PopCulturalist
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Over the weekend news site ATTN published my reaction to Jay Z’s recent statements that he thought Hip Hop music did more for Civil Rights than some Civil Rights activists. While I agreed that Hip Hop has been influential, let’s not pretend that racists can enjoy black art while despising black people.
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Hey! I’m finally back from attempting to sleep through most of the holidays! (Congratulations to me.) I celebrated my return by watching a lot of television, including FOX’s new show “Empire.” The show is horrible, but I didn’t let that stop me from enjoying it!
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Yung Berg beats up his girlfriend Masika and, rightfully, gets fired from VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood.” Joseline Hernandez, star of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta destroys the set of a reunion show fighting pretty much everyone and gets to go out for dinner afterwards with the show’s creator. Was Yung Berg’s crime that he’s
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“Everything old is new again,” actor and civil rights activist Denise Nicholas told BuzzFeed News. “Whoever thought we would be dealing with voter suppression after the civil rights movement? All these years later, we’re still dealing with the issues that we dealt with in the ’60s. It is absolutely crazy. I’m not surprised. Why did
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Some things have to be seen to be believed, like five dorks in blackface (and one in “whiteface”) doing a “tribute” to the Jackson 5 as the Jackson Jive. I suppose you could attempt the “maybe Aussies don’t know blackface is offensive in 2009” excuse. That might work, you know? If they didn’t already have
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So Mariah “Sparkle Pony” Carey’s “Obsessed” is about Eminem, right? Right? What prize do I win for the sheer obviousness of Mariah’s summer pop ode to her ego? A bootleg copy of The Real Slim Shady? A DVD collectors edition of Wild’n Out? There’s nothing like a pop song that’s about someone you don’t like…
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Real estate agent and rumored DC cast member Stacie TurnerReliable sources in D.C. told me that many black women who were approached about the Real Housewives reality TV show brand coming to Washington, D.C. balked at what the producers were looking for — which was something like Atlanta 2.0 with more craziness. Without a Nene…
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