(Akiit.com) I like Snoop Dogg – but his latest Instagram rant announcing why he’ll boycott the remake of Alex Haley’s 1977 miniseries “Roots” makes it apparent that he’s still “rollin’ down the street smoking indo, sipping on gin and juice,” and it’s affecting his brain cells. For an instant, I ...
(Akiit.com) In MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION, film-maker Tyler Perry tells the story of two sisters- one highly favored by her mother and the other one not- and their family reunion which culminates in the marriage of the least favored sister at the reunion. In the film, themes such as class distinctions and ...
(Akiit.com) I wasn’t alive in the 80’s, or when Hip Hop truly began to emerge. I’m a late 90’s baby and to many I don’t know much, or about the “good old days.” Although I don’t know much, I know enough. There are some people that you are conditioned to ...
(Akiit.com) Perhaps one of the greatest entertainers of all time suddenly left us on April 21, 2016. Kay and I were on a plane heading to Los Angeles when it came across the screen. I was in shock and it wasn’t but a few minutes before tears came into my ...
(Akiit.com) I absolutely understand why you didn’t get the new Beyoncé album. *Newsflash, honey* it wasn’t made for you… and I’m going to need you to be cool with that. Now, I found quite a few of the comments in your piece to be highly “inflammatory and agitating.” As a ...
(Akiit.com) When I first heard that Prince Rogers Nelson had died, it felt like music died. Again. I have been in an extended season of mourning since the March 22nd death of Malik Izaak Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg, one-fourth of the legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called ...
(Akiit.com) Until I saw the film release calendar for 2016, I wasn’t sure blockbusters existed anymore. For those of you don’t know, a blockbuster wasn’t just a profitable film. It was film that caused people to literally queue around the block to go see it. You would go to the ...
(Akiit.com) The list of over 360 artists who have recorded a Rose Marie McCoy song includes some of the biggest names in the business: Nat “King” Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, Shirley Caesar and many other legendary artists. I don’t know of ...
(Akiit.com) The ancient adage in TV commercial advertising is if people watch they’ll buy. If they don’t they won’t. In other words, it’s a numbers game, and the bigger the measured number of viewers who tune in to a TV show the more the cash registers jingle for the shows ...
(Akiit.com) Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith plan to boycott the February 28 Oscar ceremony because of the all White slate of major nominees for the awards. Blacks have been boycotting White events and White companies for at least 50 years with little progress to show for it. Today, Blacks ...
(Akiit.com) Every man has a place In his heart there’s a space And the world can’t erase his fantasies Take a ride in the sky On our ship, fantasize All your dreams will come true right away And we will live together Until the twelfth of never Our voices will ...
(Akiit.com) While I admit I’m a fan of Beyoncé and like the artistry to her new song formation and think she’s a great black performer, she should stick to music not politics. Basically, Beyoncé and her Black Panther groupies gave young black men license to kill last night during the ...