For the past four years, Black Like Vanilla (BLV) has been home to Black news, Black history, Black culture, and Black excellence, so today it is with great joy to announce BLV’s expansion into merchandise. BLV exists to tell our own stories and redefine Blackness on our own terms. This…
Apparently I am late to the party. In Fall of 2019, a remix album combining the Black musical genius of Tyler the Creator and MF Doom was released under the name Flowervillain. This remix album, Flowervillain II, quietly dropped on September 29, 2019. On September 30th, Flowervillain released the Deflowered…
Am I late to this party? I was late for the “Black people go to Martha’s Vineyard During August” party so it’s possible. I think I kind of remember Black Restaurant Week last year but last year feels like decades ago and I am not really trusting my memory right…
Guest Contributor: Dwann Brown, Humorist and Advocate. Judge Oluwole “Olu” A. Stevens is everything we want in a judge. He’s unbiased, honest, and gives Black suspects a fair chance. Judge Stevens was appointed a circuit court judge in Jefferson County, Kentucky on July 1, 2009. He was one of three…
Today we lost a legend. We lost an icon. Little Richard, a pioneer and architect of Rock and Roll, died at the age of 87. There was nothing subtle about Little Richard. From his hair, to his clothes, to his sound. Little Richard would pound the piano so hard that…