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(From left) Jam, Rod, Angel, and Eskay

PUNDITS
The Bloggerati
Jam Donaldson, 34 (hotghettomess.com)
Rod McCullom, 36 (rod20.com)
Eskay, 26 (nahright.com/news)
Angel Laws, 23 (concreteloop.com)

WHO THEY ARE: The bomb-lobbing vanguard of the new black blogosphere.

WHY THEY'RE RADICAL: After a blitzkrieg of posts stoked national outrage over the Jena Six case, writers like Angel, Jam, Eskay, and Rod can no longer be ignored. With fresh perspectives on diverse aspects of black culture (Angel and Eskay focus on entertainment, Rod chimes in on gay issues, and Jam has crafted what can only be described as a ghetto-fabulous version of Vice's "Don'ts" page, recently adapted by BET into the popular show We Got to Do Better), the four are the most welcome correction to American opinionating since Don Imus got canned.

WHERE TO SEE THEM NEXT: Weighing in with Wolf Blitzer on the next travesty of American justice—or fashion.

FIVE-YEAR PLAN: Says Angel, "Right now I'm just taking it day by day, taking more classes and getting more information so I don't get, you know, ho'd."

Photo: Matthew Salacuse; Groomer: Megan McClain/Art Mix