Thick Thighs, No Lye!

The name got you. The truth keeps you.

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This Is How People Can Actually Afford to Live in Chicago

"There are no poor white neighborhoods in Chicago.”

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A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur

“As soon as black women could afford to buy mink coats, white society and white women said fur was all wrong.”

Had flashbacks to my childhood...prancing around Andrianna Furs off of 95th and Western while my grandma either got something fixed on her fur or checking on a new piece.

In my grandma words when she feeling fly...She was looking tough in her floor length black fur coat! Still rock it to this day.

[thecsquirrel]

Fund for unpaid Fyre Festival caterer hits £60k

Maryann Rolle used her savings to pay staff after they were left out of pocket by the festival's organiser.

Finally, some good news! 

I spent yesterday doing the Fyre Festival double feature:  Hulu and Netflix.  They are both worth watching and while the tone and tenor are different in both films, they provide a complete picture.  

(Sidenote: I liked the Netflix one just a bit more.  Found the Hulu version to be a bit more condescending and mocking  - well deserved -but still arrogant.  Netflix got more into how the Bahamians were screwed over.) 

But I digress.  Long story short, happy to see this woman get a bit of restitution.  And ALL OF THEM need to be fined or imprisoned.  Still not sure how the hell Ja Rule hasn’t been held accountable. 

Peace and soul grease! 

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MC Lyte & Positive K Reunite After 30 Years & They’re Still Not Havin’ It (Video)

Thirty years ago, Positive K linked with MC Lyte to create the memorable video single "I'm Not Having It" from the First Priority Basement

Hip Hop History!

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Former top cop Garry McCarthy stirs controversy on police union: 'They can’t be operating like it’s 1950 in Birmingham, Ala.'

Former Chicago police superintendent and mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy compared the city’s police union to segregation-era policing in

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Former top cop Garry McCarthy stirs controversy on police union: 'They can’t be operating like it’s 1950 in Birmingham, Ala.'

Former Chicago police superintendent and mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy compared the city’s police union to segregation-era policing in

[thickthighsnolye]

Erykah Badu sparks controversy after 'defending' R Kelly during concert

'I loved you until I realised you supported a rapist,' one fan responded

And in defense of Badu...

I was at this concert and NOT NAN ONE OF YOU HOES left after she made that statement. The concert went on damn near another hour after her remark and the building was still filled to the brim. Was so crowded and hot folks had fainted, bitches was fighting, and we was still ALL caught up in the booty beauty of Badu.

Can't be offended after you done shook your ass all night. This fake PC culture is a trip.

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

David Ruffin was born on this date January 18, 1941, in Whynot, Mississippi. He was an American soul singer who rose to fame as one of the lead singers of the Temptations. With Ruffin at the helm, the Temptations hit it big with such songs as “My Girl” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg.” Rolling Stone named him one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time in 2008. | CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #cartermagazine #historyandhiphop365 #carter https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsxxdq8Abtt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13n30be9jw769

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Salute to a vocal legend! And as always...

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Before there were internet rappers, there was Canibus

The New Jersey MC created the template for how modern musicians conduct themselves online.

[bronzyglow]

[blackboysrock]

Everyone always talk about how good Friends were but let’s not forget about Living Single. This show had so many black celebrities, every episode, who became even more bigger after their guest appearance. The culture, the love, the everyday issues we as African Americans go through living in the city. The writers knew what to write to keep us laughing. When it comes to entertainment, African Americans have impacted the industry & our lives. We may still miss the 90s but at least we can always go back to the shows that make us feel good.

You can now stream every episode on HULU.

https://www.hulu.com/series/living-single-df59d585-ed41-4700-a7ae-76942b6ad1dc?dl=false

https://www.instagram.com/blackboysrock.ig/

[blackqueerblog]

So proud of her and all women who say no more. I stand with you❤️

[rad-feminism]

“I asked a young White woman why she was studying social anthropology. She replied that she was hoping to go to Zimbabwe, and felt that she could help women there by advising them how to organize. The Black women in the audience gasped in astonishment. Here was someone scarcely past girlhood, who had just started university and had never fought a war in her life. She was planning to go to Africa to teach female veterans of a liberation struggle how to organize! This is the kind of arrogant, if not absurd attitude we encounter repeatedly. It makes one think: Better the distant armchair anthropologists than these ‘sisters’.”

— Nigerian feminist Ifi Amadiume (via newwavefeminism)

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Nicole Mitchell to Lead Jazz Program at University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Mitchell’s appointment, to a position once held by Geri Allen, suggests a new level of acceptance for avant-garde musicians in the aca

Shout out to one of my favorite college professors...👑

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This Is What Black Burnout Feels Like

If the American dream isn’t possible for upwardly mobile white people anymore, then what am I even striving for?

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[adrianmowgli]