The Sesame Street video “I Love My Hair” has almost 200,000 views and while many may be from young children a significant amount of the views are black women who have fallen in love with the song. Since the iconic children’s show aired in 1969 – during the Civil Rights Movement – up until today’s...
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This past Saturday Fox News TV host Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington D.C. where tens of thousands of people arrived to hear Beck’s message of faith, honor, and respect. Beck’s rally was held on the National Mall where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have a Dream”...
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Political hip hop duo, Dead Prez, once had a song entitled, It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop. But they weren’t talking about the diamonds on their necks or the size of their bank accounts. The controversial music group was instead describing their mission to empower their listeners to think outside the box and find ways to...
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For all the times we’ve dreamed of seeing the greatest collection of talent on one team in our favorite sport. And for all the times we’ve complained about professional athletes caring more about money than winning. For all the times we’ve criticized professional sports franchises for not doing everything possible to bring our team a championship, there’s a...
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One of this nation’s best past times is going out to your local Mexican restaurant and getting a nice hot plate of enchiladas. Maybe on a Wednesday afternoon when all of the Mexicans are out busy stealing America’s jobs; like cutting grass or working on the top of a house installing a new roof...
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President Obama can’t catch a break these days. There is oil still gushing in the Gulf, another job scandal at The White House, and there is an article on Politico.com comparing his political operation to that of Barney Fife. I guess 2008 is a distant memory for Americans now that we have seen an...
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They can be seen from blocks away amongst a colorful sea of signs and blankets. Some sitting on lawn chairs, a few lying on quilts. But most of them, passing out pamphlets to anyone who will listen. No, they are not the homeless of New York City, loitering the street corners of Manhattan, nor...
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If you consider yourself a bonafide Southern hip hop fan or are a product of cities like Miami, Atlanta, Houston or New Orleans, then the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South represents the end of a struggle for a culture that has fought to have a mic on hip hop’s global stage. Airing tonight, June 7,...
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The Golden Globes opened by presenting Mo’Nique the award for best-supporting actress for her role as Mary Jones in the movie Precious. Mo’Nique played a self-hating, abusive, evil mother to an over-weight, abused teenager. The movie is based on the novel, Push by Sapphire. After watching the film and seeing the life Precious was...
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After two days of what has become the Earthquake felt around the world, the catastrophic disaster that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti remains heavy on many hearts. It seems symbolic that this would be my inaugural piece for the Watering Hole, but as a Haitian man and someone who is currently still searching for his loved...
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