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(ThyBlackMan.com) Miki Howard doesn’t always get the flowers she deserves, but if you’ve ever spent time with her music, you know she’s one of R&B’s most emotionally honest storytellers. Her voice is velvet and vulnerability, gospel grit wrapped in jazz elegance. She’s the kind of artist who can make you feel heartache in your chest and healing in the same breath. For me, diving into Miki Howard’s catalog feels like […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Betty Wright’s voice felt like both a conversation and a sermon. She didn’t just sing—she told the truth, pulling from real life, heartache, joy, and soul-deep wisdom. Growing up hearing her on the radio or through the walls at home, it was clear she wasn’t just a singer—she was that bold, wise auntie who said what needed to be said, with both grit and grace. Whether laying down funk […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Benson’s music has a way of wrapping around you — like a smooth breeze on a late summer evening or the sound of someone you trust speaking truth with melody. Whether he’s lighting up a track with his masterful guitar work or easing into a lyric with that unmistakable voice, Benson doesn’t just make music — he sets a mood. For me, listening to George Benson has always […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Life has its overwhelming moments and however hard you try they will occur to you now and again, and there is no way of escaping their suffocating effect. Believers sometimes are at great loss wondering why such inundation comes their way and sometimes they are staggered by its vehemence and ferocity. It is as if, out of nowhere, they are hit by a speeding train, and the train continues […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Al Jarreau had a voice unlike any other—playful, unpredictable, and full of soul. He moved effortlessly between jazz, R&B, and pop, turning every song into a conversation between artist and listener. Whether he was delivering a silky ballad or throwing down a wild scat riff, there was always a sense of spontaneity in his music that made it feel alive. What makes Jarreau so special isn’t just his vocal […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) By any measure, Charles Bernard Rangel was a towering figure in American politics—a man whose journey from the backstreets of Harlem to the halls of Congress defined the very best of what American democracy can offer when met with persistence, grit, and a deep love for country. The longtime lawmaker and war hero passed away at the age of 94, leaving behind a legacy woven into the very fabric […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost every day we witness the government and legacy media colluding and conspiring to lie to us about everything. There is an obvious reason they are held in such low regard by people, we know they are untrustworthy, we know they lie! They omit telling the truth, they spin or obfuscate the facts, they manipulate the information in such a way, the truth gets lost in the sauce. Daily we […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Lou Rawls had that voice—the kind that made you stop whatever you were doing and just listen. Smooth as aged whiskey, rich with soul, and wrapped in a confidence that didn’t need to show off. He could make you feel like he was talking directly to you, whether he was laying down a love ballad or unpacking hard truths about life. We all know the classics—“You’ll Never Find Another […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) James Ingram’s voice feels like home—warm, familiar, and undeniably soulful. From the very first note, he had the rare ability to cut through the noise and reach right into the heart. He didn’t just sing songs; he felt them—wrapping every lyric in velvet and vulnerability. Whether pleading for one more chance, celebrating the quiet joy of fatherhood, or offering timeless advice on love, Ingram’s voice carried a grace that […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is common to experience profound emotional tension when wrestling with powerful, conflicting realities about which one feels deeply. That has been the case for me since I learned that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer — shortly after I learned about a new book concerning the extent to which Biden’s inner circle allegedly covered up his pronounced cognitive and physical decline. The […]