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Today’s Featured Blogger is good friend of The Block and active in social justice arena around the country. His tireless work for the community is why I reached out to him for some perspective on the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act. Here is expert analysis from Abstraktmind. This week the United … Continue reading
Cole hates it. Kanye doesn’t care. But here’s the first-week sales projections based on their first-day sales anyway. According to Billboard, Yeezus will enter the charts at #1, selling somewhere between 360,000 and 380,000 copies, way below the 500,000 industry insiders previously predicted. J. Cole’s Born Sinner is on pace to do anywhere between 270,000 and 290,000, which will place him … Continue reading
Last night was a great night for the NBA. You had the underdog San Antonio Spurs seconds away from stealing the championship from the favorite Miami Heat and their uber-star Lebron James. With only a few seconds left in the game, the league actually started setting up for the championship presentation ceremony!!! It was looking … Continue reading
As an avid sports fan, I try to be compassionate to professional athletes being people just like me…but then they do stuff that regular people like me don’t do and ruin my entire perception. While this blog may be about a pro athlete, everybody can relate to the ridiculous that I’m about to speak on. … Continue reading
A bunch of kids in Sand Diego got suspended the last week of their senior year of high school. That’s not too unheard of because senioritis is a beast. What’s a little different about this, is that it was about 30 girls for posting a video to YouTube. They were fully clothed, and not doing … Continue reading
“Understanding the ghetto kids presents a special problem for the cop. When a riot breaks out in a high school, the damage is already done and there is little the cop can do besides try to contain the violence. But if the cop had been sensitive to the history of the problem, the riot might … Continue reading
By now you have heard of the hoopla about Lil Wayne’s latest lyrical reference to Emmett Till. If not, here is the short and long of it.. Lil Wayne said he was going to beat some nookie up like Emmett Till. Ouch. It hurt my spirit to even type that ish!! The record company behind the song … Continue reading
Okay, I admit it!! I watched it. I watched The Life Lessons Class with Harpo and Dr. Chapman, the creator of the 5 love languages. And I liked it!! I think it has some validity and the ability to really help people. I agree that most folks, including myself, need help communicating with their boo-thang. For … Continue reading
High school playoffs have ended, bowl season is over, and the NFL playoff picture, which now excludes my hometown Texans, grows clearer by the game. In the midst of this football bonanza, I got to wondering: How do the states stack up across all levels of football? So I looked to my favorite source, ESPN … Continue reading
So, have you seen Django Unchained yet? I first saw the trailer a few months ago and the intense love/hatred I have for QT spawned this blog post. (source) But now that I have seen the movie, my thoughts are just. Meh. Don’t worry, if you haven’t seen it, then I won’t spoil it. And … Continue reading
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