I consider myself to be a proud Black man that has the utmost love for his culture and people of his culture, however, I’m not entirely sure why (till now) I haven’t yet posted anything in celebration of the American Black History Month, which ends unfortunately today. It has been a very busy month for me, as [...]
February 28, 2011
I Am Ayo
Music, Society
Towards the end of January Hip Hop artist Freddie Gibbs, who released his critically acclaimed EP Str8 Killa in August last year, decided to get a tattoo on his back of the iconic 1965 photograph of Black Panther revolutionist Huey P. Newton. In honor of Black History Month renowned tattoo Jun Cha, who inked Freddie’s back to pay [...]
A quartet of Jamie Foxx, John Legend, Nick Jonas and Seal took to the White House recently to perform for the First Family and the Vice President of the United States at The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House concert to celebrate Black History Month and to honor Motown Records. Foxx, Legend, Jonas [...]
February 28, 2011
Ayodele Adepoju
Music
Grammy Award-nominated Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona took to her bathroom once again (she covered “I Belong To Your Heart” a week ago) to give us a cover of another Sam Cooke hit. This time, she covers the 1957 hit single – “I’ll Come Running Back To You” to honor Black History Month (February in [...]
February 15, 2011
Ayodele Adepoju
Music
In honor of Black History Month, Melanie Fiona performs an acapella version of Sam Cooke‘s classic “I Belong to Your Heart”. After the jump check out the original… [...]
February 9, 2011
Verse
Music
Nike have come with a special edition pair of their most popular ranges to celebrate Black History Month 2011. The pack includes Nike Zoom Kobe VI, Air Jordan 3 Retro, Nike Air Force 1 and Converse EVO in Black/Metallic Gold. [...]
February 9, 2011
Aamir Yaqub
Style