Like many things in the United States of America, what you’re led to believe is more than likely not the actual case. One huge example is the Black cowboy in the rise of the American West. If you spent time watching Westerns on television and in film, you’ll notice that the wave of cowboys taking co...

A couple of weeks ago, I got the opportunity to check out a collaboratice release from one of my favorite brands in Nike and another rising favorite in Hyperice. My love for Nike dates all the way back to when I copped my first pair of hi-top Air Force Ones and a pair of black Cortez earned with mon...

So if you happen to be reading these words, odds are that the news program that you’ve watched today as you’ve made your coffee or lounged on your couch contained at least one story about the chaos of the current federal government. Your newspaper has headlines of the roughshod rhetoric of President...

Roy Ayers, the jazz legend, the man whose records are pillars of my formative years up until today, has passed away. And maybe it's fitting that I’m writing this at home feeling the rawness of a rainy evening in March, in the last fleeting grips of winter reminiscing on a musician who emanated warmt...

I’m not going to lie to you - I’ve been weighed down with a lot on my mind these days. I’m sure a lot of you are as well, given the state of affairs in this nation right now. Especially if you’re Black. You’ve got people getting fired for dumbassed reasons, plane crashes and other mishaps, people be...