Although Frank Ocean is clearly the R&B man of hour, don’t expect to find his album at your nearest Target. The big box chain as decided not to carry Ocean’s CD. Target says its because the album was already released digitally, not homophobia. Do you believe them?
At 28 years-old, Irving is the first black person, the first Jamaican person, and the youngest person to ever fly around the world on a solo flight. Irving suffered multiple obstacles in his quest to make that dream a reality. But he never gave up.
Chris Brown’s latest album Fortune sold 134,000 copies this week. Why has Chris Brown endured? Has the public forgiven him for his violent past?
I’ve spent the last week treading in the liquid of a queer-flavored ambivalence, trying to determine why the Anderson Cooper and Frank Ocean coming out announcements mean less to me than other people. I have seen enough episodes of Coming Out Stories and foolishly subjected myself and my partner to the awkward anti-climax of telling my father […]
The winds of change offered us another subtle and elusive breeze on the 4th of July as the nation celebrated another ironic Independence Day. Undoubtedly, many of you have already heard of Frank Ocean’s beautiful tumblr post announcing that his first love was a man. In delicate prose laced in a humble font sans serif, […]
If I could speak to him directly, I would say “Frank Ocean you have become revolutionary.” Every person that breaks normative ideas of sexuality and gender becomes a revolutionist. These paradigm shifters become life changing for every little boy that grew up wanting to put on a ballerina dress but couldn’t because of the fear […]
Check out the trailer for the all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias,” starring Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard, and Jill Scott. Will you watch?
R&B singer and Odd Future member Frank Ocean came out of the closet yesterday, writing a poetic blog in which he admitted that his first love was a man. Ocean’s admission is relatively unheard of in mainstream Hip Hop. His bravery is truly inspiring.
NC Republicans overrode Dem. Governor Beverley Perdue’s vetoe of a law that would make it more difficult for death row prisoners to use evidence of racial bias when challenging their sentences.
According to reports, President Obama plans to scale back America’s decades-long and highly controversial War on Drugs in his second term. Do you think the War on Drugs should be scaled back?
Marcus Jordan, son of Michael Jordan and a basketball player at the University of Central Florida, was arrested on Omaha, Nebraka earlier this morning.
Did you watch the Awards last night? What’s the verdict? Give us your high- and lowlights of the BET Awards
