Common Thanks His Fans for Buying his Book; Makes the New York Times Best Sellers List

“Common has written a magnificent memoir. It states that it is a book about his fascinating life. That is true. More importantly, his story is the story of all young people trying to grow up. His saga reminds the reader that love liberates and poverty cripples. Common writes beautifully, like the poet he is.” –Maya […]

Is there a Message in Beyonce’s Pregnancy Beyond the Tweets?

Social media history was made last week right after Beyonce confirmed that she was pregnant with her performance at the recent MTV Video Music Awards. The Twitter world went crazy generating a record 8,868 tweets per second. The blogosphere has been on fire ever since with posts on such topics as ‘How will Beyonce and […]

BET and Centric celebrate the ‘Unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial’

BET Networks Celebrates the Unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial with a Special Programming Lineup on BET and CENTRIC on Sunday, August 28 BET News taps Hill Harper to host the Untold Story of MLK’s Life as a Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in ALPHA MAN: THE BROTHERHOOD OF MLK Followed […]

What Jay-Z and Kanye’s New Track “Otis” Taught Me

“Why do we love it so much even though for most listeners, there’s no tangible expression of these lyrics in our lives? It’s as if we’re paying people to tell us how awesome their lives are due to the money we’ve given to them because we want to hear them tell us how awesome their […]