Reading, writing, watching television, theatre, talking and music.
Alive: Oprah (she has mind control over me), Don Cheadle, Will Ferrell, Conan O'Brien, Suzanne DePasse, Cathy Hughes, Kevin Powell, Mos Def, Andre 3000, Dave Chapelle, Susan Taylor, Faradea Chideya (butchered her name I'm sure of it), Eddie Murphy, Pearl Cleage, Iyanla Vanzant and last but not least Tiger Woods (so I can slap the sh*t out of him). Sorry, but I have a real problem with him tryin' to pretend like he's not black. Come on now Tiger...your daddy's name is Earl and you love white women...that in itself is worthy of a Club Negro lifetime membership with full blackie benefits. I'm just sayin'... But you told on yourself when you won the FedEx Cup. I may have been the only one who peeped it, but I saw that can of Murray's wave grease fall out of your pocket while you were celebratin'!Deceased: Frederick Douglass, Carter G. Woodson, Martin Luther King,Jr., Malcolm X, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, August Wilson, Madam C.J. Walker, Ida B. Wells, A. Phillip Randolph, Tupac, Biggie, Helen Keller, Grandma Moses.
Donny Hathaway (Hall of Fame),Faith Evans (Most Underrated!), Daryl Coley, Kelly Price (slept on by many as well), James Taylor, John Legend, Bilal, Common, Marvin Gaye, Nikka Costa, Erykah Badu, 8Ball&MJG(I know what you're thinkin'-but I can't help it), Tupac, Sam Cooke, Kim Burrell, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Jamie Foxx (the first album too), Throwback Mary J. Blige, B.B. King, Jill Scott, Smokie Norful, Joss Stone, Aretha Franklin, Fantasia, Floetry, The Roots, Carl Thomas (1st album only),Isley Brothers, Jazmine Sullivan (one to watch), India.Arie, Donnie, Musiq, Bonnie Rait, Prince, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey, B.B. King, Sam Cooke and D'Angelo. There is not enough room on Myspace for all of the people I dig, so I will wrap it up here and just say everybody else who brings the hotness.
The Godfather II, Lucky Number Slevin, Cooley High, The Color Purple, Women of Brewster Place, Love and Basketball, Godsford Park, ATL, Overboard(don't even try to act like y'all ain't wit it), Krush Groove, Beat Street, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, What's Love Got to Do With it, Scarface, Muriel's Wedding, Boyz in the Hood, X-Men 2, Hitch, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Snatch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, House of D, Heat, Ocean's 11, Pretty Woman, Dave Chapelle's Block Party, Carlito's Way.
Most anything on Court TV, A&E (Justice Files is the ish), American Idol, Conan's crazy tail, Oprah, Law and Order (SVU #1), Awards shows, MTV True Life, 48 Hours Mystery, Dr. 90210, Saturday Night Live, E! True Hollywood Story,
The Helen Keller Autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Don't Sweat The Small Stuff, The Purpose Driven Life, Seeds of Success, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Color Purple, Disappearing Acts (didn't really care much for the book, but when my stuff was in storage it was the only one I had so it got read about 5,000 times), just about every Iyanla Vanzant book, Ellen Foster, She's Come Undone, Black and Blue, Who Moved My Cheese?, Night,
Jesus, Oprah, Dr. Suggs (Publisher of the St. Louis American), Pastor Jones.