Often Replicated, Never Duplicated
Posted by Bossip Staff
Barack Obama is one of eight of men that Ebony recognizes as the dopest brothas of all time in a ground breaking issue, set to hit the stands Tuesday July 8th:
For the first time ever, Ebony magazine presents not one, not two, but eight quintessential covers to celebrate the 25 coolest Black men of all time. Jay-Z, Barack Obama, Prince, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Marvin Gaye, Muhammad Ali and Billy Dee Williams take center stage as they personify Black cool on the covers of this historic collector’s edition. From their sleek, debonair styles to their smooth-as-silk personas, these magnificent Black men have conveyed, captured, and conquered the quintessence of cool while making it appear effortless.
Check out coolness personified just below.
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He posted a profile on a dating site casualseek.com . many of his fans were seeking for him and wanna date with him. now that club is very hot because of him.
Second…
That’s a great shot of him.
Work it my brotha…!
Oh… 1st
THAT’S WHATS UP!!!
Woweee, he’s looking too cool on that cover.
I love OBAMA he inspires me to do better everyday. Way to go EBONY thats a good look
Twana Tells
http://www.twanatells.com
Is it just me or does our future president look “FINE AS HELL”?? I mean, dayum.. i’m just sayin!! YES WE CAN! OBAMA 08..
I think I’m one of the coolest mofo’s around but that’s my opinion. Jay is an interesting choice, luv his business mind and respect the brotha for his ventures outside of rap but “cool” jury still out on that one.
It depends on how they define cool
That picture looks like something I would shoot.
go EBONY..i want all 8..thats some big moves right there!
All these covers look great (Barack looks hella sexy in his…) Good job Ebony!
@DaPro
you 100% right. Depends on how you define “cool.”
There is no way this “list” can be legitimate without Michael Jordan and Tupac Shakur.
I LOVE THEM ALL!!!!
I love me some Black men! And Samuel L. Jackson too….
@ bree
You want all 8, but guess what I want??
with obama,shouldn’t we say,half black cool?
The only thing that would have made the cover perfect is to have more positive stories on the cover.
I’m down with “Women of Gospel”, but what’s up with “America’s hottest singles+dating without drama” and Surviving Foreclosure.
I will have to photoshop that other stuff out and frame it cause I’m cool like that!
MUHAMMAD ALI & BARAK OBAMA
Those are the only two I’ll buy…
Happy will all the rest tho… (jz?)
Ebony doing good things with this!!!
Barack, Jay and Prince, my top 3! Uhm uhm uhm
YES WE CAN! YES WE DID! YES WE WILL!
OBAMA’08 Y’ALL!!!!!
DAMN! that man is fine!
(and Jesse still deserves mention in spite of his philandering and embezzling-for-baby-mama ways, because he was the original trailblazer, and would have won in 1988 if not for the Democrats changing the rules on him and the country — look it up. It’s so sad how Jesse has fallen. He did a lot of good.)
Yes we can! Obama 08
EBONY MAY AS WELL ADD EIAN CRAWFORD TO THAT LIST OF BLACK MEN! THIS MAN IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TO GET HIS RN! AND NOTHING GOING TO STOP HIM. A-MEN
Barack looks good as hell in that photo
Billy Dee is the coolest mofo around, Ali is my idol, Malcolm should have made it and Martin for that matter,
Jay is a great business mind but he doesn’t define the culture like the rest of the gentleman on this list
I can’t knock the god and wish him contined success
Cool enuff- but he’s losing me now because of his continuation of Bush’s “faith-based” fed handouts to religious groups – he’s starting to lose it cos that shit is crazy, also unconstitutional
6 Figgaz
LOL, i have to apologize to you..i just took a swipe at you in the NE post..sorry! LOL..i think you want me to throw some d’s?
@jah1usa
with obama,shouldn’t we say,half black cool?
LOL!
you see that only works when we’re talking about WOMEN who are half black because (some) women (and men too i guess) on here are so catty they will find ANYTHING to tear another woman down with..
“Halle?!?! wtf she aint even full black! blah blah blah” check it out…400 comments and rising!(But Obama gets a full pass, doesnt he?)
that being said Obama does look like the man right here.
Wooo, LOVING THE BARACK PICTURE!!!
But the Billy Dee cover is GORGEOUS! That’s a smooth man….
Those are really good photos of all of them… I question Samuel and Jay… I guess I can see Samuel… but Jay should not be up there… but I’m not an editor for Ebony so que sera sera
Prince?
I love it. Can’t wait to this to come out. Would love a poster size print to hang in my office.
Dang!! I have never looked at Obama in that way. He looks so nice in this pic! I wonder did he pose for that pic or is this a candid shot. If so, big ups to whomever took this pic.
I am sorry, I love Jay-Z and all, but this is not a flattering picture of him at all.
I am going to need Samuel L. Jackson to button up his shirt. I was not ready to see those nappy ass chest hairs of his! LOL!
Big ups to all our smart and talented black men!!
Niiiice….I can almost(but not quite) forgive him for being a Demi-Cat.
The ova mens ok 2.
Barack looks VERY good! YES!!
That cover likes amazing…
looks
Obama STAND UP!!!! That photo is fly as hell.
sexy as hell !! I would like to be his Intern..
WOW!! VERY IMPRESSIVE EBONY!! GOOD LOOK!
Obama and Denzel are sharp as fuck!
DOPENESS!!! We are ready for change!
I don’t know why they put Prince on the cover. He doesn’t consider himself BLACK. Why do we try to claim these brothers who don’t want to be associated as black. Such as TIGER WOODS AND PRINCE.
jay-z is not cool you have to be handsome to be cool
I wonder who the other 17 men are. Any ideas?
I don’t know why they put Prince on the cover. He doesn’t consider himself BLACK. Why do we try to claim these brothers who don’t want to be associated as black. Such as TIGER WOODS AND PRINCE
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prince dated black women
WHERE IS WILL SMITH?
bree
Gotdayum right… “sh*t tight, no slack”
Is it wrong to lust after a presidential candidate?
Damn Barack looks so fine on his cover
6 Figgaz
LOL..well enjoy the pic..it will be down come monday or whenever i get home and use the pc
@Sydney
Naw, cause he prolly lustin after you.
GOOD LORD. Replicated and Duplicated are essentially the same thing. The phrase is “often imitated but never duplicated.” Do 3rd graders run this site?
it’s a damn shame all the chitlin circuit black politicians tried to sell Obama over to the machines for some steak and reality back.
@Bree
Yes I believe “HGH” is the new milk….Tron Voice
“them tittays are prettay”
this stupid camel is getting on my nerve with his overrated no rapping self
3rd Grade English Teacher
Bossip is actually looking for editorial staff(clearly their current writers suck ass)..you should send in a resume
@Bree
when I turn my head sidewayz they look like quotation marks
@Just Sayin
LOL, well, I can dream. Can he be cloned and dispersed throughout the nation? I’ll take a Barack, lol. J/K
Michelle is one lucky sista.
sEXY!
http://WWW.THECEELIST.COM
http://WWW.NAJEESTYLE.COM
He looks absolutely stunning!! I pray 4 his protection throughout the rest of the campaign & his presidency….
I like all the covers. Billy Dee Williams is looking exceptional, I must say.
???
WHERE IS 50 CENTS AND SNOOP COVER?
Negrodamus
LOL, thank you, i will tell my mom you like them…what kind of quotation marks?
Oh, Denzel is in the issue, too? I’m not an Ebony reader, but I may have to pick up this issue.
Billy Dee was a sex symbol back in the day, too — I have the Mahoghany DVD. He delivered one of my favorite film lines: “Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with.”
bree
can’t see…
nas shouldve been there
OBAMA IS PRESIDENTIAL PIMPIN’ Y’ALL, I SEE YOU BARACK, WORK IT!!! BLACK MEN ARE THE SEXIEST ON THE PLANET, HOLLA!!!
6 Figgaz
you can’t see my pic?
How you gon’ do cool without me?
prince is a white woman not a black man jay z is the epitome of cool.. personality/swag wise for those sayin he not cool not so sure bout samuel but hey whatever…but barack and denzels covers are soooooooo sexy..
Nope. I’m startin’ to lose my cool…
@bree
two teardrops
the brown coal in my eyes when I wake up
two cinnamon rolls pre-frosting
breasts during a sonogram
@Sydney-
I LOVE THAT LINE FROM MAHOGANY, TOO!
We are too much alike!
So I gotta sit here and get the visual from Negro? WTF? I’m pissed…
6 Figgaz
try clearing your browser history and/or your cache history..then refresh Bossip
Negrodamus
LOLOL omg..you’re so silly.. tear drops,brown coal & cinnamon rolls? never had my breast compared to either
New2this(Check me out!)
Is it just me or does our future president look “FINE AS HELL”?? I mean, dayum.. i’m just sayin!! YES WE CAN! OBAMA 08..
I know right. There’s another pic Bossip staff posted a couple of time with him look up (know which one I’m talkn’ ’bout?) I was “ohh, you look kinda niice” Get it!!!
I LOVE PRINCE!!!
@6 Figgaz
lol
2 little brown shoe helpers so you can put on your dress shoes
2 swollen pinto beans
The perfect frowns from Mimes
damn good shot of obama….
@ Just Sayin
Cat claws coming out- Hey, hey stay off my boy Prince
Nice pic of Obama he looks really nice and Billy Dee so debonare (sp)??? ya’ll know what i mean…They all look nice and are well deserving..Jay-z questionable
Alright now!!!!!
@Negrodamus
Yuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!DOM
bree
An almost eerie sense of serenity has just washed over me…
**exhales deeply**
**pushes eyeballs back into sockets**
Bless you ma.
new2this>>>NO it is not just you. This is a bad black man right here! Never in the history of the U.S. have we seen sexiness coming our way like Obama.
Obama ‘08 for real.
@WhatsYoursIsMine
Hey! Girl, I can recite scenes from that movie. That line comes from my favorite when Diana calls Billy Dee a loser and throws the drink on him, and you can see him fighting to stay calm. Woo! *fanning myself*
BTW, I saw your post yesterday on the names thread — you have a Phoebe in your family? I don’t come across many of those, and I used to have a friend named Phoebe who was uber-smart and was valedictorian of my h.s. I think she went to either Yale or Harvard.
One more question for you, were you in Jack and Jill?
LOVELY, POWERFUL, SEXI, DAMN I FEEL LIKE IM LOSSING MY POLITICAL BASE FOR WANTING TO VOTE FOR HIM, I JUST THINK HE IS SO DAMN FINE. MUST BE A POWER THING. DAMN I GOTTA GO HOME AND WATCH CCN…REMEMBER THAT HE SHOULD BE PRES FOR OTHER REASONS BESIDE HIS PHOTO OPTS.
OBAMA IS A VERY SEXY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!
6 Figgaz
LOL..i’m flattered..glad you can see the picture..just wanted to show you, i’m a woman of my word!.. enjoy!
prince is a white woman not a black man jay z is the epitome of cool.. personality/swag wise for those sayin he not cool not so sure bout samuel but hey whatever…but barack and denzels covers are soooooooo sexy..
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Shut up
jay0z is not cool his swag is horribal
Hey sweet cheeks, and I agree!!!!
JAYZ LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That fag is not cool
Bree, is 6 figgaz gonna send u a pic?
“I see” said the blind black man.
Yup, you definitely got it ma. And you’re a woman of your word in more ways than one.
Things done changed for 6 Figgaz now…
Why do they have that throwback of Muhammad Ali and Billy Dee?? They don’t look like that anymore….?
i hate Nigros but i love jay-z hes our little floor washer
Oh sh*t, check Lauren. Ha ha.
Send bree a pic and destroy the mystique? C’mon now… But then again, anything’s possible…
no negroes in the white house 08
iysssssss love you masa
@WhatsYoursIsMine
I’m getting ready to leave the office and start my holiday weekend, but it was good talking with you! Enjoy your 4th
I may have to watch Mahogany (think I misspelled it before) again for the umpteenth time this weekend, lol. “Do you know where you’re going tooo. .”
@Lauren
Hey, have a great holiday!
Happy 4th, all! If you’re traveling, be safe!
I am just waiting now for them to do the same for the black women. Obama nis laughing at them honkies like ha-ha-ha!
This list is dead on. Obama, with all due respect to Mrs. Obama, is fine as all heck. Damn, she is the luckiest wife in the world.
@Sydney-
Enjoy your holiday, too! And I have a distant cousin named Phoebie who passed last year, and her name fit her personality!
And no, I wasn’t in Jack and Jill. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!
Yes She Is! LOL
HOLY SHIT!!! jay’s swagger is unmatched.
Is it just me, or is the Samuel L. Jackson picture kinda weird? If you open the bigger picture, you’ll see a little hair poking out from under the cap. I’m hoping it’s the Kangol fibers, not an actual peek of permed bangs.
billy d is quintessential. jay looks stupid compared to these men.
Hey Syd, Have a great weekend also!!
@6 Figgaz….lol….you should return the favor!
AWW MAN…. MR. OBAMA IS SEXY AS HELL!! DENZEL IS LOOKIN FINE TOO… AND S. CARTER HAS DEFINITELY GOTTEN SEXIER WITH TIME!! CAN’T WAIT TO GET MY ISSUE!!
i am co-signing with Lauren..you should return the favor 6 Figgaz!
anyways im out y’all have a safe and happy 4th of July!
dont think Billy Dee should have made it. But Samuel L that dude though.
can’t wait to get this issue..
yep, yall said it right, they should do the women.
i love the old and the new. all these brothas deserve this recognition. black is the best!
I am absolutely feeling all of these…EXCEPT Jay Z…I am just not feeling him as one of the coolest ever, Winton Marsalis maybe but not Jay Z.
Earth Sign, I strongly but respectfully disagree. Billy Dee was the man back in the day. Peep Lady Sings the Blues, Star Wars, hell a Colt 45 commercial. He was the definition of cool.
I’m SOOOO happy we will have some fine eye-candy to look at for the next 4 years! Billy Dee Williams is the Godfather of Cool. I had a crush on him when I was 5. Prince, Denzel, and Sam definitley deserve cool props, but where is Maxwell and Michael Jordan?
Obama, u win!
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Oh I’m sure Diddy is throwing a pissy b***h fit because he wasn’t chosen for one of the covers, b/c he KNOWS he is the shiznit. I guess he knows now. LMAO!!!!
don’t forget number1dummerican he does not know himself forgive him in which he is crazed out scallywag but he has alot of company too he is black and dont understand it and why this punk failed history every year and still he rise!smh lol
BOOOOOOOOO! THAT SHOULD BE JOHN MCCAIN!
He is such a nice man, I love him. ARE YOU SEEKING FOR FUN?
hey ebony gets 2 thumbs up and a cookie for this. essence is my mag and i hardly ever look at ebony, let alone buy it. however, ebony may have bought me with this. i like the fact that good black men are being celebrated. it’s a good look.
will smith would’ve been a nice addition though…love him.
Cool editions without a Miles Davis cover…come on!!! the man is the essence of cool
Yessss. They are all very cool. LOL
@ tasha
i was wondering why big willie wasn’t chosen. i think he’s very “cool”
The richest man in HipHop aka Jay-Z got a cover.
Haters are you mad?
WHO CARES ABOUT JAY-Z?
@ Go J!
yes they are mad. jay z gotta have the biggest haters base in the rap game.
LMAO…
I’m sure P-ditty is about to cry for not being chosen by Ebony. LOL!
Flava Flav and the King of R&B (Bobby Brown) probably feel that there’s some haters at Ebony that purposely omitted them from the list. LOL!
Just love it! Big ups to my brothas! Definitely want the Obama, Samuel L., and Jay covers! Just love it!
Yes, the haters are mad! But folks this is a time to celebrate our black brothers. This is the first time it has happened! Loves it!
obama is so fine forgive me my thoughts are not pure but i have alot of respect for this brother and michelle because he has a real blk queen on his arms with ordinary beautiful blk children that don’t need to be exotic to shine like beautiful birds of paradise/they should celebrate black men that love blk queens only/i wish all blk men could come back home to blk queens instead of the other man’s women/blk sisters that are decent responsible and not afraid of hard work and love their outer skin/here this man is a potential president with a sister this a rare brotha/ we must instill good values in our sons and daughthers and be black and proud/blackmen must stop going to jail and being dl lovers spreading germs to their future family leaving sisters lonely and depressed cause they want something light or white/ but then again let those fake ass brothas go and enjoy hell /! i am talking about brothas and sister who don’t know struggle and pain and medicate themselves with drugs and bad company we can’t save them/brothers and sisters respect thyself and others don’t buy where you can’t work clothes shoes food whatever say it loud i’m blk and proud and mean it they want our lips brown skin hips music etc stop coping out folksyou better start loving yourself or you will perish with the rest of these fools out her money and all think???/
PRINCE LOOKS LIKE A LESBIAN WITH A DRAWN-ON GOATEE!
It’s Barack ya bastards!!! Hov!
…Barack!…
…if you were not married, and to a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, at that…
…oooohhhhhh…there’s some things I’d have LOVED to tell you…
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Mpenzi @ Barack!…
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Ebony finally emerges from the dead, excellent shoot of Barack.
THAT’S FUNNY. THIS GUY IS HALF WHITE. IN FACT, IT WAS HIS WHITE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WHO RAISED AND EDUCATED HIM. I REALLY DON’T CARE, BUT WHY IS HE NOT LISTED AS ONE OF THE COOLEST WHITE PEOPLE??
i love obama and im voting for him. but come on, the guy is white, michelle obama married a white guy named barrack, his father is a kenyan and the family he grew up with is white, lose the word “brother” ebony.
^^ I know you have to be older than 10. You know the rule right??? One drop of black and you’re not white! Come on now! Where have you been living!LOL
Anyway, love my Black brothers! Ebony did a wonderful job! Love all that SWAGGER!
^^ You know there are little ones who don’t know!LOL
This just in folks…
Actor Stephen Baldwin said on faux news that if Obama wins he’ll leave the country….
Why would he think anybody would care if he leaves the country?
Stephen Baldwin disses Obama on Fox
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/01/stephen-baldwin-on-fox-ne_n_110169.html
You can check out the link above
Or you could always wait till next month when Bossip picks up on it and posts it like it just happened.
The B man is a muslim pig who denounces his own white mother, he should be ashamed of himself! Id never vote for him.
I subscribe to Ebony magazine and I pray to God they better don’t send me ugly Jay-Z on the cover or fem Prince! ‘Cause I will call up Ebony and tell them to give me Barack Obama please! Yes, I can!
you are so cool. but i just found out your secret that you have joined
an online club ^^^^ ukblackfriends. co m ^^^^, by which you are seeking
a sexy girl for extramarital relationship.
What the hell is Jay-Z doing there? He’s the ODD MAN OUT in that lot.
I support Barack Obama 100%
nothin sexier than a reluctant sex symbol.
love me some obama.
I love all of those pics!!!! It’s about time “Ebony” got back in the game with the artistic photography.
Cool Black is back!
Some of you negros need to get off your light-skin hating bullshit. Your only hating on Prince for that reason and that reason only
jay-z is an ugly mofo,,,,,,,,,, where is will smith though?
My fav’s are… 1. Barack!!
2. Samuel L.Jackson
3. Denzel
4. Prince
@Bear>>>Regarding Steven Baldwin, I say he should leave now. Good bye and good riddance to him.
Wha the fuck is Jay z doin there? Hes not one of the coolest black men OF ALL TIME. I agree that either Tupac Shakur or Michael Jordan should have been in his place. is just a trend that will grow old.
Well hello Mr. President!!!!!!!!!
that is a really good cover…my top two fave covers by Ebony is this one and Alek Wek’s
I can’t wait to get mine!!! That’s a good look Ebony!!!! Thank you!
Dang he looking guud.
i agree with that whole list especially barack and jay-z cos they are both the mordern epitome of cool.who everyblack boy wants to be.
i dont agree wth prince however .i think he should be replaced with isaac hayes.a true soul brother.
Damn can a president be that cool looking?
Can an American president be that cool looking. Imean normally its the french or italians but this brutha is gonna move the USA back to number#1
Great Shot of the next President of the United States of America. Unposed at that!
Great covers!
Okay, I’ll admit Obama is half black, but he’s showing his true color by easing in with 24 other brothers who’ve been in the game forever. Is that black enough for you? Most of us just realized who he is a little over a year ago, but he’s making it rain on them ____ who haveve been in the game for years. And for that, I say he’s black-on-black!!!
Stephen Baldwin that little prick!!!
Will Smith should be there too!
Why isnt will smith there?
Will smith is the coolest black dude ever!
Will Smith has more COOL in his little finger than Denzel and Obama put together!
Will Smith!!!
Is Prince black? I always thought he was hispanic?
And Jay Z isnt cool, not even with his free mason demonic signs, and not even with Beyonce dangling off his arm!
WILL SMITH IS THE COOLEST!
@questionmrk
listen, if any human being has a little drop of black blood in him/her that person is BLACK;even if they’ve a white skin/blue or green eyes etc.
Africa is watching and wanting and waiting for the children;Until the children are back to the continent or happy where ever they’re,there’ll be no peace in the continent.
Let me tell u who is clasified black?
big lips,big strong chest in a man,big breast in a woman,big bum in a women,tall,straight or erect when walking or sitting,beautiful smile,thick hair,big eyes,beautiful body,happy,love music,love singing,love dancing,dance nicely, love human,love animal,kind,caring,trusting,intelligent,quick learner,inventers,restless,laugh a lot,love God, don’t want to hurt others,respect and love olders,not good swimmers,sexy,good in sex (specially Black men don’t need to be licked & sucked they are always ready & satisfies a women till kingdom come,position 69-business is indian and white habbit.I blame the media for spoiling and corrupting our black men specially when it comes to this new sex era).
anyway God chose this race. wuuuu …i’ll write a book about it
Once again the black man reduced to how “cool” he is. Do we offer nothing but “cool” and casual entertainment? Truly a sick poisoned culture.
cool man~~ I’ve got his news on casualpal.com too, lots of news and hot vids there, casual encounters, married women and men seeking for fun! great club.
Love it! I’m not a subscriber, but I might have to buy this issue.
Yeah, I mean who the hell´s Dr King & Malcolm X again?
He is a cool man. we all love him. there are so many fans of him. and they set up the groups related to stars. you can even check out his sexy and beautiful photos, videos and blogs on the wealthy dating club R I C H L O V I N G.C O M for hot singles to hook up for Hot Love and Sexy Dating.
Damn, Barack is looking good, damn good in that pic.
Great and SHARP picture Obama. All the folks look good. This country needs change and stand up for Obama!
Ebony def on point!!!!!!!!!!!!! With all these covers. BILLY DEE BILLY DEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O’bama is f-i-n-e!!!!
lovely
Geeze! Is it me?
But doesn’t this undermine what Obama is doing?
Who the hell cares if he’s “cool”? We want a man who can run the country….DON’T WE BLACK PEOPLE? Wait! Maybe all the black man wants are (what chris rock said) Nice rims..and to look cool! “Swagger” Dopeness? what the hell
NICE ARTICLE BOSSIP: Way to expose blacks for what we REALLY are!
think
YES WE CAN !! OBAMA 08!! But hold up!! WTF? I cant believe I didnt make the cut!!!
In a way I agree with Tiray. I hope emphasing on his swagger doesnt take away his presidentiality n his capacity to handle serious issues. YES WE CAN !!!!
@ densure
listen, if any human being has a little drop of black blood in him/her that person is BLACK;even if they’ve a white skin/blue or green eyes etc.
Africa is watching and wanting and waiting for the children;Until the children are back to the continent or happy where ever they’re,there’ll be no peace in the continent.
Let me tell u who is clasified black?
big lips,big strong chest in a man,big breast in a woman,big bum in a women,tall,straight or erect when walking or sitting,beautiful smile,thick hair,big eyes,beautiful body,happy,love music,love singing,love dancing,dance nicely, love human,love animal,kind,caring,trusting,intelligent,quick learner,inventers,restless,laugh a lot,love God, don’t want to hurt others,respect and love olders,not good swimmers,sexy,good in sex (specially Black men don’t need to be licked & sucked they are always ready & satisfies a women till kingdom come,position 69-business is indian and white habbit.I blame the media for spoiling and corrupting our black men specially when it comes to this new sex era).
anyway God chose this race.
wuuuu …i’ll write a book about it
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With All Due Respect.
PLEASE DON’T.
Hasn’t the HUMAN RACE SUFFERED through ENOUGH IGNORANCE and DIS-INFORMATION.
some of ya’ll are never satisfied smh
@ maddzzu!
” in a way?” u agree with me? Brutha!-Articles like these are little by little putting Obama in the catagory of…” TOO COOL TO BE PRESIDENT”
Remember to keep your eyes open…THINK..!
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT KNOW BLACK CULTURE BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE BLACK…i.E.–
All it sometimes takes are pastors to get on TV. and say negative things…or for articles from bossip or ebonyto make a black president seem COOL…..COOL? HIP?
OK–for the dumb: PRINCE= COOL/samuel jackson= cool
Obama= say it s-l-o-w-l-y with me dummies..
P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-C-I-A-L……….GEEZE!!
THINK
WE WANT MCCAIN!
GO MCCAIN!
jay-z is gay with dsls
Hannibal
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shut up us senseless cracker
go suck the devils dick
Hannibal
^^^^^^^^^^
Shut up u senseless cracker
go suck the devils dick
and lick his ass crack. White people are such brite clear cock suckers.
Get that faggot jay-z of that list.
Its a shame what money can buy.
And beyonce is one fugly make up wearing weave head trick hoe gold digger.
They are all sell outs and black will all ways support them.
Thats why we cant get it together because we have negroes like him.
So are those covers on sale this month? And the only brothers of real social significance would be Ali, Gaye, and Obama. Placing the others on the cover just shows how silly EBONY and JET, magazines that used to take stands of social significance, have gotten since ownership was passed on to Johnson’s daughter.
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Wow, I’m like a kid in the candy. I think this is a great selection. I think they could have gotten better pics of Prince and Sam Jackson
People wonder why Jay Z is on here, but you gotta credit him for stepping up his game from corner boy, to rapper, to business mogul.
Um…I’ll have a Barack on the Rocks please
Michelle is one lucky woman
They should have put spider loc on there not that faggot Gay-z.
Jay-z is a sell out
Im hood rich i make 20k a year im a janitor if you got a prob bring it to grape street
Jay may be about the business, but he and that photo are not the business.
@Ms. Rissa
I love Marilyn Monroe as well as the next person, but you need to that GRAVATAR down and switch it to Dorothy Dandridge your on a black site you know. I’m not trying to hateful but truthful.
change that, that is
ebony barack is fineeeee./next time put radio personality “micheal Basiden” on the cover(some black men need to be in a candy store so sweet)put some of those fine nigerians and ghanian actors on the cover jim iyke van vicker majiid micheal nonso diablo the list can get hot and sweathy
BARACK OBAMA GOT MY PINK LIP-GLOSS POPPING
PRINCE AND JAYZ SEXY…. NAAAAH.
IM SOOOO SCARED OF A NIGGA NAMED OMMPA LOMMPA…
stephen baldwin leaving is more reason to vote obama. he is a despicable person who comes from a despicable family. its funny barack wasn’t getting any love from the sisters coming up. now that he is making moves they all on him. these are the same women in high school and college with a bunch of the barack type of dudes, but having babies by these deadbeats.
BLACK MEN GOT SOOOO MUCH SWAGGA!!! THEY ARE SOOO HOT!!!
@Tiray-
I agree with you. If anything black folks will yet again, do and say things to hurt Obama’s chances of winning the presidency. The first thing I thought when I saw the cover was that Ebony has really become a waste of time. Barack Obama does not need that kind of press – especially right now. Instead of letting the brother’s image help elevate black folks, Ebony took the opportunity to use an image to lump him into being “cool”. Yes, he is cool and everybody already knows it. The previous cover and tiny article Ebony did on Barack and Michelle was really nice and anything afterward should have built on that. They should have waited until after he got into office and did a pictorial on Obama. Then again, maybe folks at Ebony decided they don’t want the brother to be president…
So happy to see positive role models like this dude instead of the usual idiots like slick rick with the chains and gold eye patch, lil wayne and baby with mouth full of gold/platinum or any other mean mugging tatted up ignant looking nigga.
stephen baldwin leaving is more reason to vote obama. he is a despicable person who comes from a despicable family. its funny barack wasn’t getting any love from the sisters coming up. now that he is making moves they all on him. these are the same women in high school and college with a bunch of the barack type of dudes, but having babies by these deadbeats.
QUOTED FOR THE MUTHAF’ING TRUTH.
Guarantee Barack was that dude with the book stuffed with books and wore highwater pants and was in debate class, chess club, etc. and them sistas was checking for Tyrone an dem cause dey loves his “game” and “swagger” now they coochie hanging down like some old rost beef and they got 5 kids from 5 men and now Barack looks fine.
It is too late Boomquisha maybe you could pass some knowledge on to one of your daughters and tell them to keep it in their pants and learn some shit at school and get with and build together with a Barack type brotha instead of laughing at him and spreading eagle for some dude with his pants hanging off his ass thinking that is swagger.
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Oh Yeah, where is Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass, James Brown, hell even Bill Cosby?
@ TIVO-
Why don’t you preach to the brotha with his pants hanging off of his a#% about not proliferating all over the place and not owning up to his responsibilities? Don’t expect a female to get an abortion, but wrap his johnson up if he doesn’t want to make a life and subsequently leave it.
Stop placing blame on women, men have their part to play in why the world is a mess.
And, b4 you start – I am single, educated, have a good job and don’t have any children.
Hannibal shut yo faggot pussy boy ass up nigga ill straight jack yo broke ass come to long beach CA and say that nigga fucking e gangster
Totally off-subject, but Venus Williams won the women’s Wimbledon final. Congrats! I think it will be shown on ESPN later today in the States.
Oh, to the brothas who think sistas dissed Obama in school — Barack grew up in a very diverse environment (still have to read his memoir Dreams from My Father and will do so this summer — it and The Audacity of Hope are on my reading list) in Hawaii (excerpt from NY Times story below), so he was exposed to a variety of cultures, and when his mother remarried to an Indonesian man, the family moved to that country.
“Mr. Obama, whose parents met at the University of Hawaii, was born here on Aug. 4, 1961.
In 1967, he moved with his mother to live with her second husband in Indonesia. When he was 10, the family returned to Oahu, where he lived until graduating from high school.
“My first memories are on Poki Street,” Ms. Soetoro-Ng said. “There was a big chair, and we would rock and rock together until it fell backwards.” She said she tortured her brother in all the normal ways — blocking his view of sports on television, building impediments with toys for him to trip on.
Mr. Obama’s grandparents enrolled him in the Punahou School, founded in 1841 by Congregational missionaries. It is among the largest private schools in the country.”
Barack met Michelle years later in Chicago at a Chicago law firm.
I’m not well-versed in Obama’s dating history prior to meeting Michelle, but I’ve never read one derogatory/negative word from him regarding his relationships with black women, and it’s clear that his wife — a Ivy League-educated, professional African-American woman from Chicago — loves and supports him, as he does her. She loved him back in the 90’s before he became the household name he is today, and they’ve experienced their share of struggles. So the scenario that Barack was one of those brothers that sisters passed over to have babies with thugs is not only erroneous, it’s a transference of personal bitterness onto a man who has never exhibited it.
Oh, and I’m also a college-educated, employed sista with no children who deeply appreciates brothers (who exhibit the same level of intelligence, class, and ambition as Sen. Obama. He’s truly a role model.
*in Chicago at a law firm*/*one of those brothers whom*
The Johnson’s daughter is friends with Juanita Jordan I think and that’s the reason mj is not on one of the covers. Not that he cares, he was chosen as one of most stylist when vogue did something similar . That is much more mainstream.
I’m sorry, I meant to say GQ.
Sydney @ 11:52a, WELL SAID!
Transferance, it exactly what it is. Why are these clowns so bent on creating this imaginary past for Obama. They’re actually shining a spotlight on themselves and their own shortcomings.
Jay-Z & Sam Jackson? Really? *yuk!*
@ILuvYellaBoyZ
I’m not sure why they’re trying to create an alternative past for Obama when he’s clearly not of that mindset (which is a very good thing). I think the positivity he emanates is one of his best qualities. Bashing women is not in his repertoire.
Here are some more recent words from Barack about his wife in a cover story in US Weekly — he gushed about Michelle in the article (he has also referred to Michelle as his “rock”):
Obama told the magazine: “Michelle is an extraordinary mother to our two girls. When we started out on this campaign, we wanted to make sure that life for our girls would remain as normal as possible, and it is because of Michelle that they are so grounded.
“Nothing is more important to Michelle than being a good mother,” the senator from Illinois told the magazine, “and she works every day to instill in our girls the same values we were raised with.”
I’m happy for and support Barak Obama!
I don’t care about his degree of African-american heritage or, his particular Black experience in the U.S.
He is the best person to be President and lead us out of this deep hole that the current admin., has put us in.
He is not running to be the “coolest (Brotha)Black man of all time”!
He is running to lead a nation of people of nearly every racial, ethnic, & religious background on the face of the earth.
Barak Obama is here for us all.
To Jewel @ Sydney>>>Thank you for breaking this down to these obviously bitter brothers. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how they came up with these far fetched stories, but as spoken before, they are transferring their bitter experiences and placing them on Obama. Well said ladies!
Correction>>>to Jewel & Sydney…
I watched a biography thing on Will Smith and in light of what P.Diddy said (or whatever he calls himself) I was wondering why Will wasn’t considered. You know it has been expressed that finally blacks have a superhero (Hancock), and if you consider the roles Smith has played with most success (action films) he’s got that clown-to-action-hero cool. He’s definitely representing for the black cool. (Besides, Obama has expressed that if anyone should play him in a movie it would be Smith.) I’m only saying because I was just impressed by the Smith biography. According to wikipedia Smith is considered part of a small group of people who were able to enjoy success in three major entertainment media outlets in the US.
Bossip’s not posting any new topics at all. They taking the whole weekend off. White folks really love the 4th of July don’t they?
@OMMPA LOMMPA
AINT NOBODY SCARED TO GO TO LONG BEACH, ESPECIALLY IF YO BITCH ASS LIVES THERE!
Barack Obama is handsome, smooth, sexy and has that sway in full effect, that does’nt make him any less qualified. Our current president is as dorky as they come and look at the mess he has created.
I even heard Joe Scarsbough of Morning Joe on MSNBC, commenting on Barack wearing $150 neckties, they are calling him a elitist. Obama has been and remains the underdog in this election. The fact that he is a Black man running for president of the United States, that alone automatically makes him an underdog.
Why is it that Black people live in constant awareness about what white people say and think, or white people’s approval etc? In the case of Barack Obama, I know why but still find it very annoying, like we have to walk on eggshells to accomplish what we want to accomplish.
Hell, Oparah had somewhat of a backlash for simply excercising her right as an American citizen and expressing whom she supports for president, this upset and angered many white folks.
If Oparah Winfrey, with her billions can’t be free to express herself without reprecussions, Lord have mercy on the rest of our broke as*es.
*an elitist*
Damn Ara & Sydney, is today “tell it exactly as it is” day here on bossip? Lol
All these bitter little boys trying to paint Barack as this former nerd scorned by black women sound so lame! I’ve always been attracted to dudes who excelled academically (and later professionally) AND were social butterflies. A person can have both brains and “swagger”.
So all you Urkels out there who don’t get any pull, please stop blaming it on women (black or otherwise).
And to touch on a point brought up by Truff.
Barack has the same experiences of cabs passing by him while living in NYC and attending Columbia, just like every other black man in America. He also had white classmates at Harvard Law tell him he was simply some affirmative action recipient. Maybe that kind of crap motivated him to become the first black president of the Harvard Law Review…
… good looks, brains, charm, endearing personality?
You lame bitter Urkel types better back up! Don’t you dare try to claim this man as one of your own! Trust, know, and believe, this MAN is a totally different breed!
hey bossip
please do a story on serena and venus dominating wimbledon this year. the finals of this usually lily white tennis event was between these 2 amazing sisters. not for the first time either. venus just won. her FIFTH wimbledon title. then they both grabbed the womens doubles. but no. the only thing youll focus on is her ass. or how ugly u feel she is. Obama is indeed a miracle in the face of all our unsurportive mess.
*swag*
Wow,
Our next PRESIDENT looks good!
Wats up with the Obama Urkel references ppl.
“Back then I had a tendency, in my mother’s words, to act a bit casual about my future. I rebelled, angry in the way that many young men in general, and young black men in particular, are angry, thinking that responsibility and hard work were old-fashioned conventions that didn’t apply to me. I partied a little too much and studied just enough to get by.
And once, after a particularly long night of partying, we had spilled a little too much beer, broke a few too many bottles, and trashed a little too much of the dorm. And the next day, the mess was so bad that when one of the cleaning ladies saw it, she began to tear up.
And when a girlfriend of mine heard about this, she said to me, “That woman could’ve been my grandmother, Barack. She spent her days cleaning up after somebody else’s mess.” ”
-Obama
Doesn’t sound like Urkel to me.
Jay Z & Samuel L. Jackson do not belong on this list…they are not Black Diva’s…They did not, nor will not, leave an indelible legacy of Cool on Black culture or our history…
These two covers should be replaced with either:
1) ‘Black Moses’- Isaac Hayes (Just listen to Shaft…nuff said)
2) Malcolm X (The essence of black political cool…Our Shining Black Prince)
3) Sam Cooke – (Just listen to ‘A Change Is Gonna Come,’ it still gives you goosebumps!)
4) Jack Johnson – (He created boxing ‘cool’…ask Muhammad Ali)
5) Miles Davis – (The genius of Cool…he created the word in song)
6) James Brown – (How can we forget the Godfather of Cool!…BTW, he’s still on ice!)
Who’s comparing Barack to Urkel?
You may wanna scroll up and re-read!
I re read. Urkel–the type that black women would pass over. THose portraying him as….”paint Barack as this former nerd….”
Thank you to WordtotheWise.
We have to band together to stop this backlash against black women (regardless of the socioeconomic status) because it is getting out-of-control.
Iconic! More people should aspire to be like that!
-Matchstik
http://www.matchstik.net
Got damn that brotha look good enuff to eat!
ok, I finally got that out! Hail to the chief…..lol
ok, if you dont add Sammy Davis Jr, and Don Cheadel to a Kool list, then your list ain’t cool , Ebony!!
oh yeah…the coolest man who ever lived on the planet …besides Jesus
MILES DAVIS
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just have to say.
i am in love with BILLIE SEXY DEE WILLIAMS.
IN LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
@WordtotheWise
Thank you for your kind words.
I’m glad to see that sistas stood up to quickly debunk that assessment of Obama. I think we can all agree that we have enough placed on our shoulders (I also agree with Jewel).
Speaking of black women, I’m sure many of you are aware of the upcoming CNN series “Black In America,” which will premiere July 23 with a special report on black women and family. Here’s a description, FYI:
www(dot)cnn(dot)com/SPECIALS/2008/black(dot)in(dot)america/index(dot)html
The groundbreaking documentary series CNN Presents: Black in America continues with “The Black Woman & Family.” Soledad O’Brien explores the varied experiences of black women and families and investigates the reasons behind the disturbing statistics on single parenthood, disparities between black and white students in the classroom and the devastating toll of the HIV/AIDS.
Definitely will be getting this issue.
@Sydney,thanks for the reminder about the CNN special. I’m heading to Germany on the 23rd for my brother’s wedding, but got an invite to a early viewing of this somewhere in DC…I’ve gotta check my email because I forgot the when/where/time.
whew! Barack looks good on that cover !
I’ll say this again…….BARACK IS NOT!! A BLACK MAN….HIS MOTHER IS WHITE
Cool is not what we need. This edition of Ebony will make its mark as yet another on a long road of signposts telling the story of the Black demise in the US.
A man who says ‘there is no Black America’ is deemed ‘cool’ by the leading Black American magazine?
And hypnotized Black people just smile.
@Jewel & Sydney>>>You both are very welcomed! Yes, I, for one, am SICK of the attacks on black women. What’s up with that? I’ll join right along with you calling them out on it too. You know what I realized. Miserable people tend to be on the war path with their negativity so they have to transfer their negativity on others instead of looking in the mirror at their own failures. It’s very sad.
Oh, and Sydney, thank you for the reminder. I have it on my calendar as we speak.
Ya’ll have a great day
hannibal what kind of niggas mama name him her daughter hannibal aint that a boy name
faggot pussie
hannibal u whack ass faggot u a straight lame nigga girls dont want to fuck ya thats why u stay on the e net nigga
i want the one with Mr. Gaye
@OMMPA LOMMPA
I COULDN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TYPING SKILLS OF A 4TH GRADE DROP OUT!
But What happens if Obama loses to McCain?
Sydney & WordtotheWise-
I will be watching Soledad’s special. I hope there will be a forum where we can post of thoughts – maybe CNN.com or Blackvoices.com.
Have a great week!
@pop
Yes Obama is cool,lovely,gentle,kind,loving,caring,very intelligent ,very clever,understanding,etc…he will bring a beautiful change to the world not only USA.
I WISH YOU WELL by Mariah Carey
This goes out to you and you and you
You know who you are
Hmm hmm hmm
When glory days turn to stormy nights
You must have been so petrified
Didn’t you, didn’t you feel so cold
You against the world in a losing fight
Captive of your demons inside
So you sought an enemy
(I’m not your enemy. He lives in you, you know it’s true)
Like times before to mock ignorantly
(But the Lord said love, love your enemy so just…)
Take heed to the Word it’s time
Check Proverbs 19:29
Don’t cry
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I truly wanted solidarity
Still wearing my blinders back then
(So much I didn’t see)
I weep for what I dreamed we all could be
I’ll keep you in prayer till the end
Still bruised, still walk on eggshells
Same frightened child, hide to protect myself
(Can’t believe I still need to protect myself from you)
But you can’t manipulate me like before
Examine first John chapter 4 verse 4
And
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
Be strong in the Lord and power of His might
If my shows of gratitude are miniscule
Inside your mind, sorry
(I’m so sorry, please forgive me)
There’s only so much I can do I love you and did all that I could
Maybe when you’re cursing me
You don’t feel so incomplete
But we’ve all made mistakes
Felt the guilt and self-hate
I know you’ve been there for me plenty
Maybe still got love for me
But let him without sin cast the first stone brethren
But who remains standing then
Not you not I see Phillipians 4:9
(Put it into practice and the God of Peace will be with you)
So
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
(He who the Son sets free is free indeed)
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
Surely God is my salvation
I will trust and not be afraid
The Lord, the Lord is my salvation
I will trust in Him
Yes, I know that I know that I know that I know
But I have had God’s help to this very day
And so I stand here and testify
To small and great alike
So the more you curse me
The more you’re blessing me
The Word said it
Love your enemies
Do good to those who curse you
Pray for those who mistreat you
Psalms 129:2
They have greatly oppressed me from my youth
But they have not gained victory over me
(In Jesus’ name)
I wish you well by Mariah Carey
He that keeps his mind state on the Lord
He will keep them in perfect peace
Barack is a certified “Cat Daddy” damn he looks good and so dapper!!
OBAMA LOOKS SO DAMN YUMMY
But What happens if Obama loses to McCain?
Sydney & Co. will probably be put on suicide watch.
I like the story a few other choices would of been better for the cover. However the men selected are “cool” within all the definitions of such said word. BILLY DEE is still damn cool. You guys should of caught him on GH: Night Shift on Soapnet. The man was so damn good and smooth he def is my top pick for cool.
Dang, the next President is looking mighty good! He is such a cutie.
Billy Dee, Billy Dee, Billy Dee…that’s some fineness right there. Kudos to the other brothers on their covers.
Nice collection theme.
I didn’t even realize that was Billy Dee Williams at first.
I think they should have had Stevie Wonder or Smokey instead of Snoop Dogg.
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