Oprah Isn’t the Richest Black Woman Anymore. My Fellow Nigerian Folorunsho Alakija Is
I’d like to start this off by saying UP NAIJA!!! Ok now that I got that out of the way… It was recently announced that Mother Oprah Winfrey, Queen of Epic Media Empires and Everything is no longer the richest Black woman in the world. Who overtook her for the …
DMX’s Rudolph Rap Has Brought Me Christmas Cheer
I haven’t been in the holiday spirit but I think that changed tonight. When someone sent me a link saying it was DMX singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I asked them to take it back. I thought it’d be terrible and I wanted no parts of it. And then I …
Dear Rob Kardashian, You Got the Nerve to Call Rita Ora a Whore
Two people I haven’t paid much attention to are getting some attention today, and I am here to write one of them a sternly-worded letter. Rob Kardashian, the Patron Saint of Ain’t Ever Did Shit went on a Twitter rant against his ex-lady he was seen with Rita Ora, also known …
This Pic of Jesse Jackson and Marvin Gaye is 5 Types of Awesome
While browsing the Tumblrs, I came across the pic below and squealed in delight. What we have here is Jesse Jackson playing basketball with the late great Marvin Gaye. And I’m living!!! For so many reasons. First of all, we MUST talk about Jesse’s afro. Mr. Jackson’s afro looks so …
Cee-Lo Green is a Walking Christmas Ornament and I Kinda Love It
I enjoy Cee-Lo Green as much as the next person. The dude is entertaining as hell and his music is like in the clouds. He’s clearly a genius and like most geniuses, he also seems to be missing a couple of screws. Which feeds his art, but it also keeps …
I Got 20 Questions About the 2012 Soul Train Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards came on and I had no plans on watching it. But my Twitter fam was and I’m impressionable so I watched it. Was it good? It wasn’t bad. But like always, the tweets about the show made it worth watching. It was entertaining, though. I’ll …
Free Isn’t Enough: In Defense of the Rihanna Plane Journalists
I’m really surprised at the reaction folks are having over this whole Rihanna #777Tour plane debacle. The plane, carrying 150 people (mostly journalists and some fans) descended to madness in the last couple of days of the tour. The people on it were really disappointed with how the trip went. …
Rihanna’s #777Tour Plane is About to Turn Into Lord of the Flies
Unless you’ve been under a rock, or staying off Twitter, or somewhere minding your business and living a good life of minimal ratchetness, you’ve heard about Rihanna’s #777 tour by now. If not the tour, then at least the plane that’s on the tour with her. The 777 tour is …
No Country for Jermaine Jackson’s Name Change
The Jackson family haven’t been in the headlines too much lately. Not like their usual anyway. But every time I say that, I speak too soon. According to TMZ, Jermaine Jackson has decided that he wants to change his last name to “Jacksun.” If the Chocolate TinMan don’t ease his …
No Country for Hollywood’s Bad Biopic Casting Choices
Three days later and I’m STILL mad! It’s because a new picture of Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone has surfaced and it looks even worse than the one I included in my last post. Zoe’s looking all dead in the eyes, looking like her face is dirty. She looks nothing …