Vanity Fair July 2007 Africa Issue, Keys/Jay-Z Cover

Although I wish I'd gotten the one with Chris Rock and Maya Angelou on the cover, I think the one with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys is hot too. I picked up the one with Jay-Z on it because I was trying to figure out who the light-skinned lady was. Without the eye make-up and braids, I'd probably pass her on the street and not even know who she was. Even though I enjoyed the different covers, I don't understand why Bush and Condoleeza were on there at all; doesn't he have have an oil war to finish and her shoe shopping during a national crisis should be about now, right?

Enough with my political opinions. I knew what Jay-Z and Alicia Keys had in common and low and behold, I saw the word Africa at the bottom. I have to give much respect for this magazine for covering such a huge issue, especially in the Motherland. I am enjoying reading the historical issues in Africa, as well as what is being done about the HIV/AIDS situation. I was very proud of them for making sure to inform readers that we are all from Africa, especially since so many US schools try to avoid that.

But, my review this round is about that fool Chris Rock. I was having the worst day on the planet at work today, and I browsed through this magazine on lunch figuring I should read about someone who's really going through something. I flipped to the page with his article on "The Ugly African American" and laughed hysterically through the whole thing. My pod thought I was losing my mind but I made copies of Chris's article so they could read it too and they fell out laughing. I copied that article and passed it out to my buddies at work and they copied it and so on and so forth. Only Chris Rock could make such a serious subject seem so hilarious, and he still made sure it was informative. When he said he snatched the lollipop, my stomach hurt. I love him! Absolutely love him!