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Lee Pinkerton was born in London at the end of the 1960s, the child of Jamaican and Guyanese immigrants. After leaving home at the end of the 80s to study Sociology and Psychology at University, he became seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the music industry and spent the next decade as a music journalist, first as a freelancer for magazines such as Mix Mag, Echoes, and Hip-Hop Connection and then as the Arts Editor for The Voice –‘Britain’s Best Black newspaper’.
It was whilst in this capacity that he interviewed such Hollywood stars as Samuel Jackson, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, and Morgan Freeman. At this time he also appeared on music industry panel debates, and was a regular on-air contributor to radio stations Choice FM and BBC Radio London.
In addition to this he also wrote a book the Many Faces of Michael Jackson published by Ozone books in 1997.
But as the 90s gave way to the Noughties, and Lee entered his 30’s the glamour of the film and music industries lost some of their sheen and he yearned to do something more substantial. Not only that, but now married with children he became concerned for the welfare of his two sons up growing up in London’s poorest borough. So he left the cut and thrust of the media and the city of London taking his family to Derby in the East Midlands where they made their new home.
In 2006, he returned to University, again studying Psychology but this time at Master’s degree level and for a time was working in the area of mental health. But his passion for writing would not leave him and he has expanded the topic of his Master’s degree research project into his latest book. Drawing on his own experiences and observations working in Prisons and in Psychiatric hospitals after leaving the media, as well as extensive academic research The Problem With Black Men examines the causes of the social problems facing Black men in Britain and America today.
Lee talked about:
– Share a little about his growing including life growing up without a father but being raised by his extended family
– The values his grandfather, grandmother and his mother instilled in him
– His first music review that he wrote (Ice Cube’s “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted”)
– Stories about some of the people that he has interviewed (Ice Cube, Chuck D, Spike Lee, Samuel Jackson, Denzil Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman)
– The story behind Many Faces of Michael Jackson and his thoughts on Michael Jackson’s musical legacy
– The state of R&B music today
– If video has been good or bad for black music
– The story behind The Problem With Black Men
– The five challenges that blacks are facing
– What black men are telling him
– Some of his solutions for the challenges that blacks are facing
– His message conscious blacks and black men around the world
“The best R&B music today is being made by white artists.” @_Runawayslave “Unemplyment and fatherlessness are the two major challenges that black men face.” “it is not where you are physically. It is where you are mentally.” “Black men be a father to your children.”
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Dr. Vibe
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