I was googling my name the other day ( something I encourage everyone to do) and came across a blog post about a letter I had written to Metro News back in 2006. There had been a major drug raid in the city and several arrests were made in lower income areas but a significant number of arrests were made in new sub divisions, outside of the city. The cover page was a black man in cuffs in the Jamestown area of the city, one of the lower income neighborhoods. …

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl likes this. Boy and girl start dating and talking everyday- awww. Boy and girl then copulate and likes this even more then BOOM BOOM…you got a relationship.
Time goes on, a pattern forms, boy and girl appear to be comfortable and oooey gooey in love. Then girl notices that boy isn’t sweet talking and complimenting her as much as he used to. This gets girl suspicious. Girl then proceeds to pick up boy’s phone and quickly rummages through it. She finds a text from an …

“Our personalities are often molded by how we are treated…Never mistake people’s exterior characteristics for reality, for the character they show on the surface may be merely a reflection of the people with whom they have been most in contact, or a front disguising its own opposite.”
Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction (pg.85)
I read this passage and instantly think of the people I’ve come across in my life who I have deemed difficult or incompatible. I find this passage helpful in enabling me to mentally and emotionally deflect negative actions …

So by now hopefully you read the update- Big hair is in. Go big or go home! Many women who attempt to achieve this updated 80’s look are either turning to the aide of hair friendly extensions, hair pieces or just rely on extreme humidity. A few men on this site have expressed their support of the look, while  other men couldn’t care less. I recently watched the film Good Hair. It was interesting to follow Chris Rock’s journey that uncovered the once secret society of black hair. The one …

Remember the movie Cool Runnings? Remember how authentic those accents were? I love when American actors portray Caribbean people, it gives me flu symptoms. Regular. Flu. Symptoms. I also love how a group of creative young minds at The University of Toronto decided to pay homage this Halloween to one of their favorite childhood films, Cool Runnings by attending a party dressed as characters from the film. Their costumes were so fly, they walked away with a Costume of the night award. But the Black Student Association at U of …

Supa Nova Slomwas one of the artists featured In Bill Cosby’s Cosnarati, “The State of Emergency”. I came across one of his videos on youtube and instantly subscribed to his channel because I was feeling the message behind the music.  Purify or Die (so sick) is his first release off of his upcoming album The Remedy. Seems like I’ve slept on this multi-talented artist, activist, public speaker, author, and natural healer who has dedicated his life’s work to “Unifying and healing the hood”. Deity, let’s get into the habit of putting …

This season, full, feminine and voluminous hair also known as “Big hair” is making a comeback. This look has been sported on major fashion runways around the world and seen on Hollywood trend setters Tyra Banks, Halle Berry and of course Mrs. Beyonce Knowles-Carter. Unlike our predecessors in the 80s, the revived “big hair” trend calls for a flowing, and more natural looking mane, which is achievable without having to resort to the excessive use of damaging aerosol sprays and hot rollers.
More and more celebrities including supermodel Elle MacPherson rely …