Talk About It Tuesday-04/05/2022

It’s award season, and I for one am happy that it is wrapping up! I am still chewing on the speech Tyler the Creator gave after he won Sunday night. …

28 DAYS OF BLACKNESS: What About Aaliyah?

Note: This is not a dig on the life of Aaliyah Dana Haughton. With all that she went through in her short life, the re-release of her last album (Aaliyah), …

28 DAYS OF BLACKNESS: Why Janet Jackson Still Matters

In this picture, Janet must have been in her early 20’s. This was after FAME, Good Times, Dif’rent Strokes and after her brothers–one in particular!– had taken over the world. …

I Remember Blackness: My Loveletter To My Favorite Radio Station, MAJIC 108 FM

As you can see, a lot of my memories of being Black are wrapped in music. But at the same time, my happiest memories are around this radio station: MAJIC …

I Remember Blackness: I Loved Tevin Campbell

The first time I heard Tevin Campbell sing I was like 10 or 11. And the first song that I remember hearing his voice on was “Tomorrow (A Better You, …

I Remember Blackness: Mixtapes & Countdowns

I’m an 80’s baby, with late 80’s and 1990’s experiences! One of the biggest things that engulfed my childhood was music. It was always music! One of my favorite things …

Talk About It Tuesday-07/13/2021

So Nicki Minaj is slicking coming for…Megan Thee Stallion? I have an issue when female rappers throw shots at each other. There is something about that (to me) that is …

Come Get All The Smoke: YoungMercFire

Follow him on the Clock App. You’re welcome (@youngmercfire). If you were to combine Malcolm X, Nas, Cornell West and Ghost from POWER into one person, it would be YoungMercFire. …

TALK ABOUT IT TUESDAY-03/30/2021

Aight. To the matter of Lil Nas X. First, this: Let it also be said that I am looking 40 in the face. I am also a mother, believer in …

RUNITBACK FRIDAY-02/12/2021

Chile, where do I begin! Malcolm & Marie are stressing the culture out, Ms. Marie Wells passed away, old racists are still being old racists, NeNe Leaks got dropped by …