![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Check the ratings on this week’s NBA Finals or that ever-growing number below the frame on popular rap videos on YouTube for proof. It’s the perfect metaphor for Smith to stand upon as a soapbox to speak on the duality of how black male identity is flattened, commodified, and consumed voraciously by the American masses. By Collin Robinson Mychal Denzel Smith’s vital debut memoir Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching adopts its title from a song on Mos Def’s 1999 debut album Black On Both Sides. ![]()
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