Monthly Archives: February 2012

  Unfortunely this is part of our history; I feel like people need to know there are still minstrels in entertainment today but without the paint. So, before Lil Wayne and BET, in the 1840s and 50s, William Henry Lane and Thomas Dilward became the first African Americans to perform on the minstrel stage. All-black [...]

A former juvenile court judge in Pennsylvania could face more than 10 years in prison after being convicted in what prosecutors called a “kids for cash” scheme. Prosecutors say former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella used children as pawns, locking them up unjustly in a plot to get rich. Ciavarella is accused of taking nearly [...]

Most people are highly offended by this, I’m not. allow me to explain why before you erase my site from your bookmarks and call me all types of uncle toms and hypocrites. I am offended, but only slightly. I’m offended as a parent because they used a child in this billboard instead of an adult. [...]

Note: If you’re unfamiliar with Odd Future (and you wouldnt necessarily be in the minority) then below is a video of them performing their breakout single “Sandwiches” on Jimmy Fallon and a twitter rant from the group’s “leader” Tyler, The Creator. Enjoy… What if a group came along that was obviously a black variation on [...]

If facebook shut down it would cause panic on everyone. Because it has many users, it considers facebook social networking as an important facility. Fortunately this is just a lie that the media only believes, so no need to worry about it. But what would happen if Facebook really closed? Here are ten things that [...]

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Do you ever wonder what kind of deep permanent damage Facebook, and the internet in general, is doing to children? That would be an interesting longitudinal study. After watching The Social Network, and just recently reading Ronn Torossian‘s take on “Is The Internet Written in Ink?” it got me thinking about what this means for [...]

Willie the Kid – Die Free [...]

The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage “fake people” on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues. The contract calls for the development of “Persona Management Software” which would help the user create and manage a variety of distinct fake profiles online. The [...]

“I wanna f*ck Michelle Obama” – Eddie Griffin [...]

Alexander Miles was an African-American inventor who was best known for being awarded a patent for an automatically opening and closing elevator door design in 1887. In 1884, Miles built a three-story brownstone building at 19 West Superior Street in Duluth. This area became known as the Miles Block. It was at this time that [...]

EPISODE 28: Comedian and Rappers Looking Like Magicians creator Dave Segal joins the Hype Men to discuss how we put him on, Odd Future, where “Show Me What You Got” ranks against Jay-Z songs, weed rap, Def Jux, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Kid Cudi the actor and Shia Labeouf the director, Taboo of the [...]