Stuff Black People Like, Part 2

Today’s Featured Friday post is from none other than Ant! check out his other post on The Block as well. Good morning class! Your favorite half-breed blogger is back on the block to feed your mental palettes with a plate of social insight. Last year, I wrote an interesting blog about what black people like … Continue reading →

#NameYourFavoriteRapper

In the early days of #DaBlock, back when we were the new construction in the neighborhood type early days, we used to have a running column called Trending Tuesday. Well, those days are over and even though it’s Monday, there is a trending topic that I would like to tackle today. #NameYourFavoriteRapper How do you … Continue reading →

5 Things We Can Do Without

The other day I got one of those cornball emails asking me to list 5 Things I Couldn’t Live Without.  You know the kind of email I’m talking about. Where it presents a hypothetical island life and you only have time to take five things with you.  It asked my questions about what I would … Continue reading →

100 Thoughts about Trayvon Martin

1. Catharsis … the discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the permanent relief of the condition. 2. I can’t seem to shake the feelings I have around the Trayvon Martin tragedy 3. The death of Trayvon Martin is a senseless tragedy. 4. The death probably could have … Continue reading →

The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Good Day good people. Today #DaBlock would like to highlight one of our own in today’s blog. Most of you know him as Brownlee by name, but I wonder how many of us truly know the man behind the name? I mean to most he may just simply be Tyrone, while to the Phrat he … Continue reading →