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*The word legendary is often confused with the word infamous, but in the case of the late author and former pimp Iceberg Slim whether he is the former or the later is one for the scholars to debate. His legacy is interwoven in the tapestry of modern street-lore and hip-hop unlike any other single single [...]
*Once former Secretary of State Colin Powell was considered more presidential than George W. Bush, who appointed him in 2000. Had it not been for the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s ill-fated and inaccurate speech at the United Nations regarding Iraq having nuclear weapons the United States may have never been convinced [...]
*Director Spike Lee‘s latest theatrical release is titled ‘Red Hook Summer‘ and, unless you have been totally out of the loop, this tale has gotten a lot of attention for its story and subject matter. But just in case you didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters, you can now see it on [...]
*Dyana Williams is considered radio royalty by fans of her radio show on 100.3 WRNB in Philadelphia, and colleagues and industry insiders a like after 40 years in the game. Our Lee Bailey had the chance to catch up with Williams so she could give him the run down on her role in setting up [...]
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants. — Samuel Johnson *Rob Parker has done it once again. For the layperson among you, Parker is a sports journalist who frequently appears on ESPN’s [...]
*On Sunday, NBC sports analyst and commentator Bob Costas weighed in on the ongoing gun control fight after the tragic murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher on Sunday Night Football. It has already gone to the edge social media universe and back again as critics and supporters alike have flooded Facebook and Twitter. [...]
*The Wayans Family style of humor is one that most African Americans under the age of 40 or even 50 can relate to. It’s reminiscent of playing ‘the dozens’ in the schoolyard with friends, or snapping on an equally talented jokester in a round-robin ‘snap session’ in a tenement hallway. But, unlike most, they’ve been able to [...]
*Football is just a game, right? Well, on paper that’s true. Just a bunch of rules and equipment, and lots of grass stains. But when you add hard work, pain, happiness and sadness then it becomes something else. Something more than a game, less than a war. Millions of young boys across the nation are [...]
*The Hollywood Black Film Festival is one of the most highly-recognized film festivals geared towards African American filmmakers and taste-makers alike. Founded in 1998 by HBFF executive director Tanya Kersey, the HBFF is a four day celebration of Black Cinema. EURweb’s Lee Bailey recently had the chance to sit down and talk with Ms. Kersey about what attendees can [...]
*When Baby Williams announced the then eminent launch of Cash Money Content there were more than a few industry eggheads that scoffed at the very idea of the man behind the careers of Juvenile, Drake and Lil’ Wayne having any success in the publishing industry. After all, these very same eggheads have the traditional publishing industry on [...]
*For most of the television watching world Xzibit is most famous for being the host of the now defunct VH1 show “Pimp My Ride”, but the truly enlightened music fan knows that he was once considered in the top 10 among his contemporaries. Who were his contemporaries at that time? Oh, we don’t know, something [...]
*Great hair, perfect smile, show-stopping complexion, incredible figure … Gabrielle Union’s beauty is almost unparalleled, and the characters she portrays don’t seem like they’re that far off from the real thing either. They’re always smart, always seem to have all the right answers, they always have the great jobs and end up with the handsome [...]
*The 16th Urbanworld Film Festival kicked off this past weekend with some of the best film content you would could ever hope to see plastered across the big screen at the Loews Theater on 34th street in midtown Manhattan. Each year audiences come down to the festival with hopes of being even more entertained and enlightened than [...]
*The artist known as MC Lyte has been a luminary figure in Hip-Hop for well over 20 years. For 10 of those years she was considered the best female emcee in the game, but for the past decade or so Lyte has made it her life mission to legitimize that which has seemingly become bastardized. That being [...]
*Last week we published part one of our story gleaned from our interview with world-renowned performer and activist Wyclef Jean. In that piece our focus was on getting the entire Lauryn Hill story out in the open as the section that deals with the Fugees break up is the most talked about chapter of his [...]
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