Commercialized Rappers Have Become Modern Day Drug Dealers
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, KultureKritic.com I was speaking this morning to the family of Maria Lloyd, the woman who wrote an open letter about her experience of having a father who was given 15 life sentences for drug distribution during the 1980s. During our conversation, Maria mentioned that one of the comments she saw in [...]
Jay-Z and Dream Hampton Accused of Stealing the Ideas for the Book “Decoded”
KultureKritic.com Staff Writer Jay-Z, co-author Dream Hampton, and publisher Random House have been hit with a lawsuit over the rapper’s 2010 book Decoded. According to the hand-written suit, filed June 13 in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Patrick White’s laptop was stolen in 2009. “[M]y personal computer was compromised,” White [...]
Jon Stewart Jokes that Republicans Appear to be on JP Morgan’s Payroll
Jon Stewart became a funny man while watching the testimony of JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon. Dimon testified this week before the Senate Banking Committee, and couldn’t help but become appalled by the manner by which Republicans were kissing up to the CEO. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said to Dimon that it wasn’t a big [...]
Dr. Boyce: Why Dr Dre and Ice Cube Succeeded, While Most of their Homeboys Perished
by Dr. Boyce Watkins The unforgettable, yet unforgiveable impact of America’s first gangsta rap group is the stuff of legend. NWA is responsible for prophetic songs like “F*ck the Police,” which told the world about LAPD brutality before the Rodney King incident, but they are also responsible for injecting hip-hop with a dose of toxic [...]
Dr. Boyce: The Taming of the Basketball Baby Mamas
By Dr. Boyce Watkins Some very strange things happened in my life this week, things that turned my whole world upside down. It was a time when wrong became right and the sun revolved around the moon in a counter clockwise fashion. It was a week when the Basketball Wives actually decided to act like they’ve got [...]
Dr. Boyce: Shaunie Says the Basketball Wives Won’t Be Fighting, Alrighty Then
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, KultureKritic.com Shaunie O’neal, the woman who has made a small fortune by convincing women of color to brawl on national television, expressed a point of personal enlightenment this week by confessing that the next season of Basketball Wives is going to consist of less fighting. Shaunie, the Executive Producer for [...]
Yvette Carnell: Let’s Talk About G. Dep Snitchin’ On Himself And Going to Jail for 15 Years
by Yvette Carnell Yesterday Yourblackworld reported that rapper G. Dep was going to jail for 15 years on a murder conviction. Sadly, a rapper headed to the pen is barely newsworthy anymore. A former Bad Boy rapper having a streak of bad luck? There’s a name for it: The Bad Boy Curse (Really, the “curse” has [...]
Dr. Boyce: 5 Things Basketball Wives and Jerry Springer Have in Common
by Dr. Boyce Watkins Last week, I wrote an article proclaiming the “outstanding” television drama “Basketball Wives” to be the New Jerry Springer Show. Some people didn’t quite see where the analogy fit, so I thought I’d toss together an admittedly sarcastic list of things that Basketball Wives has in common with the Jerry Springer Show: [...]
Pres. Obama Makes Jokes at Correspondents Dinner: Was He Funny? (Video)
In the video below, President Barack Obama speaks at the annual corespondents dinner. Did he make the audience laugh?
Dr. Boyce: Lil Wayne Feels that “Women Should Be Respected?” Negro, Are You Serious?
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, KultureKritic.com Someone needs to help me. I’m sitting here, going in and out of consciousness like the victim of a car accident, not able to believe my eyes and ears after hearing Lil Wayne say that he believes that “women should be respected.” If there is anything that anyone learns from [...]
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