I’ve known our latest Cool Married Guy since I was knee-high to a butterfly. Well, actually since I was about 8. We grew up in the same neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina, and he was the one who introduced me to a little thing called Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop and I became the best of friends, and...

Ha! I am a genius. A few weeks ago I wrote this, and from what I can tell my boy listened to me. I begged Jay “Why Shawn, why? I’d appreciate it if you don’t take this video any further. Let it sit on YouTube and all of the blogs. Don’t put it on Hot 97, and don’t release it worldwide....

If you’re feeling ready to check out a news source other than CNN or Fox News, then I would definitely recommend Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now. Her coverage pretty much begins where the others leave off, and fills in a lot of blanks that have felt perplexing for years on end. Some people diss...