Financial guru Ash Exantus took his love for finance and hip-hop, and merged them into a phenomenal tool for the financial misfit. Ash Exantus, better known as Ash Cash was inspired by Jay-Z’s album 4:44 to write The Wake Up Call: Financial Inspirations Learned From 4:44. Although Cash is a finance expert, he was still...
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2017 Year End Music Review!
Music: that thing that’s part of our everyday lives. That thing that helps us with our ups, and helps us with our downs. That thing that heals, and that thing that brings many together. New Edition kicked off 2017 with their epic three-part biopic. The biopic smashed records in the ratings department for BET,...
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She’s STILL Gotta Have It
Filmmaker Spike Lee reboots his first joint into a ten episode Netflix series. She’s Gotta Have It is based in modern-day Fort Greene Brooklyn, and chronicles the life of the sex-positive, polyamorous, pan-sexual Nola Darling, (DeWanda Wise) and the three men she’s dating all at once! Three completely different men, from different walks of life...
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Tamar Braxton ‘Bluebird of Happiness’ Album Review
Deeming it her “BEST & LAST album” Tamar Braxton’s Bluebird of Happiness differs from her previous work. The third time around wasn’t as charming as the last two, but still offers something people will enjoy. Whether she’s updating the Gladys Knight classic “The Makings of You,” which is produced by Rodney Jerkins and has assistance from...
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7 Lessons I Learned Watching ‘Boomerang’
Recently I moved into a new place, and being in a new place without cable or Internet will force you to find different ways to entertain yourself. Ruling out the options of playing cards or board games (do they still make them?), I simply reverted back to my childhood days when the cable might...
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Do Black Women Really Have It Hard?
You hear it all the time. The debate on what sex or race has it worst. Between media’s portrayal and the agenda society pushes down our throats, it’s easy to remain in a constant war of the sexes and who actually has it worst. I was watching one of my favorite shows Being Mary Jane...
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Tips to Perfecting the Tucked In T-Shirt
Gone are the days when your mother would force you to tuck in your t-shirt, in hopes it prevented you from looking sloppy. Those days are long and gone, just like the 80’s and 90’s. But the trends from those eras have returned with a vengeance; for instance, dad hats. Whether you want to fell...
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Why Every Man Should Be Part of the #LawrenceHive
The man, the myth, the legend, known as Lawrence Walker has become the superhero for black men everywhere. After being cheated on by his longtime girlfriend Issa (Issa Rae) in season one of HBO’s new hit comedy Insecure; Lawrence’s (Jay Ellis) comeback story is becoming a win for all men. While season two started off...
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R. Kelly’s Sexual Secret Has Been Trapped in the Closet for Far Too Long
“Five years after R. Kelly’s indictment on child-pornography charges, there have been plenty of allegations, denials, hearings, motions, and countermotions, but no sign of justice. As Kelly’s wife and brother turn against him, and as his fifth year without a trial comes to a close, R. Kelly keeps dropping hits, collecting awards, touring the world,...
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Jay-Z ‘4:44’ Album Review
If the third time is a charm, then the 13th time must be charming AF! That’s exactly what Shawn Carter; Mr. Jigga man did with 4:44. Opening the album with “Kill Jay-Z” he converses with himself over personal and public events that taken place over his career. Addressing his rocky relationship with Kanye, and...