What Profit: New Music From Detroit’s Dwele (Video)
Oh, you already know: I stan hard for Dwele, the Detroit soul crooner who happens to be the architect of some of my favorite songs...
Donny Hathaway’s Baby Girl, Lalah, Has New Music—Listen HERE!
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard the miracle that is Lalah Hathaway: I was a young reporter at the Newark,...
Kirk Franklin’s “I Smile” Video Plus, the Debut of Mari’s Super Giggly BFF
Here’s the thing you need to know about my Mari: She picks...
How We Talked To Our Children About Osama Bin Laden’s Death
The news was shocking to Nick and I, but the conversation about it with our girls, ages 8 and 11, was easy enough. It went...
MyBrownBaby Fresh: What We’re Reading, Doing, Watching and Listening To This Week
Who, chile what a week! I FINALLY wrapped up a short story for a groundbreaking project I’m working on with a team of some of...
{On the Parenting Post} Smack Talking Over the Michael Jackson Wii Dance Game
I've kinda always been of the mindset that letting the kids win is a self-esteem booster a feel-good strategy that gives kids the confidence they...
Score Two In The Black Girl Battle Against Lazy Beauty Standards!
Near impossible.I’m pretty sure I hadn’t even wiped the sonogram goop off my belly before I rushed to Benjamin Moore, Babies ‘R Us, and ABC...
{Digging In the MBB Crates} The Perrrrfect Mom Theme Song: Ledisi's "Alright"
I love an uplifting song with meaningful lyrics bonus points if the person delivering it can blow. Ledisi gets a star, an A+, and a...
Wayne Brady, Mike Tyson, and Bobby Brown: The Funniest Men Alive (Today)
I promise you, this made my LIFE when I saw it yesterday. You do remember the video for Bobby “The Kang of R&B” Brown’s “Every...
Wordful Wednesday: Celebrating Black Love On the Dance Floor
My good friends over at BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com hipped me to this beautiful video of a couples’ dance ministry at Chicago’s own Trinity United Church of Christ....