barack!

The Obama one is my profile picture on facebook lol. Im trying to only have Obama pics up until November. Lets hope vanity doesnt take over.

JAY-Z doesnt deserve to be on the same cover that Barack Obama

I loooooooooove me some Jay he is sooooo cool and hot

Barack cover is hot too

Prince love him tooo

Billy Dee kinda of remind me of Andre 300 in that pic

I am going to buy those

Umm…Prince?? *cough*

What happened to Ben Carson?

I cant wait to get the Flava Flav and Missy Elliott ones!!

The Ali cover is my favorite..the epitome of a strong man..

#3. Why not?

He meets & exudes all of the qualifications of this issue. He was the first person that came to mind when I read the title.

So what he isn’t a polititian, this is about personality, the way they present themselves, their swagger.

*jumps up and d0wn* Lawd, Billy Dee Williams!!! The epitome of sexy.. talk about swagger. He he that b4 it was even a word! *wipes mouth*

@ #8 I co-sign with you

andre 3000

@COMPLEXNDOPE,again we agree on something….when i read “coolest brothers”,i immediately thought of jay-z…he deserves to be on this cover..

@#2,thats a good idea…i might steal it around september!lol

Look at my baby jay-z he looking really good on that cover. I love it when he wear a suit his swagger is crazy. Obama damn lol that all i have to say and samuel now i think he the coolest of them all.

i agree with #9.

WILLIAM DECEMBER WILLIAMS!!! love him!

Like I mentioned on another blog, didn’t know Ebony was putting rappers on their covers after what happen last year.I like the Billy Dee Williams and Barack covers.

I am with DJ #3, Jay Z has done big things, but he is no where worthy to be compared to the other men that grace the covers of Ebony

JAY-Z is a no no no no no AND I MEAN IT

Billy D Williams the first Brother in Space

BELIEVE IT OR NOT snoop dogg is GETTING THAT cover not Jigga who Jigga what
Just go to the voting thing on their site

Barack and Jay’s are serious…..Marvin’s is SOO CLASSIC-He gets My Vote!

Prince is the best.

Im loving Obama’s swagger…

it’s just about “cool” yall…and Jay Z is very very cool and ugly, but…you know, the man is cool. No big issue with his being on the cover! Samuel L. Jackson is considered the coolest man on the planet, though..It’s a fact. His status is cultish, which is why he’s all over video games, cartoons, hipster flicks, and alternative mags. The man is just TOO cool. Denzel is soooooooooooooooo attractive! Prince, so cool! Honestly, Obama is the only one who doesn’t strike me as “cool,” at least not in the immediate vain pop culture sense of the word! But ahhhhh he’s like the most charismatic, articulate, optimistic guy on the planet…so I guess he’s MORE THAN cool, huh? Love them all on the covers!

Our future President Obama is one cool brother! Jay-Z eptiomizes SWAGGER, so no doubt he will be on one! Love to see black men getting some postive shine! Diddy is kicking rocks about now!

#23 Samuel L. Jackson is one cool brotha!

Barak looks very cool and handsome on his cover.

I can see why the women back in the days went crazy over Marvin Gaye. He was handsome and he had an amazing voice.

i saw the prince one yesterday. it was a nice ass cover too! esp. for Ebony…

Ohhhh Marvin, how could I have not mentioned him by name? The man was a genius and not in the sort of light-hearted, flippant sense…but HONESTLY, the man was not only a gifted artist but a talented mind as well. Had he lived, even with the drugs, he might have been our Gore Vidal.

@ 9 I agreeX20.
I would really like to know why some feel Jay Z shouldn’t be on the same cover as the others?? The funny thing, back in the day, some people had the same reactions. Some felt Ali shouldn’t be up there with Martin. I personally think Jay Z fits the bill of cool. Jay Z is the epitome of cool. People who have NEVER heard the term swagger, prior to Jigga, now they know. Look it up in the dictionary and Shawn Carter’s picture is there (well it should be). NO one can say with a straight face that this man hasn’t put his name and game on the map. And he has changed the game forever. Please someone answer me why he shouldn’t be on the cover.

jay-z has it all.money and mo money,great intelligence,business sense.and that brings out the jealous haters.give up haters,you can’t stop him.at the end of the day,he still be rich and powelful and you’ll still be a jealous wannabee i love him

Oooh my momma loves her some Billy Dee…haha Colt 45.
I think Jay has been cool since Reasonable Doubt, Denzel was born cool, Prince defines cool and Obama is the new cool.I think its cool a definite read.

mkay i voted. how malcolm x is loosing escapes me. yeah prince danielle 1986-girl you were too young but i got 2 words; purple rain! i didn’t vote for jigga, he was in the same category as denzel who was too smooth as bleek in mo betta blues not to mention malcolm little in X.

this is a funny debate. yall can’t compare jay z to anybody other than former drug dealers and criminals. he’s the only blatent and proud former crack dealer in the whole damn poll, lol…get over it and him. CRACK KILLS AND EFFED UP A WHOLE GENERATION OF BLACK PEOPLE!

yes i had to vote for billy dee, that fool was smooth in his day, haha!

There is something weird about having Jay-Z on that list.
He should make that list only if they have more categories such as:
10 coolest Musicians etc: Marvin, Prince, Jay-Z, Diddy, Andre 3000
10 Coolest charismatic athletes: Ali, etc
10 Coolest actors: Billy Dee Williams, Harry Belafonte etc

Jay-Z has done some great things, mostly financial but can we put him in the same level as Ali, Barack or Belafonte? Clearly many people think so, I just don’t see it.
With great power comes great responsibility. What has he done?

dang Barack is serious….that’s the one

Lovin the Jay pic. All you haters need to “dig a hole!” I love it! All that black sexiness on one page is phenom! Wooooorrrrrkkkk em!

maybe im reading wrong but i didnt think this cover was based on WHOSE DONE THE MOST…it clearly says “coolest brothers”,i dont think they’re choosing them based on what they’ve done to make a major significant change in society…in that case why is prince on the cover or samuel l jackson?jay-z just screams,NOT LITERALLY,”swag” or COOL….

I will be getting the issue with Jay!!!!

check me out on myspace you guys!

I will be getting the issue with Jay!!!!

check me out on myspace you guys!

Where are Redd Foxx, Malcolm X, and Janmes Brown?

MARvIN GAYE OMG WHEEWWW !!!!!!!!! IM GETTIN THAT ONE! and the OBAMA ONE

@ 38. You make a solid point, but I guess it depends on your definition of cool.

I want the James Brown issue (that doesn’t exist) because when he was young shining shoes he was told by the white manager that he had to move and when he became successful he went back, bought the hotel, and fired the manager. thats to the best of my memory.

People just vote in the link above. These are only 8 of the brothas that they have in a large selection. Jay-Z is up against Denzel and well Denzel will get that one!

I like Everybody on the cover…Ebony did a good job

BEST COVER IS OF BILLY DEE WILLIAMS!!!!!

Barack Obama….he swagger is too much so he gets my vote.

luvin all tha covers

so the covers are already on stans which makes me thing the voting is just for ebony to talk about. i like jay z too you guys but he’s still till this day proud of his lucrative former crack salesman skills, that’s not something to be proud of. clearly ebony was doing a catch all w/this list.

Samuel L Jackson doesn’t belong and Prince is on the wrong cover. They should have kept him for the 25 hottest Black Women issue.

And where the fuck is The Right Honorable Minister Malcolm X? He better be on it.

Billy Dee Williams? okkk you cant get no smoother than that man there and Obama..Well there are absolutely no words I can give to describe how smooth he is. He is just that Brotha

#50 and Ebony definitely needs “something to talk about” because their magazines suck. I’m not voting because I don’t care but I see nothing wrong with Jay Z being in the running…maybe he should win because it definitely takes a lot of “selling” to convince someone you’re attractive with a face like his!!! Hey, is Quincy Jones one of the 25? He’s cool! What about Ron Isley? Really, really cool! Still, nobody’s cooler than THE MAN, SAMUEL L. ROYALE WITH CHEESE JACKSON! LOL!

is the one with Mr. Obama the only one with color (note the red tie). everyone pic is in Black and White.

Yes we can.

I love love Obama!

O8BAMA!

Usually don’t comment but I really don’t think Jay-z belongs in this group it just doesn’t fit Obama, Billy Dee, Denzel and Jay-z they might as well have been playing one of these kids is doing his own thang. Jay-z sticks out like a sore thumb. everyone else deserves the props.

#51 WHAT?!! I’ll say it one last time: SAMUEL L JACKSON IS THE COOLEST MAN ON THE PLANET! Seriously, Ebony inculded him because they’re getting in on what every other big pop culture medium has already done and that’s recognize the man’s spirit. He’s a really cool, articulate, comfortable guy…tons and tons of opinions and soooo talented, to boot. So, yeah…nobody cooler than Ol` Royal With Cheese Samuel. He doesn’t care, though…it’s why he’s soooo cool…he’ll probably win his first Oscar and miss the ceremony because he’s playing golf or shopping for hats or something! lol

@ Dukes, I think he does.He’s been in like over 50 movies and most of them been successful.And he still getting movie roles today got like 3 movies coming out in 2009.From a man working from 1972 to now, many people don’t even last that long.

CL, I think you’ve got your first ever Samuel L. Jackson stan? LOL! ME!

Dont see Why Jay Z wouldnt be included, his swagger is pretty damn serious

@33 ALL OF THESE MEN HAVE A PAST. What makes Jay different from the rest, he used that life as a stepping stone and kept it moving. You do not hear of him getting in trouble every other week. But you do hear of him signing some large contracts every other week. So that alone makes him cool. Sam J was a crackhead, but he moved on. We shouldn’t judge what they have done in the past, but how they have over come; How they are living today. If Jay was shouting “trap or die!” , that’s when a brother is uncool.

Jay has made swagger! How you going to have a magazine talking about swagger and Jay not be in the talking! Please! That being said, Obama, Samuel L. Jackson, and Denzil’s covers are the best to me!

Right on #61 i agree with all of that. Remember kids jesus forgives why can’t you?

What about Morris Day?

want to get every cover except Prince, the guy is an egotistical fool!

& he’ll probably sue Ebony for using his picture…

Very nice tribute to the brothers… Malcolm X is definitely worthy of a cover and that Marvin Gaye shot is classic.

Jay Z didn’t move on from the “gangsta” mentality so it’s a no no!!! Not “cool”.

I’ll get BARACK for SHOOOOOO!!!!

I think Martin Luther King should have replaced Jay-Z.

Like ya’ll niggas hating on jay will ever make a cover shut up! What was so cool about martin? I would perfer malcolm x ova martin

Boo to Jay Z and I’m a bit unsure about Samuel L too. Snakes on a plane was definitely not cool

@68

What was so cool about martin? I mean
he was of course a great man with a
lot of heart, but how is that fascinating?

THANK GOD THERE ARE 8 COVERS (SMACKING FOREHEAD)
Why should Martin be on THIS covers?? THE TOPIC IS COOL. And when you think of DMLK or any other Rev, cool doesn’t come to mind. Now, if your a pimp like Al, then cool might cross some minds. But not mine. Come on, we all know what they are talking about when talking about cool. They are talking about Black American cool. When you think of Malcom, what comes to mind, not his preaching, but his reaching. Reaching for that shot gun. That was voted one of times greatest picture. And if there are some that are judging Jay, Billy Dee pushed 40’s for years…

THANK YOU TABBY! about billy dee like someone else said these men all have a past….hello no one is perfect. Why hate on Jay? There are 8 covers choose the one you want but don’t be a crab hating on the next nigga

Thanks tabby that’s what i meant about what’s so cool about martin….At ariona

I cringed when I saw Jay-Z’s cover myself. I’m sorry but he is/was disrepectful to black women and a crack dealer.

I’m not quite sure about Prince. Has he ever dated a black woman?

Kudos for the rest. Suggestions King, Malcolm, Mandela…there’s more.