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The Michael in Me

The Michael in Me

Last night at the BET music awards Jaime Foxx said, “We want to celebrate this black man.  He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else.”  But did MJ really belong?
The death of Michael Jackson actually made me turn on my television after probably weeks of having no interaction with the tube other [...]

Lesson 9: Heaven

It’s a perfume, a song, a Bebe and Cece Winans album, a defunct Australian band and a night club in the UK. A slice of Boston Cream pie tastes like it, some guy named Peter is the gatekeeper of it, and most rappers will tell you their dead homies are shining down from it.
Yes, I’m [...]