Coversation starter- how do you transcend race? PLEASE COMMENT!

I read this piece on one of my favorite websites TheRoot.com, and it got me thinking “what does it mean to ‘transcend race’?” and who defines what it means to ‘transcend?”

Alicia Keys Cancels Tour Dates

Alica Keys has cancelled a tour date or two to recover from vocal illness.

Nas single leaked- “Be a N***** Too”

After months of speculation, controversy and conversations the first leak from Nas’s new Album “Nigger” is out.
The song is called “Be a Nigger too”. I said I was going to wait until I heard it to make a judgment, but I’m still not so sure about this.
Take a listen.
• Disclaimer- if you are squimish about bad language, racial slurs, derogatory speech, poor grammar etc. do yourself and favor and do not press play!! Just don’t! At the same time I’d prefer that you listen to it before you post your opinion. It just makes sense that way.

More Trouble in Paradise for Lisa Raye’s Husband

Things are so low for Lisa Raye’s Husband that he literally has no where to go but up. According to TMZ.com, Premier Michael Misick may resign from his position over the island nation. All the FBI investigations, Sex/rape scandals and other accusations of unethical behavior may be too much.

B****A**ness Alert- 50 Cent

Two quarters is mad at Alicia Keys for her comment in Blender Magazine. Curtis had this to say about Alicia Keys and her thoughts on gansta rap.

What did you think of Alicia Keys’ comments regarding gangsta rap in Blender?
50 cent: I don’t like Alicia Keys no more.
She clarified the comments, though.
50 cent: If she thinks what they consider [to be] gangsta music is [made] to bring black people down then I think my sh*t falls into that category. I don’t like people who don’t like me. I don’t like her then because that’s what provides the life for me. I think if you ask Ice Cube the same shit, he’ll tell you, “F*ck Alicia Keys” for even saying that. Because the success he’s had as an actor and a businessman, there was no opportunity for that sh*t without N.W.A. But I don’t think that [her] classical sh*t is cool. I don’t give a f*ck if you can classically play the piano. I haven’t been classically trained, because my upbringing, nobody put me in front of a piano at that time. If they did, I would know how to do it as well as she does. I could learn how to play the piano if I was passionate about it right now. That’s obviously my perspective evaluating what she does, and I could f*ck*ng care less about the sh*t. So she don’t like the music that embodies the harsh realities because they’re not her realities. She hasn’t been subjected to the same things.
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Alicia Clarifies the “Gansta Rap” comments

Alicia Keys got on Ryan Seacrest’s Radio show today in order to clarify her comments in Blender Magazine

Alicia Keys blames the Government for Gangsta rap

In what has to be her most controversial statement yet, Alicia Keys told Blender Magazine that gangsta rap and the east coast/west coast beef of the 90’s were created by the government (“the man” )

Lisa Raye’s Husband accused of Rape

What began as a dream for single mamas everywhere is being marred with controversy and shame. Rumors of infidelity, divorce and ruining an island nation are just a few of the problems faced by Actress Lisa Raye and her Island king Michael Misick (the Premier/President of Turks and Caicos), but the newest allegations take the cake.