“I’m not very good at letting go,” Bridget Kelly says to me very matter of factly. “Can you tell that I’m a ride or die type chick?” We’re sitting in [...]
This article isn’t for the perfect. You know, those people who just naturally seem to have it all together? Yeah, I’m not talking to them. Today, I’m talking to the [...]
Tuesday morning. I’d slept in because I’d just come off a failed night shoot for Powerade the day before. I was 20, making my own money–good money–doing film and TV [...]
The very first time I heard “Made In America” was in August of 2011 at The Rose Planetarium. Jay-Z and his lil’ bro Kanye West smiled as they presented their [...]
Jay-Z warned us that he was coming with something different. He wasn’t lying. Upon arriving in Philly I promptly lost my phone during an emergency bailout on a crazy cab [...]
I was twelve when my mother sat me down one Saturday afternoon and pulled out a couple pamphlets on female reproduction, ones that I’m so sure she got from the [...]
Thursday, August 9th. Whitney Houston’s birthday. She was supposed to turn 49 today, probably celebrating with her daughter Bobbi Kristina, her mother Cissy Houston and a few friends at some [...]
Dear Sistas, I wanted to talk to you about our little one Gabby Douglas. At sixteen years old, Gabby has become an Olympic Gold medalist, ranking her a world-class gymnast. [...]
I have a theory about this new Nas album. I believe there is a Universal Tax. Just one day before the 2008 Presidential Election–where Barack Obama would make history–he received [...]
This past Monday night I tweeted: “Dear Future Husband, Let’s take over the world together. Sincerely, Jas.” I was leaving a friend’s birthday party. It was late, the weather was [...]
“You worry about the wrong things, the wrong things.” – K. West (Paranoid) Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian have a lot in common. I know this might upset some of [...]

















