The Joe Budden Podcast: When Toxic Crusaders Unite
Joe Budden will go down as one of my favorite rap artists ever, his lyrical ability matched only by few. There’s the love. With that said, The Joe Budden Podcast is a cesspool filled with [...]
The Photograph: What Healthy Black Love Looks Like In Public (And On Film)
Wiping away tears of joy, as Mae & Michael embraced passionately before entering a Kendrick Lamar performance in London, all I could think was how “WE” needed this. Black folk needed an on-screen [...]
Why Eddie Murphy’s Outdated SNL Sketches No Longer Work For Black America
Excited! Intrigued! Curious! All words to describe how I felt during the days, hours, and minutes leading to Eddie Murphy’s return to Saturday Night Live, for the first time in 35 years. They [...]
WRLD on Drugs: Juice WRLD & Hip Hop’s Opioid Crisis
“What’s the 27 club, we ain’t making it past 21”, eery lyrics from the late Jarad Higgins, also known as the melodic toned rapper, Juice Wrld, who ironically died within a week of turning 21. [...]
Queen & Slim & Black Love & Shared Trauma
As the credits rolled on Queen and Slim, I remained confined to my $12.85 faux leather movie seat due to...
Dear MAGA West
Dear M.A.G.A West, And just like that, it’s over. We’ve reached a point in our relationship where it’s unhealthy for us to be together, at this point it’s downright toxic. I cannot justify [...]
“Black Boy Rage”: XxxTentacion and Black Men’s Mental Health
As I sit here in Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee Shop (Philadelphia, Pa), at 8 pm Est, it’s been approximately 3 hours since Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy aka XxxTentacion (Xxx) was pronounced dead [...]
Real Men Cry
I was standing in front of 100 people, mostly women, talking about the importance of mental health. Then it happened, a picture of Emmanuel Sloan popped up on my PowerPoint. The tears began [...]
Depression: The Human Overdraft Fee
How fitting, my first blog comes at a time when I’m battling one of the most difficult depressive episodes I’ve had in months. I often get, “Phil, what does it feel like?”. My response, [...]
