Many try to deny the power of music, but I’m telling you, music is a universally communicated artform–no matter your country of origin. Don’t believe me? Watch these very young girls from the UK perform Nikki Minaj’s Super Bass. Its unreal. They may be older than ‘toddler’ age, but not by much.

I wanted to share 50 Cent at Sundance 2011. I shoulda been at Sundance this year… I gotta experience it for myself. He kicked it with Terrence Howard, Floyd Mayweather and whatnot. They also gave a shout out to Mayweather Films.  Wow! I see you.

I’m in post-production on my short film, They Call Me Dae. Its an edgy urban story about a teen girl who likes to fight. I want to include a female rapper’s song in the film’s music score. Some of my facebook and twitter friends have referred me to a few people and I’m reviewing their [...]

Yesterday we loss Teena Marie,  a great singer and songwriter. In remembrance of her, I wanted to share a list of 10 Teena Marie songs that you should have on your Ipod, MP3 play, cassette deck, Sony Walkman–you get the idea. Fire & Desire Square Biz Lovergirl Ooh La La La Work It I’m A [...]

I’m loving this song, All I Want Is You by Miguel featuring J. Cole! Here’s the video. I’m listening to it right now as I go over actor headshots for tomorrow’s auditions for They Call Me Dae. Life is good and hectic. But, good music always makes things better.

A couple of months ago, I wrote about Erykah Badu’s video in which she stripped down in downtown Dallas. I shared my disappointment with that choice of artistic expression in a music video and I named other artists that disappointed me as well for posing nude including Jody Watley. A day or so after I [...]

Now, this is a lady after my heart. According to People.com Lady Gaga is telling her fans not to have sex in response to the rise in HIV rates. “It’s okay to be whomever it is that you want to be,” says Gaga. “You don’t have to have sex to feel good about yourself, and [...]

No matter how creative you are, no matter how talented you are, if you are a recording artist and feel the need to go nude whether it be in a music video, Playboy, or Playgirl it signals to the rest of the world that your career is over. Its like agreeing to bare your body [...]

I quoted this song to a friend last week because I thought the lyrics were so strong. I’ve been listening to it in my car and in my office on REPEAT mode. Here are a few of the lyrics to strengthen you for your daily battle. And check the video below. Each tear, there’s a [...]

Every day I’m sharing quotes from my books to initiate dialogue on the issues that can help us, hurt us, or make us think about life as we know it. Some days it may be an affirmation for living, other days it might be a statement about the stark reality of society, music, culture, etc. [...]

On day two of my Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour I discovered that college women are turned off by the open crotch shots ie (Lil Kim and Nikki Minaj.) When I asked men if they liked the photos, of course they said yeah. But it still wouldn’t make them buy the album. They would [...]

Anyone who rides in the car with me now knows how crazy I get when I here Pretty Girls by Wale. I’ve loved the song since I first heard it. I don’t know if its the infectious hook, or his laid back rhyme style. Whatever the case, here’s the video. So now I get to [...]