Black Men Can Shake Their Pom Poms With The Best of Them

Usher Being A Father To His Son: Now That's Sexy!!!

Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, came alive last night when music and fashion industry icons from across the world kicked off the THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival with their scintillating stage performance.

R&B/Pop crooner and ladies idol, Usher had the audience eating from the palm of his hand with his popular hits and incredible footwork as he danced on the stage tirelessly.

As he sang his new single hit from his latest album, ‘Love in the Club’, the audience went wild singing and dancing along to his performance. All modesty was thrown to the wind as everyone reveled in the moment.

Daddy Diaries #265 - Just Missing My Dad

Seeing The World Through My Son's Eyes

Yesterday, I spent the day with my oldest. I took him with me as 3BAAS Media Group filmed a Time Warner Access program for HBCU Live, a concept we came up with to promote our client Black Educational Events, LLC.

For those familiar with the annual Angel City Classic Black College Football event in Los Angeles, you know this has become the largest yearly gathering of African Americans west of the Mississippi.

It was a good day. Typical of his personality (which he gets from his mother), my son was very well-behaved. In fact, I actually got the sense he actually enjoyed hanging out with his pops for a change to see what is it I do exactly since my days of being a judge. It's one thing to say to your children "Be your own boss" or "I want you to own something that you created", it's another thing to actually lead by example.

My example was my stepfather, who passed 17 months ago even though it feels like just days ago. I wanted to call him to tell him about the project, to ask him his opinion about these high gas prices, Starbucks closing 600 stores, or his take on when he sees the housing market rebounding.

I just wanted to bond, like my boy did with me.

But he wasn't there to pick-up the phone.

This man, thirty-one years prior, that was initially viewed by my brother and I as being a weird cat who was absolutely not good enough to date my mother, let alone marry her.

A beat.

I call my real father, thinking...

"Hey Dad, I was just checking in.... Oh. No, that's okay. You can call me back later."

A beat.

Time to man-up and keep it moving.

Grateful that I have two sons who have a dad.

That's here!

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We're just getting started. You'll see, after the jump...

Wesley Snipes Enjoying Freedom and Fatherhood For One More Day

Days of Freedom are limited for actor Wesley Snipes, before he has to turn himself in to serve his 3 years of jail on federal tax evasion.

We wish him an especially Happy Fathers Day. In the end his choices don't negate that he is a father as well. He reminds all dads that the decision we make don't only effect me but effect our children as well.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY BLACK MEN, FROM 3BAAS MEDIA GROUP!

Daddy Diaries #462 - Brothers, We Simply Got To Do Better!

Kinda Funny, Kinda Not!

The following are all replies that Detroit women have written on Child Support Agency Forms in the section for listing 'father's details;' or putting it another way.... Who's yo Daddy? These are genuine excerpts from the forms:

1. Regarding the identity of the father of my twins, Makeeshia was fathered by Maclearndon McKinley. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of Marlinda, but I believe that she was conceived on the same night.

2. I am unsure, as to the identity of the father of my child as I was being stuck out of a window when taken unexpectedly from behind. I can provide you with a list of names of men that I think were at the party if this helps.

Under the hood it gets better folks. Keep going!

3. I do not know the name of the father of my little girl. She was conceived at a party at 3600 East Grand Boulevard where I had sex with a man I met that night. I do remember that the sex was so good that I fainted. If you do manage to track down the father, can you please send me his phone number? Thanks.

4. I don't know the identity of the father of my daughter. He drives a BMW that now has a hole made by my stiletto in one of the door panels. Perhaps you can contact BMW service stations in this area and see if he's had it replaced.

5. I have never had sex with a man. I am still a Virginian. I am awaiting a letter from the Pope confirming that my son's conception was ejaculate and that he is the Saver risen again.

6. I cannot tell you the name of Alleshia's dad as he informs me that to do so would blow his cover and that would have cataclysmic implications for the economy. I am torn between doing right by you and right by the country. Please advise.

7. I do not know who the father of my child was as they all look the same to me.

8. Tyrone Hairston is the father of child A. If you do catch up with him, can you ask him what he did with my AC/DC CDs? Child B who was also borned at the same time.... well, I don't have clue.

9. From the dates it seems that my daughter was conceived at Disney World; maybe it really is the Magic Kingdom.

10. So much about that night is a blur. The only thing that I remember for sure is Delia Smith did a program about eggs earlier in the evening. If I had stayed in and watched more TV rather than going to the party at 8956 Miller Ave, mine might have remained unfertilized.

11. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my baby, after all, like when you eat a can of beans you can't be sure which one made you fart.

Yep, you guessed it right - you are all paying taxes to support them.

TONY DUNGY FAILURE AS COLT COACH, NOW FAILURE AS A FATHER

Footballs Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy announces he will coach one more year in Indy. This announcement comes as his wife and kids completes one year, moving back to Tampa Florida. And the following is what is being said publicly and privately by others.

"Dungy has used his pulpit as a head football coach to advise others in the art of fatherhood, and has left himself open to charges of hypocrisy.---Bob Kravitz the Indianapolis Star.


Dungy counters with this comment: "We have a lot of things going on in our family that won't be public, don't need to be public and don't need to be anybody else's business, but we have our kids' best interests in mind. We think we're going to be OK.''

Check out the Kravitz Article and judge for yourself. It doesn't look good.

Until I think about the soldiers in Iraq who have done three and four tours of duty. Four tours is less than the average and stll equates to years these heroes have spent away from their families.

Murder Of Redskins Baller Sean Taylor: Possible Suspects In Custody Include Teens & A Man In His 20's

(Taylor with the biracial baby girl who'll never know her father)

BREAKING NEWS: The Miami Herald is reporting that police have detained at least three people in the Fort Myers area for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor.

A law enforcement official in Lee County confirmed the men from the Fort Myers area were in custody, but requested anonymity because the investigation is being handled by Miami-Dade County police.

The Miami Herald, which first reported the development on its Web site, said investigators believe three suspects learned of Taylor’s house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about his wealth. The suspects include two teenagers and a man in his 20s, all from the Fort Myers area, the paper reported.

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Richard Sharpstein, a former Taylor lawyer and family friend, said: “It looks like the police are pursuing extremely good leads. It appears that the burglary was exactly as I’ve always stated, not random, that Sean’s house was targeted.” Evidence at Taylor’s home indicated one or more intruders barged into the house early Monday in an attempted burglary, Miami-Dade police director Robert Parker said Wednesday. After a confrontation inside the home, Taylor was shot once in the upper leg and died early Tuesday after losing a tremendous amount of blood.

Taylor’s family has scheduled a funeral service for 11 a.m. Monday at Pharmed Arena at Florida International University in Miami.

Live From New York, It's Black NBA Baller Lebron James Holding His Own On Saturday Night Live!

Did you check out Lebron James and musical guest Kanye West on SNL this past Saturday? While he's certainly no Eddie Murphy, the velvet clad Cleveland Cavalier did put forth some effort in the season premiere of a show that amazingly is still on after all these years. Check out his monologue:

While King James is clearly trying to steal moves out of the Michael Jordan playbook when it comes to being a superstar athlete, an adequate actor, and the go-to endorsement guy, we aren't mad at the 22-year-old's ambitious plans for 2008. Among them include leading the Cavs to their first NBA title, and bringing home the gold for the United States at the upcoming Beijing Olympic games. Do your thing brotha, and go ahead and marry that sistah you have those chil'ren with so you can show these other cats how to do it! Now that would be truly impressive.

DADDY DIARIES #480: TO BE A PUSSYCAT DOLL ... MY SIX YEAR OLDS LIFE AMBITION

My Girls Think Sexy Girl Singers Are The Bomb: Not In My House! (part 1 of 2)

I have six year old twin daughters who, through much great effort on my part, have become music aficionados.

I started them at age two and three with nursery songs, and happy birthday and before I knew it they had that "nick, knack paddy whack give a dog a bone." down solid.

As they got older, I stepped it up to "Doe a Deer a Female Deer... (from 'The Sound of Music') and then I did a 'throw back' and taught them the theme to television's "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." You remember "... People let me tell you 'bout my best friend..."

This song made many a Kodak moment as I pushed them in swings at the park. And as a college music theatre major and saxophone player, I was pretty pleased with my legacy I was passing on.

Until last week.

While driving to the store, I snapped my neck into permanent whiplash to hear my my sweet six year olds singing, but obviously not understanding, ALL the lyrics to Beyonce's "To the Left".

To say I was concerned is an understatement. We might have a problem.

But no, two days later we are on the road again. This time I locked up the car breaks when, without any prompting from the radio, they started to sing the Pussy-Cat Dolls big hit, "Don't Cha?"

When they got to the lyrics, "Don't Cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?" I pulled the car over and came to a complete stop.

At their delicate age, they knew the song was sung by the Pussy Cat Dolls and then they boldly declared they were giving up on their career choices of doctor and veterinarian to become PUSSY CAT DOLLS. We definitely have a problem.

I blame this problem on their mom of course, because I only listen to sports radio and 70's disco. So if the song had been "So Many Men, So Little Time," you could blame me.

But this was obvious the heathenistic music of their mom. Mom who covers her coarse listening habits by saying, " this is just the music they play in my spin class at the gym ... it's work-out music. But were had I gone wrong? I taught them to resist music indiscretions. What had lead to the meltdown of their musical sensibility??

Next Time: Can their ears be rescued? Back to Dad's Music School.

DADDY DIARIES #478: NEW DADDY TIGER WOODS CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE AT BRITISH OPEN

Fathers, Oh Fathers only you truly understand and can explain to Tiger Woods ... what has gone wrong with his golf game:

* Fellas, share with the brother the awesomeness of child birth.

* Boys, high-five golf's international sensation on his procreation abilities.

* Men, smile politely when the multi-millionaire says, "We have a new baby!"

* Homey, nod your head as Elgin learns the meaning of "family."

* Shorty, remind Tiger about the adage, “little girls take care of you in your old age.”

* Brothers, tell our hero that you also had that wonderful sense of teamwork after taking two weeks off from work.

That said, Daddies now tell Tiger the real deal that ...

No matter how hard we try to catch up on work (after missing those two weeks on a job we were already behind on), no matter how understanding the boss says he is (while doubling your workload), no matter how much Red Bull you consume at staff meetings, no matter how many lunches you now have to skip, no matter how many days you must come in early with little or no sleep ...

NOTHING - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING - COMPARES WITH THAT STRANGE WEEPING WOMAN.

That strange weeping women ... who keeps blowin' up your "crackberry" every half hour, complaining on the phone about 'HOW'... the baby's not latching on, how your mom needs to go back to Virginia, how her mom - whom now she's reasoned - needs to go with your mom back to Virginia ... how her girlfriends insist everything she is doing is wrong and how her conscience keeps telling her they just might be right. Then there's 'THE' bloating, the baby crying for no reason, the sleep deprivation, the big boobs that "don’t feel sexy at all" (that's a toss-up), the overall feeling of "losing it.”

And just before hanging up the phone, your queen declares, “My nipples hurt... so when are you coming home?!?!”

FATHERS, TELL TIGER THAT ALL OF THIS...
TENDS TO REALLY AFFECT A BROTHA’S GOLF GAME.

WHY BLACK WOMEN ARE ANGRY THE PREQUEL: THE MAKINGS OF A DEADBEAT DAD

P Diddy, You Probably Think This Post Is About You

We have all heard the awful effects of the deadbeat dads.

Essentially, these are fathers who are not involved emotionally and/or financially in the lives of their child or children. It is an awful and emotional issue that leads to bitterness on all sides with the fathers, mothers and children.

Let's take Rhonda for instance. Recently, after 15 years, Rhonda finally decided to open a child support case against the father of her child.

In knowing Rhonda for years, I know she did all she could to work with the father. During her pregnancy, she even offered the father - who we'll refer to as Paul - to sign away his parental rights. The guilt she experienced for being pregnant without being married almost drove her insane.

Rhonda is a great mother. On top of that, she is attractive, kind, hardworking and an overall good person. For years, she attempted to work with Paul because he already had one daughter from a previous marriage who had a terminal illness.

The mother of that child as well as the medical costs associated with his child's illness was overbearing. Rhonda never required anything of him other than an effort to form a relationship with their daughter. Paul hasn't given $5,000 over the entire life of their daughter who we'll refer to as Ashley.

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KIM PORTER AND DIDDY CALL IT QUITS, SOMEONE CALL EDDIE MURPHY

Kim Porter, (aka babies mama), has moved herself and the four kids they have together, out of her digs with Diddy.

Now what's up with that? Kim, baby..., you hooked up with the player of all players? This is the same guy who still admits to being sprung on J-Lo and her married ass. And now you say Diddy's social activities and "friends" are a little too much for you.

Girl don't tell me you didn't read the fine print label he walks around with, the first time you met him. It read something like this: (Beware and Handle with Care cuz' this brother is fine, rich, talented and the womenz' be like'n him. Proceed with Caution and be prepared to SHARE!)

And yes, Someone call Eddie Murphy, I do believe it's time for him to hook up with another celebrities ex.

WILL SCIENCE RENDER BLACK MEN EVEN LESS NECESSARY?

The Possibility Seems Very Real

A team of scientists recently announced they had made artificial sperm from human bone marrow, and media reports abounded with the dire news that my goodfellas (and by extension, me) had been rendered unnecessary.

If a woman chose to do so, speculated tabloid journalists, she could make sperm from her own bone marrow, fertilize another woman’s egg — and voila!

“Men could be completely sidelined,” according to Britain’s Daily Mail.

“Women to Self Create,” blared the headline in Australia’s Daily Telegraph.

“Men beware!” began a story on one U.S. news Web site.

There are at least half a dozen reasons why such speculation is silly, some scientific and some practical.

For example, as long as sex feels good and remains no more expensive than dinner and a bottle of wine, most people will use natural-grown sperm.

Still, I just want to know why you women are in such a rush to get rid of us. Are you trying to give us a complex or something?

Hmmm. In the near term, men may not be much different than the present. “The concept here that resonates with people is the idea of men not being necessary in some way,” Stock suggests.

“But men are not really necessary at this point either.”

DADDY DIARIES # 477 - ILLEGITMATE CHILDREN OF BLACK NBA STARS ASK, "WHERE'S DADDY?'

This Story Came Out Ten Years Ago. Has Anything Changed?

Nearly one-third of all children in this country are born to unwed mothers.

But this week, Sports Illustrated reports that among professional athletes out-of-wedlock births are epidemic.

And of athletes in the major sports leagues, those in the NBA appear to have the greatest number of cases. According to SI, one of the NBA's top agents says he spends more time dealing with paternity claims than he does negotiating contracts.

The agent tells the magazine that there might be more kids out of wedlock than there are players in the NBA. According to Sports Illustrated, Larry Johnson of the Knicks is supporting five children by four women, including two he has with his wife, and Shawn Kemp of the Cavaliers, who is not married, has fathered seven children.

Other NBA players who have been the subject of paternity-related lawsuits include Patrick Ewing, Juwan Howard, Scottie Pippen, Jason Kidd, Stephon Marbury, Hakeem Olajuwon and Gary Payton, as well as Larry Bird, who is now the coach of the Pacers, and current NBC game analyst Isiah Thomas.

Click here for more about this story and the interview with then SI Senior Editor Sandy Bailey.

DADDY DIARIES # 476 - TIGER'S FIRST BORN, SAM ALEXIS WOODS

THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FATHER BLACK MEN!

JUST THINK, BOBBY CUTTS JR. COULD HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS TOO!

DADDY DIARIES #473 FATHER'S RIGHTS, WHO CAN I TALK TO FOR FREE

Ok, ladies time for equal access to our kids. We are willing to man up with the child support. But when do I get to see my kids and what about joint custody. I really don't have it all that good if the only time I hear from you or my kid is when he needs something or you decide I should pay for summer camp or my half of the private school.

I miss those goodnight kisses and saying our prayers together and you know he really does like my pancakes in the morning better than yours. So how about joint custody two weeks with you, two weeks with me. Who cares if there is another woman in my life. Your are free to get a man.

Noooo I'm not having other women sleeping in my crib when my daughter or son is over. So who do I have to talk to, because you are being impossible! Brothers before you call the lawyer, here are some people you might want to talk to who are FREE:

1) Father's Rights Network Team Homepage
The Father's Rights Network is one of the True FREE Resources for Fathers, and Parents who are either Separated or ... Media Contact Information. How to Change ...www.abs-comptech.com/frn/frnhome.html

2) Fathers' Rights and Equality Exchange (FREE)
Nonprofit organization dedicated to the premise that parenting is a 50/50 proposition between mothers and fathers.www.vix.com

3) Affordable Legal Help, Father's Rights Specialists (800) 983-7258
Onsite legal staff and Family Law Attorneys. Free consultation available anytime ... Personal information is kept completely confidential. First Name: Last ...www.affordablehelp.org

4) Fathers' & Dads' Rights
Free fathers rights information for men in all states with free documents and tactics to win fathers rights ... the constitutional equal right of a father to ...www.fathersrights.org

5) Fathers Rights Foundation
Offers resources to fight for custody and visitation includes how to minimize support and guide to fathers rights.www.fathers-rights.com

6) Website for Parental Alienation Syndrome, Father's Rights, FREE Info
FREE INFORMATION for Alienated Dads and Moms (in the USA, it's mostly Dads) ... EVIL woman who thinks her Ex has no right to see his own kids, and the bias ...www.alienated-fathers.com

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