America is gearing up for another election this fall. In 2008, the emergence of Barack Obama election as President not only was it become a historical monument but one of defining political views. Throughout African-Americans political history the dynamic of party identity has been one of very many complex dynamics. After the Civil War many African-Americans were very pro Republican but some things changed over… [Read more…]
If you haven’t make sure you check out the last two episodes of the “Straight Outta Lo Cash” Radio Show. This week we had hip hop legend and St. Lunatic Murphy Lee on the show “Who Say Saint Louis Aint Hip Hop?” You can also subscribe to the show on I-Tunes or listen on your… [Read more…]
This upcoming weekend marks the 26th holiday celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We take out time to celebrate the legacy of man who spent his life helping America see what this country said it was built on: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When we look at the life of Dr. King… [Read more…]
Make sure you check me out tonight on 12 Kyle radio as we will be talking about Love, Relationships and, Hip Hop. The show starts at 9 EST and you can go to the show and hear it live or check out the recast if you miss it HERE. Today I am doing a Double… [Read more…]
The next post in the series: Reversing the Culture of Ignorance… The film “The Help” has been a big financial success but not without its criticisms. I have been very vocal (check me out on twitter @diggame) about my disagreement with another film about black people being in a subservient situation. I understand it is… [Read more…]
The next post in the series: Reversing the Culture of Ignorance… This week the beginning of the Stanley Cup has begun with the Vancouver Canucks playing the Boston Bruins. You may be asking yourself what does hockey have to do with this blog. Well, it has a lot to do with this blog. First and foremost… [Read more…]
Sunday night the POTUS (President of the United States) broke into most major programming( conveniently it was the same time as NBC’s The Apprentice was going off…shots fired at Donald Trump!) and announced that Osama Bin Laden had finally been killed in Pakistan. I am not going to delve into my conspiracy theory thoughts such… [Read more…]
A few nights ago on the O’Reilly Factor the classic conservativeSterling Armstrong,Larry Elder…Juan Williams (a lot of those ultra conservative black men all run together to me) was guest hosting The O’Reilly Factor. He had on Dr. Caroline Helmand of Occidental College. They were debating Congress deciding to cut some of the budget of NPR… [Read more…]
Recently the film True Grit has gotten rave reviews and has even received a few Oscar wins. The admiration for the Western genre of films is nothing new. We are fascinated we culture of the Wild west and the courage and adventure of the cowboy. There have been thousands of films, comics, books, and novelas… [Read more…]
Last week I was asked to be on a panel at Harris Stowe State University on “Women’s Images in Hip Hop”. The discussion and dialogue with the students was great. The students conveyed their thoughts and notions from everything to the visual images of women in music videos to the disrespectful lyrics. The interesting thing… [Read more…]
I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don’t stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. Now what you hear is not a test. I’m rappin to the beat and me, the… [Read more…]
This week the controversial website World Star Hip Hop was temporarily shutdown. 50 cent claimed that he was the reason for it being shutdown but that is speculation at this point. Nonetheless the site is now back up after being shut down for a day. When I heard it was shutdown I was somewhat happy… [Read more…]
Yesterday I received an email from a friend. Yeah you know one of those forwards we get with thought-provoking information in it. You know the one’s with the subject line… MUST READ!! THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN THIS. But, This emailed intrigued me a lot. The email described that the piece was written by a… [Read more…]
The time we live in today is an ever-changing landscape. With explosion of technology information is gained and forgotten almost as soon as we receive it. The other day there was a news report in my hometown of St. Louis that talked about how it was the most dangerous city. Then a few days later… [Read more…]
This weekend I will be trekking back for one of my boys from college wedding back in good old Iowa. So, in honor of that I am going to share with you all one of my old opinion Piece columns when I worked for the Iowa State Daily. It talks about the frat party minstrel… [Read more…]
Originally I was going to write a post on soul mates, but something struck me during the middle of the day that I thought was important to discuss. While looking at my yahoo homepage I saw a headline: “Angelina Jolie tabbed to play Cleopatra.” Sighing to myself, I shook my head. Once again Hollywood has… [Read more…]
This video is a hilarious spoof of Andre 3000′s song “Hey Ya” from his “Love Below” Project. Really there is nothing else to say the song and video speak for themselves….Enjoy
February 8, 2012 by erob101
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