August 13, 2023 2 Rapper Magoo Dies, But His Legacy Never Will I waited so long to share this post because sometimes you don’t want the worst to be true. But here we [...]
March 30, 2021 1 A Much-Needed Nuanced Take on ‘MONTERO,’ Lil Nas X and Deez Bloody Shoes Now y’all know I avoid talking about Lil Nas X as much as humanly possible and I CERTAINLY didn’t want to [...]
June 10, 2020 0 The Grammys Swap ‘Urban Contemporary’ for ‘Progressive R&B’ – But Is This A Good Thing? If there’s been one consistent theme in 2020, it’s been that of change. Some change for the [...]
March 31, 2019 0 Don’t Let Nipsey Hussle’s Death Cloud His Redemption Story Nipsey Hussle’s story was supposed to be one of redemption. That’s why news of his senseless [...]
May 11, 2018 0 R. Kelly is Terrible. But Is That Enough to Ban His Music On Spotify? Most people have an emotional attachment to music. Those lyrics and notes we love leave us awash with [...]
October 11, 2017 0 Eminem’s Trump-Trashing Freestyle – A Three-Point Analysis My bad, y’all, I had planned to do our yearly wrap-up of the BET Hip-Hop Awards but dumb ol’ [...]
December 28, 2016 1 The Playa Please Awards: The Worst Celebrity News and Nonsense of 2016 So about 2016 – the year kinda sucked, huh? Now I’m not one to overlook our blessings. We were [...]
October 8, 2016 4 Our women deserve better than Trump and his bile Just when you thought this presidential election couldn’t get more deplorable, Trump raises the stakes. [...]
June 18, 2016 1 I Don’t Want All Celebrities Speaking On Social Issues. Neither Should You. You know times are hard when the Barbz are turning on Nicki Minaj. Earlier this week, while promoting her new [...]
June 18, 2016 0 Remembering Prince Be of P.M. Dawn, Hip-Hop’s Forgotten Pioneer 2016 has been relentless. Seemingly every other week a key figure from American culture is ripped away, [...]