A Proper (Cross) Post from our beloved Alicia at InnyVinny:    If you’re following me on the Twitter and have been paying attention for the last day or so, you’ve probably noticed that I have a problem with a certain video by a certain wife of Jay-Z featuring Lady Gaga.  After having a discussion about said video tonight, I’ve decided to do a formal post about why the video for Video Phone is going to… Read More

Another day, another VH1 show making me hurt on the inside. I'm sure if you read this blog then you can gather how we feel about VH1's Real Chance/For the Love/Flavor/Rock shows. They're sometimes funny ("Danger, she smashed the homies" has yet to get old), but mostly the joke is on women. Specifically Black women. VH1 "reality" shows always feature at least one (likely two) scantily clad black women who make it their missions to curse out or flat-out fight with the other women in the house. This is what gets VH1 ratings. There is clearly an audience out there with insatiable desire to see "bitchy" women do their thang, and what better… Read More

Even with all of the swastikas and shanks, my coworkers and I are still surprised by this crock of a juvenile system our kids are caught in.  Whenever I get shocked over these stories the old heads at my job shoot me one of those classic looks seasoned folk have in their arsenal that says: that poor child don't know shit about life yet.   I have one co-worker who likes to drop way too many motherfuckers in our conversations for me… Read More

  Dear Black People:   Just in case you were starting to get excited about Vogue putting two black women in a row on their cover, pump your breaks. Can't you see that the April issue with Beyonce on the cover is ultra racist? Wake the hell up people! Like Laurence Fishburne yelled in School Daze "WAAAAAAAKEEE UUUUUPPP!!"   Or maybe you should take your behind back to sleep. If this cover makes you upset then you must be a victim of what G.D.… Read More

  Beyonce, in an afro, being all faux-sassy? We've seen that already -- the movie was Austin Powers, and she was Foxy Cleopatra. Let's just say it wasn't the best hour and 30 minutes of my life. But for some reason a director wants to… Read More

You know you're the man when the likes of Mary J Blige, John Legend, Beyonce and a whole bunch of starahs wait outside in the cold to shake your hand. Looking at this, I'm reminded of those creepy photos in People  of celebrities stuffing their face with captions like "Celebs are greedy too."  Inevitably, some of our favorite performers are human. They might act like a bunch of stiffs at the Grammys but they recognize the biggest person on the planet right now.    It's a long video but it gets good about 6 minutes in. I love how Obama says "What's up Queen?" to Latifah, and says with all kinds of soul "How you doin?" Oh Snap!… Read More