President Obama at the White House Correspondent's Dinner

President Obama pokes fun at himself, Dems and GOP at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Very funny.

All The Above - Maino ft. T-Pain

Hot video...Good message...Hope you enjoy. Brooklyn, you'll definitely like it.

Eminem is BACK!!!!!

Eminem is BACK!!! Tired of hearing about Lil Wats his name. Plus, Em is showing how some of these annoying celebrities are fake, full of themselves, and always in the spotlight for no apparent reason. Can not wait for the album...

Eminem - New Music - More Music Videos

Can you "Do the Halle Berry"?

Very funny video of Halle Berry "Doing the Halle Berry".

I don't care what people say. She's still fine to me...

Let Them Be

I just had to say something about this oh so terrible incident with the beautiful Bajan Rihanna and the talented Chris B. Its pretty awful how the media is involved in this situation. As celebrities, its probably hard to keep their personal affairs private. However, people are more aware of how common abusive young relationships are, because recently two celebrities had a downfall. If they were two non-famous teenagers, only a hand full would know how bad these relationships get. Now, PSA made a re-enactment on the alleged fight between the both of them. We should not take too much interest when a famous person does something wrong, then make a big deal about it and relate it to the whole world. The only people that really knew what happened was the couple in the car. Let them be, and every celeb that messes up. They have to work on their own problems and issues just like every other person. How would you feel if you were on the spotlight 24 hours and followed every step you make in life. On the other hand, I guess it is the celebrities' duty to not only entertain us, but show how human they are as us.

Trouble Times

Most Americans are having arduous times in trying to have a good and stable standard of living. People have to change, conserve, and save on what they spend to survive. It is pretty ironic that the Great Depression of 1929 ended when we went to war, and now war had some part of this financial disaster. There are many opinions on how the government is treating this crisis. But we, as Americans, have to remember that we say what the government should do. We really need to think and do what is beneficial to us. It's always what we WANT. But, that's how we got here in the first place. We got too greedy and kept going over our means. There is no one person that could fix this. We started this mess, We should help one another and fix this economic downturn ourselves.

I found some tips on Black Enterprise on how to keep ourselves on the right track for a great financial future. Hope this helps.

The 10 Wealth for Life Principles:

1) I will live within my means.

2) I will maximize my income potential through education and training.

3) I will effectively manage my budget, credit, debt, and tax obligations.

4) I will save at least 10% of my income.

5) I will use homeownership as a foundation for building wealth.

6) I will devise an investment plan for my retirement needs and children’s education.

7) I will ensure that my entire family adheres to sensible money management principles.

8) I will support the creation and growth for minority-owned businesses.

9) I will guarantee my wealth is passed on to future generations through proper insurance and estate planning.

10) I will strengthen my community through philanthropy.

I am

I saw this video on TV. It kind of relates to what I wrote about on knowing thyself. Feeling the video and Talib is still doing his thing, like always.
BK ALL DAY!!! Hope you enjoy.

Novel-I Am NEW Video f. f/ Ben Folds, Talib Kweli &Spree Wilson

What defines us?

Wats good,

What defines me? Many people have difficulty answering themselves that question. But, there are others that know who they are, where they come from and what kind of person they are. But, it takes growth and time to develop a sort of identity, a definition of who we are. Through time we have experiences, meeting new and interesting people, facing many challenges, and making life changing choices. Life in itself is changing, and we change with it. Now, it depends on how life goes for us, depending on the choices we make. The more we mess up, the less choices we have. However, we learn from these mishaps and pull ourselves away from it, and go on to another path of success and less failures.

Our roots is a one good example of how we define ourselves. It's not our hair roots I'm talking about, but our heritage that holds us firmly together. From our ancestors going all the way down to our parents, these people have some type of connection to who we are, bad or good. Some of us weren't raised by biological parents. But that's OK. If you were raised by foster parents, grandparents, etc., these people are your family. And family defines who we are. And if you don't have a family, there have to be someone out there that's linked to you. People say that we are not perfect, but that's the problem. We blame on our weaknesses more than we praise on our strength.

Now, I'm going put some history on you. Neg Mawon defines me, through history of my heritage, my people, my country. Neg Mawon is a name of a famous statue created by a sculptor Albert Mangones. In Haitian Creole, 'neg' means man and 'mawon' means brown, wild, or in hiding. This symbol is a tribute to the brown men in hiding (slaves) who escaped into the mountains and became the slave armies lead by Boukman for 13 years against the St. Dominique's colonists and later, Napoleon's army. These slave armies were commanded by General Toussaint Louverture and later by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines to ultimate victory over the French at the Battle of Vertières on November 18, 1803. It was on a new year, January 1st 1804, that my people declared independence as the first black republic in the Caribbean. Also, Haiti was the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery. Why a country that accomplished so much in its new beginnings as a nation by ending up the way she is today. But, that's another story, another time, another day.

As you could see above, the statue is a sculpture of a man holding a Queen Conch shell in his left hand signifying its use for communication, to call escaped slaves to gather while in hiding. The Mawon statue originally had a machete in his right hand to fight off the French, and cut down sugar canes; and a shackle and chain on his left ankle representing breaking the bondage of slavery and gaining back their freedom. The machete and shackles were damaged during time.

For me it means a lot to come from a rich heritage, trying to uphold and defend it, and at the same time, trying to better myself as an "individual". History says a lot about a person's self, success, and failure. Try not to portray something that you are not. But, just don't only be yourself, because you don't know that self yet. Our roots, families, friends, even haters, just being...that defines us.

I am Man, Son, Brother...Black, Haitian, just another...not Negro nor N*gga...Striving to be Better.