Black Girls Rule (and so does Spike)

Trace Magazine is quite simply THE magazine to be, know, covet, lust over and to die for. Trace has been saving little black girls across the globe since the 1990s, (when we started spending our weed money on it) by celebrating brown skin everywhere with this spot-on annual issue of praise. As loyal as the boyfriend we hope to one day find, Trace's annual "Black Girls Rule" issue is here again... and starring the endlessly adorable Keri Hilson. And while we don't want to get caught up in Keri Hilson or her recent flirtatious interview with our beloved Kanye (see clip below), we DO want to point out that SPIKE LEE is the guest editor of this issue and it makes us love him ALL the more feverishly.

Over the years Spike Lee has single handedly broken the ever-degrading "mold" of Black Film. He gave us Jungle Fever, Skool Daze and most powerful of all She's Got to Have It, which we now consider our straight-to-video bible of female empowerment. Somehow, some way, Spike Lee has found a way to consistently hold firm ground when it comes to understanding (and fully loving) black women and we ADORE him for it. Plus, he's damn cool and his wife Tonya is not only FULLY independant, sharp and filled with high wit, but endlessly graceful and beautiful to boot. Bravo, Sir Spike, on a life well lived indeed - Not to mention he's helped some of the MOST choice African American hopefulls to follow his lead at Tisch School for the Arts here in NYC and realize their dreams in film. After all, giving back is TRULY what its all about.


Enjoy the final product below