By Richard Ray: Hope rings eternal at the start of every new year. Who am I to extinguish anyone’s optimism? I am hope and optimism’s biggest fan. I have just never understood why people save it all for January 1st. The new years brings promises of renewed diets, renewed gym visits and health regimes. […]
By Richard Ray: The CEO and one of the founders of Golden Krust, a seemingly successful restaurant chain with over 120 stores (mostly franchises) in 9 states and products sold in groceries stores in over 30 states, died. Lowell Hawthorne, a Jamaican immigrant, who worked as a NYPD accountant for nine years before starting […]
By Richard Ray: Disclaimer: I am no doctor or licensed dietitian. I am a person with distinct and vivid memories of my former 6 pack abs (on a really great day even 8) and long for a return of shirtless pics that dont necessitate me looking for the right angles and someone to stand […]
By Richard Ray: Contrary to everything we seem to idolize in American culture, Greed is never good. So when the news was announced that a 26 inch Leonardo da Vinci painting of Christ titled “Salvator Mundi” sold for a record shattering $450 million with fees at auction by Christie’s, I could not help but […]
By Richard Ray: This is as much an open ended question to all you readers as it is a commentary? Are you always obligated to always bring something if invited to someone’s house for a dinner, BBQ, birthday party, etc? I am often amazed at the generosity and thoughtfulness of some that I clearly […]
By Richard Ray: Anyone who has ever played the game of basketball has had some form of Hoop Dreams… Hoop Delusions is probably a more accurate description of the assessment to their respective basketball skill levels… I am easily one of those that have had one of these dreams/delusions. Basketball was an essential part […]
By Richard Ray: I used to think about death far too often. When I was in college I remembered reading statistics that said roughly 1 in 4 Black males would be either killed or incarcerated before the age of 24. Even as I finished college and graduate school, I lived in an alternative universe […]
It was just revealed that Floyd “Money” Mayweather owes the IRS related to his taxable income for 2015. The amount he owes was not disclosed, but 2015 was the year he made approximately $220 million for his fight with Manny Pacquiao and another $32 million for fighting Andre Berto later that year. The highest taxable […]
By Richard Ray: Maia Campbell was once the fantasy woman of millions of men. First coming to prominence as Tiffany on the NBC comedy “In The House” starring LL Cool J. The show ran for 3 plus years and with few network shows featuring POC she was a role model to many. She became […]
I am a fan of JAY-Z. I think he and Rakim are the two best rappers of all time. For all of you young heads that aren’t really familiar with the R, take an hour out of your life and go to YouTube and listen to one of the greatest bodies of musical works on […]
