Kids just don’t understand: Mysteries behind parenting

I know you think I got that title wrong since Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff originally let us know that Parents just don’t understand but I really think it’s the other way around. So I’m raising three girls right — two teenagers and a toddler. All wonderful kids but all who think they are smarter…

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Straight Outta Compton: The Best Movie of the Year

Last Friday I decided to do some bonding with my daughter and take her to the movies. Feeling a little selfish, I decided to choose a movie that allowed me to relive a bit of my youth while at the same time introduce her to some hip hop history. So of course we went and saw Straight…

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Friday Reflections: I gotta say it was a good week!

This week started off tough! I had to get my girls back into a school routine which included figuring out what my oldest could wear at her new high school #teenagedrama. Then to match that, I had to get my mind right to deal with the unpredictable ATL school traffic — one day I can…

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MTV’s “White People” – About time!

I’m not sure if you had a chance to catch this documentary but I did. The Pulitzer Prize wining journalist,  Jose Antonio Vargas, takes on the task of calling attention to white america – seeking answer on how it is to be “white” in America. No don’t think this is a black/white thing, it’s a white…

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Hip Hop Lyfe: Top 5 Diss Tracks of ALL TIME

Updated Aug. 19, 2015 As a child of the hip hop nation, I keep my ear tuned in on the news, beef, achievements and everything else within the community. Recently, I became engaged with the Drake vs. Meek Mill diss battle. I heard Drakes “Charged up” and I’ll agree with Meek that it was like…

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#TBT: Dig it – Black is beautiful!

I ran across this great video of a Naturalist talking about the natural hair movement in the 60’s. Let it remind our community that no matter what is going on in society that we must not lose sight of the beauty of our race. Continue to push the achievements and unity that we possess, God will…

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