#06 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: Leticia ‘Mothaf*ckin’ Lewis & All Things “Lovecraft Country”
Warning: This post contains spoilers.
Santa Claus is a Black Man
I heard Jesus was too ? ? ?. Merry Christmas, Fam. ?? ?? ?? From the Quietus: Released over forty years ago this Christmas, ‘#SantaClausIsABlackMan’ by #Akim & the #TeddyVannProductionCompany is pure novelty: a soul funk retread of ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’, sung by a little girl to…
#07 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: The VERZUZ Effect
I promise you, it is hard to remember a world without VERZUZ. That is how long 2020 feels. Dead ass, I don’t even remember some of the early ones. And do you want to feel old? The Jill Scott/Erykah Badu VERZUZ was back in MAY!!! View this post on…
#08 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: D-Nice and Club Quarantine
“We make lemonade out of lemons. We make soul food out of old food. And we make parties out of quarantines.” – The Homie It may seem like light werk now, but back in the before time, also known as 9 months ago, getting 100,000 people to collectively watch your…
Maya Angelou + James Baldwin: Conversations with a Native Son
Truth be told, I am not eloquent enough to describe such an encounter. What I can say is that I am grateful to bear witness. Not only in the fact that this conversation exists, but the fact that this conversation exist in way to force you to question yourself, this…