While on retreat with my family in Maui, one of the books I am reading is a book by Malcolm Caldwell, author of the book OUTLIERS, and before that the landmark book (which everyone should read) THE TIPPING POINT. In the book Gladwell made a point which struck me like a ton of books, as it relates di...

The following is amended text from a letter I recently sent to a pre-imminent leader on the global stage, about "what I believe comes next." It is now an open letter to you, the pre-imminent leader in your own life. By John Hope Bryant These days people feel, rightly so, increasingly burned by what ...

The Bryant family had the incredible, spirit filled, intimate and loving experience of spending Christmas day with our dear friend and my mentor, the iconic Quincy Jones. Cannot say what happened, nor who was there (smile),but what I can say is that it was pure magic.  No better way to celeb...

The Bryant family had the incredible, spirit filled, intimate, loving experience of spending a very special Christmas day, with our dear friend and my mentor, the iconic (and loving) Quincy Jones. Cannot say what happened, nor who was there (smile),but what I can say is that it was very special...

Timberland, Hip Hop’s Sell-Out Producer     In the world of music making there are your players and then there are your aspiring players.   Though mega-producer Timberland was introduced to the music business by R&B producer DeVante from the famous late 20th century singing group Jodeci who...

Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday concert, held to pay tribute to the freedom fighter and former President of South Africa, as well as to draw attention to raise funding for and awareness of the 46664 Campaign, Mandela’s HIV and Aids charity. The concert included appearances from the cream ...

We Are The "Tasty" World!!!! We Are The Children!!!! J.BIRD!! Wassup, bro? It's Ty from THE BEARFOOT HOOKERS. I have a crazy idea planned for our final song @ ATHFEST & i want you there! We are playing the last time slot @ tastyworld on that friday. We go on a little before 1:00am. Here's my crazy i...

Newsrooms, by definition, are awash in rumors....

Photo Courtesy Bravo The cast members of The Real Housewives of New York all gave each other dirty looks while watching the reunion show at the Village Pourhouse. (Also, they made less than $10,000 each the first season.) John Varvatos says it took him three months to get the stench of booze and cig...

To an audience who may know Quincy Jones best as the father of actress Rashida Jones, formerly of the television show The Office, I wanted to write about the massive impact that Q has had on popular music. I went to the Wikipedia post, which was a good start, but the discography was sorely lacking. ...