From the first time I ever heard the rattling of Naughty by Nature through my 23-year-old Father’s Bose speakers to the day I sold a handful of stolen oxy to a white classmate and drove off banging Thug Motivation 101, I’ve been an adamant fan of hip-hop. In the ever-changing, hyperspeed day and age that…
A Flyer Life.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the motions of life that we literally and figuratively forget to stop and smell the flowers. We only get one run at this game and we deserve to enjoy ourselves, so here is a list of ten things you can do to enhance the experience. Invest in…
The Black Social Media Experience
No one on this planet can transform traumatic experiences into comedy like black people. Though the aforementioned is an amazing and entertaining coping mechanism, it is not exactly healthy, so to speak. If we’re being realistic, the entire culture of social media is driven by the black experience and reaction. We are a network so…
Monday Game.
Before you go out in this world or if you’re already out there, I want to say something to you. Like my man SHAD says, “The past is history and the future is a mystery.” I understand that to mean that everything in this moment is as it should be because everything in this moment…
Are All Women Whores?
If you opened this article expecting to read a thousand words of prose from a lame ass, bitter, heartbroken nigga who is oblivious to the art of navigating the realm of women— You’ve come to the wrong place. 🙂 The other day I had a cigar and a snifter of marvelous French cognac with one…
Ten Things to Give a Man For Valentine’s Day Other Than That Tired Ass Box
I know you’re either laughing your ass off or calling me an asshole because of the title, either way, I don’t care. I’m willing to be the scapegoat in exchange for being the voice of men all over America, who smile and lie through their teeth when they’ve gone out and put thought and money…
FILTHY, NASTY, SEX.
INT. ST.REGIS HOTEL – APRIL 2017 – NIGHT Plush layout, floor to ceiling windows, the bed feels like a dream. Imagine the flyest hotel you could ever think of and pour gold on top of it. It’s the night of my 27th birthday, and after an unforgettable appearance at a 90’s R&B party where I…
BLACK MEN ARE TRASH
The only time that I see unified, unbiased love and praise for straight, black men on social media is when we’re immensely attractive or a hashtag. Any other time “Black men are trash!” I understand that perception is reality and that if a woman has dealt with trash men on a consistent basis she’ll make…
21 Things Women Say and What They Mean.
Navigating women is a practice that takes experience and even then, you still never truly master the art of knowing them. Trying to understand women is just like the game of “Black Monopoly” described to Peter Griffin to Cleveland Brown on an episode of Family Guy: “You never win, you just do a little better…
FIRST YEAR BEING RICH
The smart man hears, but the wise man listens. No matter how good you liken yourself to be, when in the presence of proven greatness the best thing that you can do is shut the fuck up and soak up some game. I’ve been blessed with multiple opportunities to rub shoulders and speak to powerful…
