Sexual Jealousy

In Karrine Steffans’ book, Confessions of a Video Vixen, she relates an interesting story about her ex-boyfriend, NY rapper Kool G Rap. G Rap forbade her from listening to other rappers. G Rap thought that her listening to another man’s voice meant that she wanted to have sex with the man. G [...]

Malcolm

Click here to listen and watch Malcolm X discuss “slave names.”

Al Qaeda. It’s in the Game!

A new video game lets players kill President Bush. It’s called “Quest for Bush.” It looks a lot like a game that hit the market three years ago, called “Quest for Saddam.”
Creating a game that repeatedly portrays the killing of a specific individual or ideology and then distributing that game in a context that sincerely [...]

Do Black Men Pay Too Much Attention to Sports?

One of the more depressing aspects of American black male culture is the over-emphasis on sports. Don’t get me wrong, I love sports as much as the next guy, especially college football, but I can’t watch ESPN’s SportsCenter twice a day. I know brothers that can rattle off obscure sports statistic and TiVo [...]