By Richard Ray: I caught parts of the interview OJ Simpson sat down for with Judith Regan. The truth is the Fox aired program was taken from footage shot in 2006. The interview was originally supposed to air as part of the promotion for the book Simpson co-authored “If I did it” in which […]
10 OF THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONGS
As I have recently been accused of not having enough Christmas spirit (spending the holidays in Miami with 80 plus degree weather will do that to anyone) I have decided to properly immerse myself in the seasonal revelry and spread some holiday cheer to all by compiling 10 of the greatest Christmas songs of all […]
THE INTERNET HAS NO CHILL
By Richard Ray: The news of LiAngelo Ball’s arrest in China for shoplifting, along with two other of his UCLA teammates was literally only hours old when he began trending on Twitter. As the middle brother of the more well know Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers and LaMelo Ball, still a high […]
SEAN COMBS AKA “THE GREATEST SELF PROMOTER OF ALL TIME”
By Richard Ray: I have said for some time now that Sean Jean Combs aka “Puffy” aka “Puff Daddy” aka “P. Diddy” aka “Diddy” aka “Brother Love” is the greatest self promoter of our lifetime. So when Puff makes a video to change his name to Brother Love and a few days later says […]
TYRESE IN A NO WIN BATTLE WITH THE ROCK
By Richard Ray: I do not have any clue what Tyrese is going through these days. Sure. like many of you I have seen tabloid reports ranging from him being accused of striking his 10 year old daughter several times as part of his ex-wife seeking a permanent restraining order against him and sole […]
IT’S OFFICIAL: LAVAR BALL IS THE GREATEST SPORTS PARENT EVER
By Richard Ray: I do not even believe the headline of this article, but the subjectivity on this topic makes the outrageousness of my headline as true as anything else written. USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour just wrote a piece titled “It’s Official: Lavar Ball is the worst sports parent ever.” I have […]
CARDI B
By Richard Ray: Divisiveness is not limited to politics and the Trump administration. Less serious, but not necessarily less hotly debated is people’s opinions on female rappers. First off, congratulations to Cardi B. Her single “Bodak Yellow” is the first time since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998 that a solo female […]
ANTI-CLIMAX WINS OVER ANTICIPATION
By Richard Ray: This past weekend held two of the most highly anticipated events of the summer of 17 and by many accounts the results were anti-climatic compared to the hype and anticipation. The Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match was so highly hyped that the match was expected to gross over $650 million for […]
HIP HOP DOMINATES THE CULTURE
By Richard Ray: The back to school commercials that the big chains like Kmart, Target, Macy’s and such employ which begin to signal the impending end of summer, have come to symbolize something far larger to me. Almost all of the commercials attempt to use some form of Hip Hop music (often with a […]
A ROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
By Richard Ray Many people go hard on Saturday nights and wake up to rough Sunday mornings. However, I am not sure if there are any three people in the Twitter Universe who are having worse Sunday mornings than boxer Adrien Broner, singer Bobby Valentino and UFC fighter Daniel Cormier. They all had REALLY […]