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 lesson, [...]
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 [...]
Lil Wayne will not start his prison sentence today. According to Rolling Stone magazine, his sentence was delayed for dental surgery. I guess he had to get all of those diamond fronts removed from his mouth cause you can’t hardly go to prison with those things in.
Today I kick off my 2010 Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour. I’ll be speaking about sex, race, capitalism, and the criminal justice system as it relates to hip hop in Newport Richey, FL. When I speak about women, I will speak specifically on Nikki Minaj and how her marketing seems so Lil Kim 3.0. [...]
Lil Wayne gets sentenced today on charges stemming from this incident. The blogosphere has been all the buzz with the going away parties that he’s had over the weekend. Whatever happens he reports to Rikers today. Today I also kick off the first day of my 2010 Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour. And for [...]
