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*Co-host of MSNBC’s daytime show “The Cycle” Touré joined HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill Thursday and defended his network’s all-white primetime lineup. The cable news industry has come under criticism for its lack of diversity generally, and within primetime in particular. Though MSNBC has several African-American hosts, none of them anchor primetime shows. But [...]
*In his latest posting at Time magazine, cultural/political pundit Touré writes that the reelection of President Obama would do more to create racial harmony in the U.S. than the president’s first election in 2008. He goes on the say that if Obama is reelected after a whole term which has humanized him significantly from his first [...]
*On Friday, culture critic Touré found himself apologizing for the words that came out of his mouth on Thursday during a political discussion on cable news channel, MSNBC As we previously reported, Touré – one of the co-hosts of the network’s “The Cycle” – accused Mitt Romney of “using racial coding” to “other” President Barack [...]
*During a discussion on MSNBC’s “The Cycle” of Mitt Romney’s recent statement that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago,” co-host Touré said he believes there are explicit racial connotations beneath Romney’s words, calling it the “niggerization” of the campaign. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “That really [...]
*MSNBC is making some changes in it’s daytime lineup. Actually, it’s taking advantage of the fact that host Dylan Rattigan is leaving and has decided to try something new. It’s replacing Rattigan with “The Cycle.” Journalist and outspoken pop culture commentator Touré will be one of the hosts. Besides Touré , the program will feature [...]
*The media has been on top of the Trayvon Martin case by covering it from various angles and bringing out as much information or evidence as quick as possible. Most agree that there is a severe injustice within the justice system and George Zimmerman should be arrested and put on trial. But one well known [...]
*Author and social commentator Toure’ has written an interesting piece on Earvin Magic Johnson at Time.com. The story points out how Johnson – like Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, John Carlos, Tommy Smyth, Curt Flood, Arthur Ashe and others – became an activist in the personal-as-political sense; he [...]
*The devastating news of Whitney Houston’s death is still very fresh and painful to her family, friends and fans. But, after her body is committed to the ground and the dust settles will it be business as usual? It shouldn’t be. It’s time to talk about the crushing effects of fame and the drug infestation [...]
*During Sunday’s Grammy telecast, Twitter lit up with messages wondering why legendary jazz singer Etta James and “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius weren’t included in the In Memoriam slide show honoring those in the music industry who had died in the previous year. The Recording Academy explained that the pair had already been honored, tweeting: [...]
*The sport of Hip-Hop is not for the weak at heart. The entire industry was built by black men and their perspective. And that experience is so unique that anyone else willing to take a chance on the mic is merely a visitor. There have been some impressive guests such as Eminem and the Beastie Boys. [...]
*Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s twins, Moroccan and Monroe, are less than a year old, but according to the pop star, they’re already relatable. “It’s so funny … there’s a picture of the two of us together and we look identical and we have the identical smile,” Carey says in a new interview special, “Mariah [...]
*Born in Boston on March 20, 1971, Touré is a cultural critic for MSNBC, as well as the host of a couple of shows on Fuse-TV: “Hip Hop Shop” and “On the Record.” A contributing editor at Rolling Stone, his articles appear regularly in publications ranging from The New York Times to The Village Voice [...]
*In an exchange on CNN regarding Tyler Perry’s new status as Hollywood’s highest paid man in entertainment, social commentator Touré went in on the actor/writer/producer/director/entrepreneur – calling his work “malt liquor for the masses.” One of the main debates has been whether or not Perry’s work, produced for and consumed mainly by black audiences, is [...]
*The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture kicked off Black Music Month on June 4th and 5th by collaborating with dj lynnee denise of WildSeed Cultural Group to present “After the Dance: Conversations on Michael Jackson’s Black America.” This two-day symposium was built around Michael Jackson’s impact on and relationship with Black America from [...]
*The blog site What About Our Daughters has been on top of a Twitter controversy involving MSNBC contributor and pop culture critic Toure, and now the network has come out with a statement attempting to distance itself from his tweets. This all started earlier this month when @ToureX tweeted about the rape of female slaves by [...]
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