My advice to Jann Wenner is to read your own magazine. From a Rolling Stone interview with Marvin Gaye on April 27, 1972: “Seems like you stand apart, though, from the other acts, the so-called ‘Motown Sound.’ Only because I demanded it be that way. Only because I’m an individual, and I demanded that I be treated as an individual and not as cattle. My position and my independence has gotten me into a great deal of trouble in the past, but I’ve managed to overcome it because my convictions are honest.”

Why Did Ron DeSantis’ Twitter Announcement Fail? Because Elon Musk fired all of the people who actually knew what they were doing. That’s why. God doesn’t like ugly. And when you have ugly squared, it’s not going to go well at all. It was well deserved.

What happened Thursday in Tennessee is the proof. “I caught a glimpse of this type of natural selection at work one December afternoon at Wilbur Cross High in New Haven [Connecticut]. I was sitting in a second floor classroom talking to a social studies teacher. School was just letting out…

Brittney Griner has probably played the best basketball of her career this season. Still, that hasn’t stopped the parade of idiots from harassing her in ways that are very misogynistic, homophobic and racist. What boggles my mind is the stream of endless attacks coming from Black men who purport to…

The first time I heard a Jay-Z song on New York’s infamous Hot 97, I asked my sister “who put their cousin’s demo on the radio?” It was not my idea of genius. When I heard “Hard Knock Life” the first time, I thought he lost his mind. The song…

I have been asked to speak on a few issues that I would rather not. So first, I will tell you why I would rather not. For a year, I have been really sick. I have been dealing with seizures of an unknown cause that cannot be controlled and it…

Yeah, I said it… and I mean it! ‘Dig if you will’ THIS picture... If you are a Prince fan and not listening to Lizzo ask yourself why you are a Prince fan. You don’t have to be a Lizzo fan, but if you aren’t listening to her music, you…

It’s not just her, but what she represents about Black women in America There’s no need to sugarcoat this. I do not like Candace Owens. I have tried to understand her as a Black woman who represents a unique experience. This should have been easy because I am a Black…

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