COSBY
Bill Cosby has been in the news for the past few years. I won’t go into detail, but unless you have not had any exposure to a television or newspaper you are aware that around four dozen women have accused Bill of a range of drugging and sexual assaults dating back over forty years. The […]
KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR-THE GOAT?
On August 16th, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time celebrated his birthday, and outside of perhaps Los Angeles, there was little fanfare celebrating his life or his place in sports lore. Though we are from a different generation, I did manage to see Kareem play throughout his 10 “Showtime” years in LA […]
TATTOOS ON TATAS
Many of us know that when someone starts off a sentence with “I don’t mean any disrespect”…the most disrespectful statement is sure to follow. Well I am unsure if it is the equivalent but, “I am in no way being judgmental, but… As a point of disclosure I must state that I have no tattoos […]
TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT HIP HOP ACTS OF ALL TIME PART 2
Many of the acts on the honorable mention list were deserving of making the top ten, but that is the unfortunate downside to ranking all time greats in a field nearly forty years old. Once I narrowed it down to a top ten it was even more difficult to actually rank them at that point. […]
TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT HIP HOP ACTS OF ALL TIME (PART 1)
I have seen many top 5 or 10 MC’s of all time lists. The lists vary widely, excepting no one dares keep off Pac, Big and usually Jay. Of course these lists are all wholly subjective (and this will be no exception). Demographics shape the lists and your opinions on them. When and where and […]
MY BUCKET LIST
I am in good health (as far as I am aware). I work out regularly and do not eat nearly as horribly as I did a year ago. I have no plans to leave this earth anytime soon, but like many I possess a theoretical bucket list. You know the list of to do items […]
CRIME REALLY DOES NOT PAY
In my wayward youth, which I still remember as if it were only yesterday, I knew an assorted cast of characters. One of them, 5’9” and 420 lbs. on a slim day, would frequently tell me he was crime and “Crime don’t pay”. The sophomoric line would have otherwise been intolerable but his delivery was […]
F*** THE POLICE…UNIONS
I have had a very long and complicated relationship with the police in America. I have been stopped, harassed and handcuffed for being Black in “high crime “ areas. Driving while Black was a precarious situation myself and friends talked about regularly and the fear police displayed as I grew older, stronger, and looked more […]
HOSPICE CAREGIVERS
Let me give the biggest shout out… Much respect due… to all the ladies and gentlemen who serve as hospice workers. For the uninitiated, hospice care generally involves the palliative care of patients most associated with serious and often terminal illnesses (essentially the focus of providing patients relief from pain as well as mental and […]
SELF EMPOWERED NOT SEPARATIST
I am neither the anointed nor self-appointed Voice of African Americans. My opinions are varied and constantly evolving, because life is ever changing. However, one subject has remained fundamentally the same during my lifetime and far proceeding it: the need for self-sufficiency and self-empowerment in the African American community. I have been to many cities […]
