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Boxing Promoter Ronald “Butch” Lewis Dead

Ronald “Butch” Lewis, known in the fight industry for tenaciously landing his light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks a massive $13.5 million purse for what turned

July 23, 2011 No Comments

Kool Cats and One Hip Chick

Today I ventured to the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con with three goals in mind. To meet Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree and Billy Dee Williams.

June 19, 2011 1 Comment

Richard Roundtree

Who’s the Black private dick That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft!) You’re damn right Who is the man That would risk

June 18, 2011 No Comments

Billy Dee Williams

I had an opportunity to meet Billy Dee Williams at Comic Con in Philly and take a picture with him. He was a extremely

June 17, 2011 No Comments

Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor, the actress and comedian best known for playing grandmothers on “The Cosby Show” and “Sesame Street,” has died at the age of 93.

June 3, 2011 No Comments

Tony Walton and The Wiz

Emmy, Tony and Oscar winning production, set and costume designer Tony Walton (All That Jazz, Mary Poppins and Broadway’s Pippin just to name a few) shared

May 20, 2011 1 Comment

Disney Legend Floyd Norman

Born in Santa Barbara, California, the 75-year-old cartoonist/animator/writer studied illustration at Art Center College of Art and Design. Floyd began his Disney career fresh out

May 15, 2011 No Comments

The MOUF Celebrates Black History Our Way – Vol 4

Michael Ray Charles was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he

February 27, 2011 No Comments

The MOUF Celebrates Black History Our Way – Vol 3

Kerry James Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, and was educated at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, from which he received

February 21, 2011 No Comments

Where Are They Now!!!

The 1970s produced the film genre that would become known as ‘Blaxploitation’. These films were made specifically with an urban Black audience in mind. These movies

February 11, 2011 1 Comment

The MOUF Celebrates Black History Our Way – Vol 2

The Museum of UnCut Funk celebrates some of our favorite Black Activists.

February 7, 2011 No Comments

The MOUF Celebrates Black History Our Way – Vol 1

The Museum of UnCut Funk celebrates and pays homage to a few of our favorite Black sports heroes who rocked the 1960’s and the 1970’s

February 1, 2011 No Comments

Sistas Who Rocked The Met Vol. 2

Leontyne Price, a lyric soprano, is one of the world´s leading lyric sopranos. Her career in concerts and opera has brought her the praise of public

December 31, 2010 No Comments

Janet MacLachlan

Janet MacLachlan, who played the compassionate schoolteacher in Martin Ritt’s Oscar-nominated “Sounder” (1972), has died at age 77. A highly respected stage, film and television actress, Maclachlan

December 31, 2010 No Comments

Paying Homage – By Not Forgetting

The Museum of UnCut Funk is all about celebrating the power of THE FUNK and of 1970’s Black Culture. As we continue to provide

December 31, 2010 No Comments