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Panama Jackson is the Senior Editor of Very Smart Brothas. He's pretty fly for a light guy. You can find him at your mama's mama's house drinking all her brown liquors.
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Uncle Phil gets all of the flowers when it comes to favorite Black TV Dads, but this year we're going to share the…
A song from 2004's 'Destiny Fulfilled' album has made a resurgence, and wow, is it worth talking about in 2021.
The days of monochromatic socks are over. If there must be socks, they will be fly!
A cicada homie from the Brood X set invaded my home.
The Bando. I actually like this idea of a trap-aesthetic restaurant.
A few months ago, I was a guest on a podcast that I really enjoy called the 80z Babies Podcast. The show—hosted by…
I always felt like if I at least had clean clothes, I could go anywhere and do anything.
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When J. Cole released his latest musical offering, The Off-Season, on May 14, 2021, I knew I wasn’t going to love…
When this week started, I didn’t expect for Kwame Brown to basically become my favorite person ever—a 7-foot…
Her voice is so soulful it’s no wonder she was so in-demand from the Native Tongues crew and the surrounding crews.
You never forget your first love.
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Friday was a fairly emotional day for me. If I’m being honest, all of last week was. I’ve known Friday was Damon’s…
When I recently wrote that legendary 90s R&B group Jodeci was unbeatable in a Verzuz battle, I truly didn’t think it…
As is often the case after Verzuz “battles,” folks get to ruminating on potential matchups, etc. Also, I’m folks; I…
On December 24, 2020, Nike (and I presume the Kobe Bryant estate, headed up by his wife Vanessa Bryant) decided to…