Some things that I just don't understand

Willow Smith

I just don't understand


Why Black people watch Mad Men and then complain when there are no Black people on the show

Black Tea Party members

How PBS became White Supremacist television and why tax payers are still supporting it

Why Jada and Will are trusting their daughter with a misogynist

Why more people can't see that Oprah is a modern day 'mammy'

Why Clarence Thomas is on the Supreme Court

Why track and field isn't more popular in the U.S.

How anyone couldn't respect Nicki Minaj's flow

Why people drink Starbucks coffee

Why Barack Obama is still so popular with African Americans

How any woman singer could tour with R.Kelly

Why it took so long for NPR to fire Juan Williams

How the Democrats could be losing control of Congress after only two years

Why anyone would watch the World Series if the Yankees aren't playing




This post was inspired by this post by Don.

Is this Nicki Minaj's new album cover?

Supposedly this is the album cover for Nicki's upcoming release (Pink Friday on November 22) but in the past album art has been leaked to the internet that turned out not to be the real album art. If this is her album art I love it! It's just so Nicki!

Do you like it?

Nicki Minaj on The Late Show with David Letterman

Nicki Minaj performed on the David Letterman show last night. As soon as I find video of her performance I'll post it. These photos are of her arriving in the rain for the taping. Nicki looks beautiful as always.


Update: As promised, here is video from Nicki's performance last night on Letterman with Will.I.Am.

Nicki Minaj would be better off without Lil' Wayne

Nicki will cover the October/ November issue of Complex Magazine.

Nicki Minaj is certainly getting her share of the limelight. She has crossed over from being a topic on gossip blogs to being talked about in the mainstream media. That is a major accomplishment for a femcee these days. And unlike Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown she hasn't resorted to using sexually extreme lyrics or getting arrested to get noticed.

I have stated before that I think she is very talented. I just hope that she doesn't let Lil' Wayne and his craziness get in the way of her success. I mean Lil' Wayne doesn't seem like the sort that really likes women beyond having sex with them. So Nicki being associated with him and his label may become problematic over time.

I really love Nicki's style and her flow. She is a unique talent.

It's already going to be hard enough for Nicki as a femcee to maintain a career in an era where commercially successful femcees are almost extinct. So being surrounded by people who are totally unprofessional and criminals, as Lil' Wayne and a few of her label mates are, will not be good for her in the long run.

My hope is that at some point Nicki will break free from Lil' Wayne and his label and sign with a more reputable entertainment company. If she does Nicki just may turn out to be not just one of the top femcees of this decade but one of the top rappers of the decade period.

Anyway, I'm pulling for Nicki. I hope her album, Pink Friday, is a success.

Photo de Jour: Nicki Minaj signs an autograph (Not Safe For Work!)

Nicki Minaj is unique. And that's really saying something these days with so many cookie-cutter singers and rappers out there. Though she is associated with Lil Wayne and mainstream rap I think of her more as sort of a punk rapper. Between her rap flow, which reminds me of punk singers musical deliveries, to her very unique outfits and her fans, she is definitely a punk rapper.

I haven't bought a rap album in a very long time but I plan to buy Nicki's album.

Nicki has been known for signing her fans breasts and now I guess she's signing booties too.

Question de Jour: What if Beyoncé was...

I have a question. I was going to use Queen Latifah as the subject of this but that'd be too easy. So instead I've decided to use Beyoncé. First, I have to state I'm NOT a Beyoncé fan. I think she's a vapid woman. But her popularity makes her perfect for this.

I want to know what you think would happen if Beyoncé held a press conference and announced to the world that she was a lesbian. And that her marriage to Jay z was a sham concocted by her parents and PR people. And that she was in love, planned to divorce Jay and marry her girlfriend.

What do you think would be the fallout?

Would her career crash and burn? Would she become a pariah? Would Black preachers attack her from the pulpit? Would gossip and entertainment sites and bloggers attack her? Would she lose all of her product endorsements? Would she end-up broke and destitute?

Or

Would the public and others accept her and her marriage? Would she change the attitudes of preachers around the country? Would people become more accepting of gayness? Would she become an even bigger star? Would she gain even more product endorsements? Would she become even more rich? Would she and her wife live happily-ever-after?


There has never been an A-list Black celebrity who has been openly gay. Recently a few Black women celebs have used possibly being gay as a way to get attention. But they tend to backtrack once they get the attention they're looking for.

So, what do you think would happen if Beyoncé announced she was a lesbian?