Missy & Mandingo removing shackles. Blog King, Mass Appeal JACKSON, Miss — The Twitter world was set ablaze on Wednesday when a swirling couple disseminated engagement photos of their slavery-themed wedding. The conjugal photoshoot took place in what appears to be a sugar plantation. One of the pictures shows a negro slave on his knees kissing the hand of Massa’s ...

Attorney General attacks governors.  Blog King, Mass Appeal WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr ruffled some feathers on Wednesday when he drew parallels between coronavirus lockdown measures and slavery. The corpulent barrister called the national stay-at-home order the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties [in U.S. history] other than slavery.” Barr, 70, voiced the juxtaposition while speaking at a ‘Constitution Day’ ...

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris.  Blog King, Mass Appeal WASHINGTON — In what’s considered the worst-kept secret in Congress, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday making the California Senator the first black woman in U.S. history to serve as a major political party’s Vice President selection. “I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is ...

Caitlyn Jenner is seeking a VP gig. Blog King, Mass Appeal LOS ANGELES — Kanye West doesn’t stand much of a chance of winning the impending presidential election. As a matter of fact, he’s a f*ckin’ longshot at best. But, after dropping out and re-entering the race, someone has volunteered to be his running mate. Shortly after Kanye announced his ...

Public Enemy releases track. Blog King, Mass Appeal NEW YORK — They’re almost senior citizens but they’re back! In 1988, Chuck D and Flavor Flav — iconic members of Public Enemy — protested police brutality and racial injustice with their hit rap single “Fight the Power.” Now, 32 years later, they’re at it again. The hip-hop pioneers released a searing ...

Gregg Popovich ‘attacks’ racism. Blog King, Mass Appeal SAN ANTONIO — First, white civilians were caught on camera washing black people’s feet. Now this. Never one to mince words, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said he’s “embarrassed as a white person” and the mortification has everything to do with the murder of George Floyd and how he perished ...

Slave reparations gain momentum Blog King, Mass Appeal WASHINGTON — “Forty acres and a mule?” With the 2020 presidential race beginning to pick up momentum, a coterie of Democratic candidates, namely Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have proposed a manifesto for pecuniary solatia to African successors for unpaid labor during slavery. In ...

LeBron James rips NFL slave owners.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is busy yapping his beak again, except this time he’s laying the wood to the languid derrières of NFL owners. During Friday’s badinage of HBO’s “The Shop,” King James accused NFL owners of imposing a “slave mentality” upon its negro talent. His ...