Things I learned watching For Colored Girls

Nov 10th, '10 • by XXL Staff • 20 Comments

I know, I know. But I have an excuse! I showed up a little bit too late to see Due Date, and I guess they've got ...

Who’s more black, Oprah or Jay-Z?

Jan 14th, '10 • by XXL Staff • 36 Comments

From the Jay-Z article in the new issue of Esquire, with my future ex-wife on the cover: But there is a deeper significance — a racial ...

Oct 21st, '08 • by XXL Staff • 42 Comments

One of the few blind items I was able to recognize in that DL hip-hop book was Will Smith. I think the part about him mentioned ...

Jun 27th, '08 • by XXL Staff • 13 Comments

Speaking of DL brothers, I recently got a chance to check out the book Hiding in Hip Hop, i.e. the widely heralded teh ghey Superhead ...

May 8th, '08 • by XXL Staff • 33 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, this writer from an important magazine in Canada (er, important to people in Canada) interviewed me for this story he ...