Black Twitter 100
17. Amir Abbassy @BlameTheLabel Location: Worldwide Followers: 10.2K Amir Abbassy is one of the hardest working people in the music business. Consistently on the grind, the current director of Music Programming at All Def Digital wears several other hats. He also serves as a manager to Freeway, Young Moe, The Narcicyst among others. He is also the […]
18. Heather B @thehappyhourwHB Location: New York, New York Followers: 12.1K Heather B’s arc from rapper to reality television star to all-around media personality is impressive in its own right. As part of the Shade 45 Sway In The Morning radio team, Heather B’s insights on the industry comes with the clarity and perspective that only an […]
19. Nerd Nash @NerdAtCoolTable Location: Delaware Followers: 40.7K Nerd Nash, the brain behind the Nerd At The Cool Table blog and founder of the No Church In The Wild Podcast, says that his online space is: “The Place for cool people who are a little off. We finally have a home.” Along with shilling his brand of […]
20. Go In Radio @GoInRadioDotCom Location: Los Angeles, California Followers: 1.9K Go In Radio, a music writer whose big break came on the back of a plagiarizing hypebeast getting exposed, uses his Twitter feed to both promote his expertly curated Go In Radio podcast. He also uses the space to share his editorials and music reviews for […]
21. Craig Jenkins @CraigSJ Location: New York, New York Followers: 9.59K Trying to nail down music writer and critic Craig Jenkins’ illustrious career in such narrow terms does the man a disservice. Currently the Contributing Editor at Noisey with stints at Pitchfork, Complex, Passion of the Weiss and Billboard among other outlets, Jenkins’ sharp insights on […]
22. Kazeem Famuyide @RealLifeKaz Location: New York, New York Followers: 21.3K Formerly of The Source and Hip-Hop Wired, Kaz today is the brains behind TheStashed.com, a digital hub for all things music, lifetsyle and entertainment. In as little as two years, the online platform has garnered awards and recognitions, and will soon procure its first-ever […]
24. Mikey Fresh @MikeyFresh1 Location: New York, New York Followers: 8,990 Mikey serves as Music Editor at both VIBE and MissInfo.tv. More recently, he joined a new label venture with the New Music Cartel and EMPIRE Distribution. The digital music maven continues to forge his legacy in the journalism game by interviewing some of the […]
1. Charlamagne Tha God @CThaGod Location: New York, New York Followers: 1 Million For the second year in a row, Charlamagne Tha God is our number one Slander King. Unleashing his relentless brand of comedy on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, MTV’s Uncommon Sense and a host of other ventures, it might be some time […]
2. Desus & Mero @DesusNice & @THEKIDMERO Location: New York, New York Followers: Desus: 92, 900/Mero: 36,100 Let’s face it, Desus and Mero are kind of like a package deal. From podcasts to TV shows to slandering any and everything on their timelines, the comic powerhouse duo are definitely men who can stand on their […]
3. Larry Beyince @DragonFlyJonez Location: Unknown Followers: 51,000 Pick a day that Twitter is particularly buzzing about a topic or some celebrity has made a goof, you can expect that @DragonFlyJonez will be right in the mix cooking them up like nobody’s business.
4. Ice @OfficiallyIce Location: Unknown Followers: 75, 500 Ice is a wild dude, and even steps up on his soapbox to get serious, but this man clearly knows how to troll with the best of them and it’s mostly clever at that.
5. Ras The Destroyer @Smooth_Orator Location: Unknown Followers: 15, 2000 Anyone who follows @Smooth_Orator knows he has no filter and will speak his mind forcefully at all times. It isn’t always humor and slander with Smooth, but that’s where he’s made a huge impact in the Black Twitter space. https://twitter.com/Smooth_Orator/status/628337470325833728