Lee Thompson Young: Black Men Face Gay Rumors Even in Death
In the hours after the news of actor Lee Thompson Young’s suicide, Cypher Avenue received a slight bump in site visits based off on one Google search string: Was Lee Thompson Young Gay?
Top 15 Sexiest Bad-Ass Mothafrakin’ Black Men in Science Fiction
Science Fiction Movies and Bad-Ass Attractive Black Men are probably my favorite things to look at. So why not combine my two loves into one huge list, right? Sure, lets do it. Here’s a list of my personal favorite roles/films in which Black men played a minor or large role as an Ass or Alien kicking force to be reckoned with!
John Legend Gets Naked To Promote New Album
John Legend bares all in a new Funny or Die sketch to promote his upcoming album Love In the Future being released on September 3rd, 2013. Anyone who knows me is aware that I’m a huge John Legend stan. His lyrics are etched in cursive on my torso and his smiling face is tattooed on my lower back (hashtag #JustKidding).
Actor Lee Thompson Young, 29, Dies of Apparent Suicide
TMZ has reported that handsome young actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead of an apparent suicide this morning after not coming in to work on his hit TNT series, Rizzoli & Isles.
The 40 Most Awesome, Hilarious, Weird & Depressing Cypher Avenue Google Searches
You would be very surprised by some of the search strings people use that brings them to Cypher Avenue. Scouring some of the phrases, I both laughed at and felt bad for some of the people out there and what they search for in the Internet. So here are some of the standouts that led guys to Cypher Avenue this past month.
WATCH: Short Film – Clapping For The Wrong Reasons
Clapping For The Wrong Reasons is weird, beautiful, odd, fascinating and disturbing for many reasons. It doesn’t feature a coherent narrative storyline and ends in a very unsettling and odd way. It also features unexplained cameo appearances by the likes of Trinidad Jame$, Topanga, Chance the Rapper, Flying Lotus and porn star Abella Anderson. Um, okay.
5 Gay Slang Words That Prove Gay Men Hate Themselves
It appears that the only group of people on the planet that internally hate themselves more than African Americans are Gay Men. I can’t think of any other groups of people that consciously choose to use immensely offensive words to describe themselves.
9th Wonder & Young Guru Explain Brilliance of Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” Verse
Producers 9th Wonder and Young Guru broke down the brilliance and importance of Kendrick’s “Control” verse and the challenge other rappers face in attempting to respond to it.
FILM REVIEW: A Band Called Death
The film tells the story of three brothers from Detroit, Michigan who started what was then the first Punk Rock band ever. This was years before The Ramones would hit the scene and become music legends.
Kendrick Lamar Resurrects Hip Hop in One Verse
Removed from the upcoming album “Hall of Fame” for clearance reasons, Big Sean’s new 7-minute track “Control” featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica was unleashed on Funkmaster Flex’s show yesterday and took over the Internet. It was Kendrick who stole the show murdering not only his track-mates but also just about every other rapper in the game right now.
Hip Hop Has Always Hated You and Always Will, Deal With It
From KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Wu Tang Clan, The Lox, Brand Nubian, Eminem, Notorious BIG and Tupac….they have make their feelings on gays very clear in their lyrics. Hip Hop Hates Fags. There’s no break dancing around that.
WATCH: Episode #1 of New Bisexual Web Series “Ken”
KEN is a three-part dramedy about a young professional black man coming to terms with his sexuality and Christianity. The series brings front-and center the issues of sex, salvation and secrets for a millennial African-American man living in Brooklyn, who has feelings for two very different people.
WATCH – Tha Life: Atlanta [THE ORIGINAL 2011 PILOT]
For all those interested, here is the original 22 minute pilot episode of George Smith Hill’s That Life: Atlanta. This is the full version of the 2011 version of the show with the older cast. I will say its interesting to see the differences in story and quality.
WATCH: Episode 1 of New Down Low Web Series “T.R.A.D.E. It All”
Here’s another one called, “T.R.A.D.E. It All” with at least a couple masculine men with everyday lives. Looks like the same old Down Low angle is used again. We even see the word “trade” in the title which supposedly is a slang word for masculine “unclockable” gay men.
CYPHER AVE RECAPS: No Shade 08 “Trans-cending”
True, No Shade features some flamboyant effeminate men, transgender women and more than a few black gay stereotypes…but its pretty damn good. I can’t deny that. This is one of the two best black gay web series ever made.