The last time I really hooped was spring 2013. After organizing a mildly amusing pickup game to entertain my wife during her 30th birthday weekend, me and my homies decided to keep up the activity for the next couple of weeks. We met up on the blacktop next to my…

Find anything freer than follicles exploding from their roots as intended, then explain why protecting one’s birth-given mane requires an act of Congress For forever Black hair has been *asked* to relax…conform…civilize bounce to a professional volume tone down the coily roar cinge 4C foundations straighten up its act present more American Can you name the gains made by all this shape-shifting? by a timeline of tampered textures?

December 27, 2020 I, like most of the world’s population, had plenty time on my hands to sit still in 2020. Especially in the spring. …

12.23.20 i think i know where the money resides. the same place it always has. within the accounts & stocks & shares & retirement funds & blood-stained coffers of the advantaged. the etymology of working-poor was not mouthed from a place of contradiction. america literally makes allowances for you to work yourself to death. honor your contributions to its stockpile of revenue. then mail your loved ones a scant offering they have already paid into.

September 6, 2020 There is never a lack of data, research, and polling conducted by reputable white-led institutions. There is always a lack of listening, prioritizing, and accountability. White Americans have to literally engage in criminal activity for American police to engage with them as criminals. …

August 29, 2020 There are millions of Americans who live with some type of invisible illness. …

July 26, 2020 I recently purchased a new car because the car I was driving kept proving to be defective no matter how much I poured into it. I spent thousands of dollars on a car that got to a point where it would be functional for a few weeks…

July 23, 2020 The Verzuz brand has brought joy to millions during the pandemic and re-introduced so many of us to the music of our formative years Calvin Broadus (Snoop Dogg) and Earl Simmons (DMX) delivered one of the most exciting Verzuz battles to date. …

July 21, 2020 A truth is Kanye West is a musical visionary. Another truth is Kanye West has consistently chased the glow of “Flashing Lights”. Another truth is once upon a time Kanye climbed on a desk at Roc-A-Fella Records and told Dame Dash and Jay-Z that he’d be an…