Obama Rides With The Steelers...

Back when then-Senator Obama was waging an uphill battle for Pennsylvania’s Democrats in the party presidential primaries there, Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers lined up Obama. The significance? Rooney is a life-long Republican.

Steele Named RNC Chair...

Members of the Republican National Committee elected their first-ever African-American party chief on Friday, choosing former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele to chair the organization after six rounds of tumultuous balloting.

I'll leave my personal opinions out of this post, but I'll just ask one thing; does the GOP really gets it????

Jesus... Of Philadelphia That Is...

If you don't know, you better ask somebody. Earl "The Pearl" aka "Black Jesus" Monroe. Watching this dude play is really like Poetry in motion. He meshed the street and organized game and made it look easy at that level. He made them love it....

Happy Birthday Oprah...

Happy 55th birthday. She has did it the YEB way. She got inside of the system and changed it. She made them have to accept her. Kat Williams said it the best, "You should be able to kill someone by saying 9 billion". But seriously she has done it all for all mankind. Who cares if she doesn't like hip-hop, a lot of black people don't. Thanks for the inspiration Ms. Winfrey...

I Need One Of These...

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Apple keeps coming out with more gadgets for people like me...

Renaissance Rap Remix...

This brother along with Pharrell seem to never be getting older... Real life Benjamin Button ??? That would explain how his music is so timeless and eclectic..

Download/Listen: Q-Tip Ft. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon and Lil Wayne "Renaissance Rap Remix"

Previous: YEBies Love...

This Is How We Respond In Hip-Hop...

No need to go on the Ole boy show when he can respond in his own art form and realm of work.

Download/Listen: Young Jeezy Ft Jay-Z "My President Is Black Remix"

Previous: Somethings Will Never Change

WRTN.... Heven Cent....

They said he could pass like Magic, score like Mike, and had heart like Bird. He was the 1 in more then one way. His name was Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway. From being the national player of the year as a high school senior to being named a two time college All American, Hardaway had the complete package.



Do you really remember how good Penny was????? He almost made you forget about Mike. Ok well not totally but you were still ok with the direction of the league. His shoe game was also classic. Besides Jordan, Penny's shoes are probably the most wanted retros of any player.

And how can you forget his sidekick Lil Penny. He had the best shoe commercials ever. Mars Blackmon was cool but Lil Penny was the man. Penny along with The Fab Five helped bring in the Hip-Hop ERA of the NBA.

Like many great players before him, Penny’s career walked through an all too familiar path. His body just couldn’t keep up with his incredible god given abilities. After his break-up with Shaq and a couple of knee surgeries, Penny never returned to himself. Far to many basketball fans were robbed of seeing another great player like Penny fail to reach his prime due to health issues. Another what if story of what could have been....

Raphael Saadiq Is Still Running....

New video from Raphael Saadiq for his song "100 Yard Dash” off of his album The Way I See It. Only Saadiq could pull this off. This New Vintage thing is great...

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Letter To Big Offical Vid...

Letter To B.I.G.

Where Do They All Come From???

Great new video from B.o.B. hailing from Atlanta. Can't wait to hear this album when it comes out. Holla at him on Twitter... he really does be on there....

Previous: The Newest ATLien... B.o.B.

Today In Black History...

On this date in 1952 Ralph Ellison's powerful novel "Invisible Man" won the National Book Award.

On this date in 1972 the great Mahalia Jackson passed away in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Mahalia will forever be known as the "Queen of Gospel Music" as we have come to know it.






On this date in 1984 Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the filming of a pepsi commercial in Los Angeles.

Today In Black History...

On this date in 1938 Jack and Jill of America was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from a meeting of 20 mothers by the leadership of Marion Stubbs Thomas with the idea of bringing together children in a social and cultural environment. It grew out of the community work of upper-class African American women, who wanted their children to have cultural opportunities, develop leadership skills, and form social networks even in a segregated society. Today mothers have to be invited into the group, much like memberships in country clubs. Members are usually professional women who are doctors, lawyers, business women, or are married to well-off individuals. Children who graduate out of the program are granted legacy status and automatically join when they have children of their own.

I have my own personal views on the current state of this organization and many of their members but I'll save that for another post.



On this date in 1962 the great Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.


On this date in 1993 Thurgood Marshall the first black Supreme Court Justice died at the age of 84. Marshall will always be known for his work on the case Brown v. Board of Education which said there was no such thing as separate but equal in education. This case would go on to end segregation in schools.

Mighty Mos... Black Dante'

Some old Mos Def for the weekend. Check out his new single "Life In Marvelous Times" on his new album The Ecstatic

Life in Marvelous Times - Mos Def

The Ultimate YEB....

Florida State's Myron Rolle may be one of the top safeties in the country, but he's a student first. With a 3.75 GPA as a Pre-Med major, Rolle was named a Rhodes Scholar this pass year. Rolle finished his undergraduate degree in just two-and-a-half years at FSU. With a chance to be drafted in the 1st round of this year's NFL draft right in his lap, Myron chose to study at Oxford for the 2009–10 academic year in order to earn an M.A. in medical anthropology and will then enter the 2010 NFL Draft.