The music industry’s downard spiral was momentarily lifted a couple of weeks ago when Lil’ Wayne’s newest CD, “Tha Carter III,” sold over 1 million copies in its first week.  Although the CD got mixed reviews, it was agreed upon by almost everyone that the sales were well-deserved, given all the hard work Mr. Carter [...]

Above: My YouTube music video for “Obama, Obama,” a remake of Lil’ Wayne’s “A Milli” that’s currently getting radio station play throughout the country.
Aside from being a blog fanatic, I am also a studier of musical trends.  I make my own music, and I also pay close attention to what artists are popular in the [...]

Las week I watched the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie on DVD. The movie itself was ok at best (and I’m glad I didn’t spend money seeing it in the theatre), but there was something I noticed – and chances are, if you’re black, you’ve seen this hundreds of times…
There’s a scene in the movie [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article called “The Psychology of Women: Why They Hate on Each Other,” which talked about the various reasons women often snub their noses at other women who are doing better than them. 
One of my regular readers wrote me, and posed the following question:
“Why is this phenomena of [...]

In the last year, rapper NAS caused quite a stir when he announced to the world that his next album would be titled “Nigger.”
His explanation for giving his work such a controversial title seemed genuine enough: the album was going to focus on how the word is currently seen in our society, and he hoped [...]

I’m a bit miffed today. 
I was trying to put together a video using clips from YouTube of Father’s Day postings - news clips, family films, etc. – and, after the first 15 minutes of video-watching and recording, it dawned on me:
I didn’t see any clips on YouTube involving Black Fathers!
Oh sure, I found news clips on “What [...]

 
Above: Senator Barack Obama’s victory speech after becoming the Democratic Presidential candidate for the 2008 election.
Dear Senator Barack Obama:
Congratulations.  You have made history.
You have become the first Black Presidential hopeful to be taken seriously enough (sorry Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton) to actually be voted in by your party as their Presidential Candidate.  It is truly [...]

If I were to go back to school, I’d change my degree and major in psychology.
There are so many things about the way people work that fascinates me: the way they think, how they act towards one another, how they can read and interpret – and sometimes misinterpret – each other with something as [...]