Killah Priest’s latest album, The Psychic World of Walter Reed, sits comfortably in a stratosphere above Commercial Rap Hell.  The beats on PWOWR are ill and the lyrics, per usual, are of the finest craftsmanship.  He’s got quite a few videos in support of this highly-recommended album but my favorite is the one for “Ein […]

  I don’t know what’s crazier: the trend of allegedly straight male rappers wearing dresses, leggings & blouses… or the fact that the Hip-Hop Nation lets it slide.  It’s understandable that Hip-Hop blogs and magazines are hesitant to call out these cross-dressers.  Music journalists ingratiate themselves with artists (a practice known as “brown-nosing”) to get […]

It’s been a rough Black History Month, one of the worst in recent memory.  On the very first day, Soul Train pioneer Don Cornelius took his own life.  Whitney Houston passed away and the funeral almost got ugly when Bobby Brown showed up.  Dick Anthony Williams, the actor who played Pretty Tony in The Mack, […]

WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEROMEO HARRIS & JOHN STATAMA We all scream for ice cream… some more orgasmic than others. Better Than Sex Ice Cream is a tasty treat that’s both cold and hot.  The frozen dessert is chilly but its colorful packaging, illustrated with sultry women and provocative flavors, […]

TREATMENT WRITTEN BY DETECTIVE WILLIAM COURTNEY A can of worms was opened last week when prison inmate Dexter Issac, an associate of hip-hop mogul/gangster James “Jimmy Henchmen” Rosemon, claimed he was paid by Henchmen to rob Tupac at Quad Studios in 1994. There is currently a nationwide manhunt for Jimmy Henchmen, who is wanted by […]

WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO PHOTOS BY RICO SHADES & PRINCE YAHSHUA Take a look at Rico Shades in the above photo. See that happy look on his face? When you’re at the 9 to 5, locked in a cubicle or chained to the fry rack, do you have a joyous expression like […]

P.S.A. BY PACINO718 You know police officers are out of control when they start brutalizing white folks. Earlier this month, a young Iraq war veteran was killed in his own home by the SWAT team, who mistook his Tuscon, Arizona house for a drug spot and raided it.  The innocent victim didn’t fight back and […]

BAD NEWS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO *Sigh* This is a huge blow to my “Bucket List.” One of my goals in life is to travel to the Netherlands and get smoked-out at Amsterdam’s famed marijuana coffee shops.  But unless I beam over there right now via Star Trek transporter, that magical trip won’t […]

AN EROTIC BOOK REVIEW BY PACINO718 They say if you want to hide anything from black folks, put it in a book.  Well, I’ve found a book with a cover so enticing, even the most illiterate, Waka Flocka-type nigga would risk his street cred to read it. Today at the library, I stumbled across The […]

WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO I’ma keep it funky. In the hood, multiple Arab-owned grocery stores peacefully co-exist on one block and swap workers every so often.  The same holds true with Chinese restaurants.  These businesses pool their money together for the good of their respective ethnic groups.  Meanwhile, black folks can’t even […]

PARANOIA BY BLACK PACINO Ding dong, the A-rab’s dead! Congrats to those who take everything at face value, you finally got your man.  Allegedly, Osama Bin laden was killed by U.S. troops in Pakistan on May 1st (the same day Hitler was declared dead).  On cue, Americans took to the streets to celebrate and rappers […]