksonPublishedOctober 27, 2021Comments (41)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasI've Never Purchased Any FUBU Before. That Might Change in 2021The 'For Us, By Us' clothing brand founded in 1992 would entirely kill the game if it came out todayByPanama JacksonPublishedOctober 26, 2021Comments (20)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasSupply Chain Shortage and the Homies Are Messing Up My Skin Moisturizing Situation—An Ode to Palmer's Lotion, Vol. 2Damn, why they trynna stick me for my papers? A brotha is just trying to live ash-free.ByPanama JacksonPublishedOctober 25, 2021Comments (21)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart Brothas5 Songs That Would Launch 1,000 Think Pieces If They Were Released TodayNothing says "write 2,000 words about me" like Black people singing songs about livin'.ByPanama JacksonPublishedOctober 20, 2021Comments (37)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasHappy Birthday to Tito Jackson! This Is a Tito Jackson Appreciation PostWith a nickname like Tito, Joe and Katherine's third born was made for the pop culture limelight.ByPanama JacksonPublishedOctober 15, 2021Comments (10)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasOur Kind of People Is A Treasure Trove of Good Writing and Solid Acting. Just Kidding. It's Terrible, and I Love ItLee Daniels' latest television show is exactly what you think it is—rich and ridiculousByPanama JacksonPublishedSeptember 29, 2021Comments (22)Save
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasY'all Need to Put Some 'Speck On Jermaine Dupri's Name, FolksIt's the rampant ridiculous disrespect of the musical legacy of Jermaine Dupri for me.ByPanama JacksonPublishedSeptember 21, 2021Comments (10)Save