The YBF Blog

THE FEAT. – The YBF Blog

#RunTheCulture Black celebrity news blogs may be common now but that was not always the case. Today on The Feat. we feature one of the OG’s in that online space, The YBF. TheYBF.com is a celebrity gossip website which focuses on news regarding prominent African American figures in every aspect of the entertainment industry. The YBF stands…

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THE FEAT. – Flemlo Raps Youtuber

#RunTheCulture Today on The Feat. we are featuring one of the pre-eminent sports content creators on YouTube repping for The Cuture; Flemlo Raps. Flemlo launched his channel 2015 focusing primarily on the video game NCAA Football 2014. He quickly became a content creating machine dropping a video a day. His skill at the game, passion…

VanJess

MUSIC MONDAYS – VanJess

#RunTheCulture Harmonic. Melodic. Smooth. Three adjectives that describe this week’s entry in our #MusicMondays series, the Nigerian-American R&B duo VanJess.  An increasingly rare sight in today’s musical landscape, VanJess is not only a group, their also real-life sisters, Ivana and Jessica Nwokike. They began their career humbly performing cover songs on YouTube. Just two girls, a piano,…

chris jones pump chasers

THE FEAT. – Chris Jones YouTuber

Today of THE FEAT. we’re featuring the black fitness YouTube channel Pump Chasers are their host Chris Jones. Pump Chasers is a raw take no prisoners fitness channel run by personal trainer and YouTube personality Chris Jones. Much more than a workout beast with a foul mouth (although he is unabashedly both…

hair love movie

The Feat. – “Hair Love” The Book and Movie

#RunTheCulture Black animated films are almost non-existent in “traditional” Hollywood. Black hair is completely misunderstood in “traditional” Hollywood (and society at large). So the odds of a children’s picture book celebrating black hair being turned into an animated short are slim-to-none. At that short film then being nominated for an Oscar? Impossible. Meet the impossible.…

skip marley music monday

MUSIC MONDAY – Skip Marley

#RunTheCulture Hailing from Kingston Jamaica and representing the first family of reggae, Skip Marley is ready to become the new face of a genre. At the age of just 23, the singer-songwriter has already stared making waves. Skip is the son of Cedella Marley (a singer, dancer, fashion designer, actress, and entrepreneur in her own right),…

rico the giant black gaming youtuber

THE FEAT. – YouTuber Rico The Giant

#RunTheCulture Gaming YouTube and streaming is blowing up. And with the growing number of black gaming YouTubers getting into the game it’s hard to standout. Enter Rico The Giant. Rico is a young content creator, gamer, streamer and music producer. He posts gameplay/commentary videos, Q &. A’s, and even reactions to bad little kid’s Soundcloud…

DJ Akademiks

THE FEAT. – Youtuber DJ Akademiks

#RunTheCulture Today we feature hip-hop YouTuber, TV host, and…rapper?!? DJ Akademiks. DJ Akademiks is a Jamaican born, NY raised entertainment media personality and creator for The Culture. He covers various hip-hop news and entertainment items on YouTube, TV, radio and on social media. His videos are composed of his raw, off-the-cuff audio commentaries layered on top of stitched-together video clips and…

2 dope queens podcast

The Feat. – 2 Dope Queens Podcast

Today on The Feat. we’re featuring one the biggest black podcast out, 2 Dope Queens. There are 2 Dope Queens currently reigning supreme atop the black podcast game. They’re so poppin’ that now they record their podcast in-front of large boisterous audiences at the King Theater in Brooklyn, have done HBO specials, and are being…