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"I hustle words and pimp sentences. On those rare days when the block is dry and my people fiend for a fix, I deal out essays. Someone has to defend my generation of hoodlums. Since I was one of them for so long, I figure it might as well be me."
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Monday Night Gangsters: When DJs Start Beef
Sometimes in life, you have to reach into an unruly mob, grab one of the dudes yapping the loudest and just deal with him straight up, the way Jon Steward pimp slapped Jim Cramer. You can't fire subliminal shots at him. You can't worry about him ca...
The Tale of Two Fathers
I closed my eyes for a moment and tried to imagine the world my father had painted. "If you ever get into a situation where you are about to have sex. I do want you to think about protection, but I also want you to think about something else." He ...
Democrats By Default
There are a lot of conservative minded Blacks living in America--don't let their voting patterns fool you. ...
Hitting It Raw: Who Needs Condoms?
It's a mindset that allows men to send checks to children instead of dedicating themselves towards being a real father. It's the mentality that makes college fraternity guys don a few hip hop clothes and street slang, and then reach for credibility ...
Gotta Love The Police
No comment. No comment. ...
Vote On The New Header Design w/poll
A lot of people will SAY they don't give a f*ck. But it's usually just meaningless words that fly out their mouth during angry rants. They will only charge so far forward before they restrain themselves and return to the world of sanity. Only stup...
Gangsters Don’t Twitter
We have the freedom to tell the truth as bluntly as we choose. ...
When Hypocrites Become Role Models (part 2)
As kids, our mindsets weren't developed enough to comprehend that just because others chose to live fake lives it didn't excuse our reckless choices. A fake FOI reject would chastise us all night about the sinful horrors of eating pork, and a week la...
Domestic Violence: The Answer to Chris Brown
I grew up in a world where hitting women was seen as a forgivable offense. ...
My Valentine: The One That Got Away
She didn't deserve the pain I caused her, and that reality has eaten away at my soul ever since we parted ways. I've apologized to her, I've explained to her how unprepared I was to truly appreciate a woman of her value, but apologies seem so cheap ...
Reconsidering Gangster Rap
I rarely attach my ego to my thoughts or opinions, and this allows me the freedom to correct myself, contradict myself, and even outgrow and move beyond cherished myths and untruths I might hold. I merely paint the world today as I see it today, all ...
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Personally, I think it’s beyond obvious how hypocritical the whole judicial system and American culture is on topics like these. The only people who can’t see it are the folks who don’t want to. And there’s nothing I can say to change their...
Hustling Obama
A lot of people died to make this moment in history happen. The path to an Obama Presidency was paved by the blood, sweat and tears of millions of people you have never heard of, but who believed in this moment so passionately, they sacrificed every...
Real Talk: Man To Man
These instant gratification dudes don't want a woman, they want a walking porno movie. They would be better suited for a blow-up sex doll than a real wife. The whole idea that seduction isn't important once you get married or in a committed relatio...
The Evolution of a Header
I've always been the moderate one. I tend to look at things from all angles before I take a stance. Very rarely do I rush emotionally into anything. I usually take my time, and slowly map out a strategy that seems the most likely to get me to the ...
This Is Why I Love Hip Hop (Summed Up By Jay-Z)
When Jay-Z does a remix of Young Jeezy’s song, My President Is Black, it summed up everything I had hoped to say for the past few days. Listen to the words of Jay-Z, then talk to me: Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09 from p...
Ban The N-Word & Get Called “Monday”
This, to me–with my usual twisted sense of humor–was a riot, well worth posting before we attempt to tackle our view of the controversial N-Word. Consider this a preview of the things to come: This, to me–with my usual ...
Backward Priorities
The next time some pompous old lady starts kicking up dust and ranting over the sagging pants issue or Hip Hop, please forward them this essay by Johann Hari detailing the holocaust in Congo. The priorities of these Hip Hop Haters are all fuck...
BART Officer Arrested
I’ll keep my eyes on this one. http://www.ktvu.com/news/18475843/detail.html It should prove to be quite interesting. I’ll keep my eyes on this one. http://www.ktvu.com/news/18475843/detail.html It should prove to be quite inter...
Are You Dating A “Good” Guy Or A “Bad” Guy?
The whole idea of using "good" as a description seems backwards because it's just too vague, too meaningless, and it has a way of allowing people to only see in a person what they want to see. There were women who thought Ted Bundy was a "good" man,...
A Second Opinion On Police Brutality
You don't leave a gas stove on while cooking and then suddenly decide to skip over to the mall for a few hours of shopping. If you don't deal with the stove and turn it off before you leave, you can't blame GE when you come back and your house is on...
Let’s Reward Cops Who Murder Blacks
The Black Critic should give out awards and prizes to police officers who assault black youth. ...
Who Are You Subscribed To?
I didn’t feel like writing anything today. There are a bunch of draft articles just waiting to be finished up and posted, but I didn’t want to be bothered with it all today for some reason. I spent most the day tackling emails an...
Another Murder By Police: Open Thread
I’m not even going to say anything. The folks who have been checking this site for a while already know my stance. New visitors can just read How To Beat A Black Woman & Get Away With It. The police are going to continue murdering...
Our Most Frequently Asked Questions:
At some point, it seemed only fair to grab all the educators and scholars who speak so eloquently on the reasons Black youth go to prison and replace them with actual youth who have been to prison. Instead of only listening to intellectuals break do...
Here’s Why Your Relationships Keep Failing
I find it amusing how little people actually knew about relationships....
Why I Write–My Guide For The New Year
I used to write so that someone would be touched by my words, possibly even motivated by them. It seemed oddly romantic to think that my words could live on after me. There was something both naïve and profound with a kid imagining his thoughts wou...
Last Post Of The Year 08
We are not here to make people feel better--there are countless websites willing to promote Fantasy Island and Good Times re-runs for you. Nor are we here to pretend like we have all the answers--a brief stroll through your local bookstore will reve...
The Growth
Each year that creeps by me allows me to stick my middle finger up at all the people who predicted I wouldn't live to see eighteen, and then later, twenty-one. If I had handcuffed my future to the expectations of the gurus of my old neighborhood, I...
Editors Needed
We know why so many females get emotionally involved with men who are about as reliable as accounts of alien sightings. We know why twelve-year-olds are shooting at each other over colors, or why grown men are defending till death certain blocks the...
