The life and times of DeWayne Carter have been highly documented. His seeming allergic reaction to condoms, the sizzurp, and his recent year and a day jail sentence has all seem to distort what Carter truly is, and that is simply one of the best lyricist to ever grace the mic. I assume that is why I found the documentary chronicling his life so riveting. The Carter spares no details as it lends you a candid view of the life of Carter, leaving you in an awkward disposition, of feeling proud and hapless at the same time. Im pulling for Wayne to get himself together and return to music in better shape than he left.
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The life and times of DeWayne Carter have been highly documented. His seeming allergic reaction to condoms, the sizzurp, and his recent year and a day jail sentence has all seem to distort what Carter truly is, and that is simply one of the best lyricist to ever grace the mic. I assume that is why I found the documentary chronicling his life so riveting. The Carter spares no details as it lends you a candid view of the life of Carter, leaving you in an awkward disposition, of feeling proud and hapless at the same time. Im pulling for Wayne to get himself together and return to music in better shape than he left.
New York’s resident party starter and our homie from Blackplanet Big Ced test drove Nissan’s 2010 Altima SR 3.5.
Since the Oscars just passed and the red carpet was flooded with a bunch of cats in bow ties we thought that now is as good as any to talk about the classic attire symbolic of old-world iconoclasm.
I was listening to my “Reality” radio one morning on the way to work and there was a discussion about the Performance Tax that is being proposed in Congress. Now the way this works is that a fee would be charged to record companies any and every time that an artist’s song is played, being recouped by the record company…
A visually compelling blog, a quality product, and a unique combination of style and substance, the BKc could run a clinic on how to be a successful lifestyle brand. Authenticity, inspiration, and passion are a few words that come to mind when thinking of the BKc lifestyle. Derived in 2006 by Founder and Creative Director Quigi Theodore’s affection for the Brooklyn aesthetic, the brand has fused the creative, social and cultural aspects of the borough to mold the lifestyle.
A promo video for Croatian brand Damir Doma’s recently launched line SILENT hit the Internets this week. The modestly priced collection is made up of “tees, bags, wallets and more.”
If the uninitiated, Rep. Charles Rangel (D- NY) is among highest ranking Black men on Capitol Hill–until recently when said power was yanked for alleged ethics violations. The Harlem congressman has been doing “Wavy” with his hair decades before Max B or Dip Set so how did a New York news station confuse him with blacker than 12:02am actor Wesley Snipes?
Look at your yourself. Now back to Baron Davis. Look at your yourself. Now back to Baron Davis. Sadly, you are not Baron Davis. But if you had the NBA all-star’s face sweater maybe you could live in the shadow of the Boom’s sheer awesomeness.
GM gives a first look at a future camaro. While the building and engineering has yet to even start, GM decided to give car enthusiasts a little glance at what it plans to birth soon.
Pharrell “Skateboard P” Williams showing you his all inclusive, ever artistic style.
Kanye West is our own John Mayer. The tortured genius of the Windy City music mind is always on full display at any given minute while that typically means candid moments with one of our favorite rappers it also gives the media plenty of fodder to kick around as well if he mispeaks or does some other random stupidness.
There are only two places that Kanye West can retreat to and be himself and remind us why we love whatever is going on in that funny shaped head of his–that’s his music and his blog, which was just relaunched.
