A burly burlesque comedian, raucous Pigmeat Markham starred in dozens of classic sketches including “Here Come De Judge.” He played the world’s funkiest judge: “The judge is high as a Georgia pine! Everybody’s goin’ to jail today! And to show you I don’t mean nobody no good this morning, I’m givin’ myself six months! And Read More…
Rappers Who Lost All Their Money Lil Kim looking serious Steve Jennings/Getty Images By Kathy Benjamin AND Brian Boone/Updated: May 16, 2022 11:42 pm EDT Rap, more so than other forms of music, tends to have an expectation of a certain expensive lifestyle artists have to follow. When you write songs about how much money Read More…
The Richest Rappers In The World According to NPR, rap emerged in 1970s New York City. Evolving side-by-side with DJing, what initially began as a way to keep a crowd entertained took on the form of a commercially successful, mainstream music genre after Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” topped charts in the United States, Canada, and Read More…
Do Black Men have a problem with women with Short hair? HECK YEAH Recently, I’ve decided to chop off 2/3 of my natural hair that I’ve been growing for the last 7 years. Many people are asking, “Why would I do such a thing to such beautiful and lush hair?” And, I say with a Read More…
AfroArt Photo Series Challenges Beauty Standards with Young Black Models AUGUST 10, 2019 ANDREW LASANE All Images: Kahran and Regis Bethencourt. Styling by LaChanda Gatson, Shanna Thomasson and Angela Plummer Husband and wife photography duo Regis and Kahran Bethencourt of CreativeSoul Photography capture images of children that celebrate the beauty, culture, and heritage of afro hairstyles. Often Read More…
The Sky Bridge opened earlier this month in the Czech Republic and is claiming its title as the longest suspension walkway in the world, a record held previously by a similar design in Portugal. Strung between two peaks of the Kralicky Snezník mountain, the pedestrian path stretches an incredible 721 meters and reaches 95 meters above Read More…
