Chris Brown in a Past Life?

November 16, 2011 No Comments

Tweet We finally discovered Chris Brown in a past life: It’s the lead singer for the Sylvers, in a gay alternate universe, well, actually, the 1980s.

When will PETA pick the wrong one?

February 2, 2010 No Comments

Tweet The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has made no bones about going after people — big and small — in their quest to bring awareness to the suffering of animals.Oftentimes they do it in a public, very obtruse manner, some would say even mean-spirited. Their subjects are usually stuffy old people or ...

Raphael Saadiq: Lonesome Soul Singer

October 28, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Wow, it seemed like yesterday when the sweet sounds of Tony! Toni! Toné, the Oakland-based family trio, engulfed urban radio. Raphael Saadiq, formerly, Raphael Wiggins, has always had a lonesome streak. Hard to believe that Saadiq’s “Ask of You,” his biggest song to date, was released in 1995 (on the “Higher Learning” soundtrack no ...

The Curious Case of Mary Woodson (Al Green’s Hot Grits Episode)

February 17, 2009 10 Comments

Tweet It’s not every celebrity that has a name that is linked to hot food as infamous as “Al Green and the Hot Grits Episode.” We’ve all heard bits of the tale. But not from the horse’s mouth. It is a true story about love, infatuation, deceit and sadly, death. People vaguely know the story, ...

When a Man Loves a Woman 101

February 6, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Much props goes to my man D-nice (“Takin’ out you suckas and you don’t know how I did it!”) and wifey Melinda Williams-Nice (Lol). For all you youngens, D-Nice was a New York rapper-deejay in the 1980s. He rolled mostly with KRS-1′s crew but never got major shine until he started doing photography. Now ...

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