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MY JOURNEY TO NO WAY HOME
MY JOURNEY TO NO WAY HOME
Yesterday, I finally saw the year’s most anticipated film, Spider-Man: No Way Home. After foolishly browsing the internet while the swarms of spoilers were released into the atmosphere, I actively avoided spoilers and got the experience I longed for.
Man It turned out to be worth every ounce of excitement I put into this damn movie. I purposely saw it in a big theatre, wore some WLCM, and brought in my favorite snack to enjoy this cinematic masterpiece.
But how about we start this from the beginning?
So when No Way Home news first started we knew Doctor Strange would be involved and would kind of play a Tony Stark-esque role to Peter. Which Peter desperately needed another mentor figure in his life after the death of Mr.Stark. (Damn R.I.P. Tony we miss you my boy).
Anyways that’s all we had until that trailer dropped. Oh my lord that first trailer dropped and I lost my muffin top beloved. Besides the usual spider action, we saw classic Spiderman villains, Doc-Ock and at the end we saw one of the Green Goblin’s bombs!
Holy smokes! That trailer impacted me so much I had to make a song about No Way Home. I even drew myself in a spider suit for the single cover. At this point I’m all in Spiderman.
So the anticipation builds and builds. I start hearing talks that Tobey McGuire and Andrew Garfield may make an appearance in the film. However both parties denied their appearances and I was left with nothing but speculation.
Anyways another trailer drops and now I realized the Jamie Foxx’s character will be returning which give me more hope for Multiverse Madness!!(no pun intended).
Finally, its release week! This movie is going so damn crazy people tried to sale opening day tickets for 10K beloved, 10K! If I ever spend 10K on movie tickets please slap me with the biggest Thor Hammer you can find in the multiverse.
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Knowing this is the biggest premiere of the year my main mission was to avoid the damn spoilers at any costs! I couldn’t stop using the internet for business purposes so I just tried to avoid certain pages, although I probably could’ve muted certain words but I didn’t feel doing that.
Me and my girlfriend seeing the movie!
So I made it my mind, I’m seeing No Way Home opening week. I wanted my haircut, I wanted to wear a WLCM hoodie that featured the webslinger, and I wanted to watch it in a packed theatre for reactions to special scenes.
Lord and behold I got exactly what I wanted. My barber hooked me up to the heavens, my WLCM hoodie was nicely pressed, and the theatre reacted gloriously! *SPOILER WARNING!!!*
Especially when Andrew and Tobey was revealed, I literally screamed “Oh Shiiiiiiiiiitttt”. Man it was so hype beloved. I left the theatre so satisfied. I wanted to make a whole soundtrack but I didn’t have the time. I’ll still probably make one more song inspired by the film though.
But there it is loved one, my journey to No Way Home was like a kid’s. Nothing but excitement that didn’t even leave me disappointed. Zendaya’s character said “Expect disappointment not to be disappointed.”However, expected the exact opposite and got exactly what I wanted!
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THE PATH TO LAWYER IS DIFFERENT AND I’M LOVING IT.
THE PATH TO LAWYER IS DIFFERENT AND I’M LOVING IT.
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Recently I just saw a post that Kim Kardashian passed the baby bar exam in California. She explained how her process is different than the traditional route which would normally include 3 years of law school after first obtaining a bachelor’s degree.
Since Kim is a megastar with no college experience becoming a lawyer did not align with her current status.
Thankfully she wishes to practice in a state that allows an alternative route, which she explains how she has to take the “baby bar exam”, topics that typically involve first year law school subjects, then she has to take full blown California Bar Exam.
Which for those who don’t know the exam is known for its extreme difficulty. I mean make you want to pull your hair out type of hard!
Which makes Kim’s journey even more inspiring. We need people like Kim to become a lawyer. We need people like ME to become a lawyer. Why? Because me and Kim aren’t your typical law students.
Kim father may have been the famous Robert Kardashian but initially that did not predetermine her to be a lawyer.
Kim started out running with Paris Hilton, having the infamous tape, posing for KING magazine to becoming a billionaire icon.
When the average person think of lawyer you may think of a bland person with no swagger, they just go to court all day and defend criminals. Everyone assumes you’re a criminal lawyer when they find out you have a career in law.
You think “they” want this guy to become a lawyer? Hell no! lmao!
But I’m going to show the world I'‘ll be a top lawyer like no other, changing my community ,and inspiring billions!!!
Anyways, they don’t think of a person like me becoming a lawyer. They don’t think of a black man from E.7Mile Detroit who also draw, rap, write books,blogs/vlogs, basically everything artistic under the sun to do something as cut and dry as law.
But the law is complex and has many sides to its profession the same way a human being is typically not one dimensional.
Kim isn’t going to Harvard, becoming law review president, and landing summer associate positions.
No she is forging her own path through an organic passion for freeing the wrongly incarcerated.
Photo courtesy of Entertainment Online.
Over the past few years she has lobbied for the freedom of several people, including Alice Marie Johnson who was granted clemency by President Trump. When Kim passes the California Bar Exam and become a licensed attorney I know it will inspire possibly millions of young ladies to become lawyers. Yes simply for the fact that Kim did it. Some people went to law school just because they saw legally blonde, influence is really that simple. See it Believe it.
When Kim becomes a licensed attorney she once again proves that the criticism and insults she had thrown her way do not define her in any shape or form. In fact, they refine her probably giving her more fuel and ammunition to prove to herself, the world, and even her father that the path she chose may not have been the one for everybody but it was definitely the right one for her!
Good Luck Kim.
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LOWKEKE: THE SILENT BAG GETTER
LOWKEKE
November 9, 2021
A prominent figure in popular culture and a coveted artist in the black community, Keke Palmer deserves even more bundles of praise for her recent career moves. The other day I was scrolling on the gram and I saw that she had a series picked up by Amazon. I was like boy Keke stay getting to that bag.
I. INSTAKEKE.
But her getting to the bag is not necessarily the focal point of this article but its how she is getting to that bag. Starting with her Amazon series which is based on her Southern Bell archetype character that was just for funnies on instagram. Something that she was genuinely doing to entertain her audience but she was probably entertaining herself mostly the whole time. She continued to prove that even something that start out as “not a big deal” can turn into something bigger with enough consistency and I recalled seeing those southern belle insult videos enough to actually be convinced that this was something that she cared about. Not to mention the videos were actually funny.
II. INSEKEKE
What I’m really proud of Keke the most is her willing a role onto the hit HBO series INSECURE , that stars breakout mogul Issa Rae and the rising comedian, Yvonne Orji. Keke once again demonstrated the same genuineness that she showed with her instaseries. She genuinely was a fan of the show, joining the rest of us in negatively talking about Cambodia ( sorry I’ll never say her name right and you know Lawrence can do no wrong beloved. #LawrenceHive or pay Wesley Snipes’ backtaxes). Anyways, after trash talking Can Opener, she tweeted about her desire to actually be a character on the hit series. After shooting her shot, lord beholds Keke actually makes an appearance on the show! The irony is she plays Granola’s sister! The person she talked so bad about lol.
We can all take something from Keke. Its not a revolutionary lesson but just an old age adage. Nothing beats willing your desires into existence, it starts with being genuine, casting your faith out into the sea of opportunity, and being consistent! I’m ready to put these actions to work even now! I’m gonna say something crazy for the heck of it, I’ll have a cameo appearance in a MCU film! Let’s see what happens lol.
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OUR LEGENDS AIN'T WORRIED
OUR LEGENDS AIN’T WORRIED
October 25, 2021
There is a saying that goes, “Youth is wasted on the young”. Luckily, for the legends that I’m discussing today, youth is a state of mind and nothing can shake a veteran that’s about putting in that work.
I. MELO SCORING OVER 20
This shouldn’t even be a big deal but here’s why it is. So many people counted out that boy Melo for no reason. Some tried to say it was his “attitude”, others said he was confused about his role, and others just flat out thought father time had finally caught up to the B-More legend. Well survey says that’s cap!
That boy Melo is proving his longevity just like his banana boat buddy King James. Even other stars across the league had to express their disbelief about the criticisms regarding Mr. Anthony. Melo has been proving himself to be a valuable asset to the Lakers franchise. Something he wasn’t able to fully show with Houston or OKC. He’s been on a steady trend upwards since his redemption via Portland and now even in Year 19 the sky’s the limit for the legend named Carmelo Anthony!
II. JADAKISS WINNING VERZUZ
Verzuz is a revolutionary platform started by legendary producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, that pits togethers the powerhouses of music in a battle of catalogs! This platform is important to the culture because it makes our legends relevant again by putting money in their pockets and exposing to new opportunities with the recent exposure provided by the battle. However, there is an undisputed Verzuz champion and it’s the guy from Yonkers that had a baldie at 19 for no reason and wears timbs w/ shorts. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, D-Block’s finest, Jadakiss!
Kiss proved that lyrical manslaughter is always respected no matter what. After besting Fab during his first Verzuz appearance, Kiss made another entrance into the Verzuz battlefield alongside his L-O-X brothers to battle the Culture Gods, the mighty Dipset, most known by its 3headed monster—Killa Cam, Capo, and the poster child for Bandanas, Juelz Santana!
People were instantly writing off Kiss and the LOX because the cultural dominance of Cam and the Diplomats resonated with the youth so hard, people didn’t see the LOX overcoming those anthems. But that night the Diplomats was looking like they lost all their immunity and was facing 25 to life. Kiss went so crazy he had the Dips in shambles off Clue tape freestyles! Jadakiss may not have had that youthful dominance that Dipset had but he learned kids across the world real good that night. Even kids was just dressing up as Jadakiss for hallowen this year! (probably at the direction of the parents but the point still stands). Jada stuck to his guns and when people tried to write him and them Yonkers boys off, he showed up like Melo breaking another scoring record! Truly remarkable!
MIGHTY MIGHTY D-BLOCK!
III. NASIR’S KINGLY RESURGENCE
Man out of the legends discussed during this article, I gotta be proud most of my guy Nasir! The Queensbridge hero truly showed up these couple years. After a critically slammed fully Kanye produced album, people once again questioned “Is it Over for Nas?” “Should I listen to Illmatic for the 9Billionth time?!”. I personally enjoyed the Kanye produced album NASIR, but whether I enjoyed that or not, Nas shut all critics mouths for good when he linked up with the underdog HIt-Boy. Hit-Boy and Nas seem like a random hookup but Hit-Boy been unconsciously prepped for this moment for a while.
Hit-Boy got to produce maybe the biggest stadium banger of all time, “N***** In Paris”. Besides all the Ye stuff he had the Drake banger “Trophies” under his belt. He maintained consistency blessing the streets with his collab Dom Kennedy tapes and scooped a grammy for producing the late great Nipsey Hussle’s “Racks in the Middle” single. Wait a minute and the boy got production credits on SICKO MODE!
All his previous successes showed that he was ready to give Nas the soundtrack to properly convey his thoughts without forcing him to stay in what Hit-Boy dropped. Those tracks I mentioned sound nothing like each other but they still banged in their own way. Which is what exactly what Nas needed. He’d never fail with lyrical content but Hit-Boy had the ability to keep Nas current.
With the first King’s Disease, Nas showed us he still had plenty to say and he could give us bangers while he said them too! Nas even got his first grammy off this album, he didn’t even get a grammy for what people considered the greatest hip hop album of all time, Illmatic. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Nas delivers a sequel that is undoubtedly better than the first! His lyrics on point, the beat banging, and his songs has a new breath of life that doesn’t get tiresome.
Nas showed that he doesn’t have to play to the tune of today’s sound but he also showed he doesn’t have to boom bap us to death to stay true to himself. Even with songs like YKTV or SPICY, Nas don’t start rapping like Quavo or NBA Youngboy he stays himself while trusting Hit-Boy’s. production. This idea is expressed with the lyric, “imagine lil uzi on a primo beat, imagine n-a-s on a migos beat.” Which shows Nas isn’t afraid to experiment and he doesn’t have to lose himself while doing so, peace god!
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Art Direction for Dear Somebody: an audio letter by JHarry
Dear Somebody: an audio letter by JHarry
Art Direction for the newly released EP, inspired by Jazz Legends Theolonious Monk and John Coltrane.
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THIS SONG TAUGHT US ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS EVER
THIS SONG TAUGHT US ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS EVER
June 5, 2021
Already an underrated producer/lyricist, west coast legend, DJ Quik provided us with one of the most important life lessons presented through hip hop. The classic “Jus Lyke Compton” from the 1992 release, “Way 2 Fonky”.
The opening verse, as Quik get ready to tell his foray w/ the city of Oakland.
The song goes on a three verse journey about how Compton isn’t the only place with gangstas. Quik describe his ventures into various cities, such as, “St. Louis”, “San Antonio”, and “Oakland.” With as fearsome and dangerous Compton was, Quik soon realized that these other places had a level of griminess to them that was as bad or even worse as his native city.
Quik learned a lesson everyone has to eventually learn that comes from rough backgrounds, its gangstas in every city and they will shake your world if you’re not moving correctly. That’s right, just because you have little knowledge of a place or you come from a place with a volatile reputation does not mean the next city is for play play. Majority of my readers should know I’m from Detroit, e.7 mile specifically, a place that is literally engulfed with street culture. It almost makes you think how could someone like me come from a place like that.
Anyways just because I come from a rough neighborhood, I did not go down to Pine Bluff(where I went to undergrad) thinking people was any softer. When we visited Houston often it didn’t make me want to underestimate the locals. Heck even in Lansing, for as much joking I probably did about Lansing, I still know thorough people are living in the capital and they’re about whatever.
Now in the conclusion of the song, Quik threw shots about “Denver” saying how “they wanna be like Compton” but that still doesn’t take away from the message. Like I said earlier about Lansing, you can talk crap about the next city till your lips turn blue but always keep in mind someone is ready to match your level of toughness every time. Its up to you to decide whether you want that smoke or not.
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CHIC FIL A WILL SAVE US
CHIC FIL A WILL SAVE US
June 2, 2021
Let me start by saying that I am not a fast food person any longer. When I was younger of course I smashed all the classics but after more education I decided to cut that out my life. You know what I didn’t cut? That dang Chic Fil A beloved. Every time I go I get the same exact thing, I haven’t changed up yet, its kinda sad. Anyways I was waiting in line this day and I thought man if the world was ran like Chic FIl A we would have a damn near perfect society.
I. CUSTOMER SERVICE ON A HUNNID.
First, beloved you already know their customer service is like non-other. I never in my life seen everyone literally smile and look like they enjoy working their job. When they tell me “My Pleasure”, I really believe that have had the pleasure of getting me my meal. They have small talk, (even though I detest small talk) they ask about your day, they rarely get an order wrong ,and when they do it is immediately corrected with no attitude. Man if you paid people at McDonald’s $33 per hour + tips you couldn’t get them to act like a Chic Fil A employee. If those people don’t love their job, well, somebody get the Academy Awards on the line right now because all of them deserve Oscars! You never seen anything like it. People at fancy steakhouses don’t even treat you this good beloved.
II. ORGANIZATION RULES THE NATION.
Next, beloved Chic Fil A is so organized, at times I think this has to be a front for some supervillain conglomerate, it is too much of a well oiled machine. When the lines are long they have workers in abundance to move the line quicker. I love the system of paying before you even get to the window. When you arrive at the window its never a long wait for the food. Everyone uniforms always look clean, you actually see the managers in the trenches, taking out the garbage helping out with orders, and not just being a micromanaging dictator.
This is when I knew Chic Fil A was on a different level beloved…. I saw somebody outside watering the plants. Man that blew my mind, I said man Chic FIl A got these boys happily watering plants, that’s different. I couldn’t believe it. Once again, go to White Castle and see 1. if they even have plants and 2. is somebody going to happily water the plants. We know the answer to both those questions beloved.
So anyways I think we need everyone who run Chic Fil A to run our country. If they did we would have kinder, passionate people, who stayed focus on the common goal: serving their fellow countryman.
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A REMINDER OF INEVITABLE CHANGE
A REMINDER OF INEVITABLE CHANGE
May 22, 2021
Today I was leaving my apartment and drove down a street I usually drive down. As I went down the street I noticed that the traffic lights was disabled and were replaced with stop signs. It made think like wow I lived here long enough to see the traffic lights go out around here lol. Seeing that served as a reminder of inevitable change.
As the old adage goes “the only constant in life is change”. Your favorite store may eventually close down, your children grow up, your taste in coffee may start to vary, whatever it is something will change. Even if you stay in a singular place, you’ll eventually see that place change as well. I’ve been living at my current place since Jan 2019 and I’ve. saw a lot of changes. Even the traffic lights I mentioned earlier was eventually replaced and the street was even repaved. Which reinforced the fact even more that change is gonna come like Sam Cooke said it would.
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I LOVE THAT ATHLETES CAN DO THIS
I LOVE THAT ATHLETES CAN DO THIS
May 20, 2021
I.THE PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT
This NBA season a new gameplay mechanic was introduced to the league( I don’t know why I’m making this sound like 2K lmao). The NBA now has what is called the “Play-In Tournament” which lower seeded teams compete in a mini tournament for the last two slots in the NBA Playoffs. Unfortunately my guy Bron and his Lakers found themselves in the tournament, after being ranked the number one team at some point earlier in the season. Nevertheless the Laker Boys season was on the line as they scratched and crawled to defend their NBA title ( and we still celebrating that to this day….to..this…DAY!).
Lakers v. Warriors became the marquee match-up for the evening, a match up that seem fitting to be a finals game itself! Steph Curry vs Lebron James, it never gets old…yes I mean NEVERRRR! The Lakers does as they usually do drag the entire game out until your heart is jumping out of your chest like a looney tune (go see Space Jam: A New Legacy and put more money in my guy pockets please and thank you!)
The final play comes down to a Lakers possession, tied up, desparately needing a shot. When the ball hits KCP hands in the paint, the Warriors defense proved to be too much as he is forced to kick it out to KIng James. With under two seconds on the shot clock while defended by Wardell Curry, he hoists a three from the Whole Foods off Fairfax and drains a very Curry-Esque three! Victory was secured and the Lakers earn a spot in the playoffs (only to end up eliminated but that’s not the point of this article).
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II. THE REAL TIME REACTION
Later Lebron James posts the magnificent shot sequence to his instagram page. When I saw the posts I said “I love that athletes can do this”! So many great sports moments missed the social media window, it would’ve been so cool to see athletes react in real time. What if we could’ve gotten a tweet from MJ after he shook Byron Russell out his boots?(Yeah you wasn’t pushed my boy). What if we could’ve gotten an IG Livestream from Ali? Hell what if we even gotten Deion Sanders making statuses about his performances while hopping from sport to sport like its double dutch.
Social Media as we all know can be a deep vacuum for negative energy located smacked in the middle of East Hell. However, social media is great when we get to see GOATs react to something they just did on the court, their reaction hypes up the next game, gives sports commentators more to discuss, its just an overall good vibe for the sports community. I definitely won’t be taking these moments for granted. I can see my goats relish in the moment and not wait until a documentary 30 years later. Its their flowers and they need it now!
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THAT'S NOT IMPRESSIVE
THAT’S NOT IMPRESSIVE
April 28, 2021
Have you ever heard of someone accomplish a feat that isn’t all that impressive? That’s how I feel when people say they read the bible in full. It sounds good and maybe its kinda cool that you read such an immersive book in its entirety, but real talk you don’t get any points for that. I always thought about that rumor that Abraham Lincoln read the entire bible from front and back. I never questioned it back then but now I think of it like “ok what are we supposed to do with that information.”
Everything we was taught in school portrayed Abe Lincoln as a saint but I don’t know about that beloved.
Here’s why reading the bible in its entirety is NOT impressive. The Holy Bible is not your regular book. Its not about a hero’s journey (although some of that is applicable), its not the traditional beginning-middle-end narrative, and its not some science fiction book trying to capture your wildest imaginations. The Bible is a true, instructional book, that is meant to be read NUMEROUS times, not in any particular order. Reading in full means nothing if you don’t read for understanding.
The Bible is a never ending well that you continuously draw from. Before you read you’re supposed to pray for the ability to understand what you read and pray that the words speak to you with full clarity. That is why people read the Bible and then afterwards be like “man what the heck was that about”. It’s because they treated it like Harry Potter instead of a literal life source that gives instructions on how to live through ancient scripture.
If the King James version is too hard for you to understand at the time, you can always try a different translation.
When you read the Bible you should be thinking, How can I internalize this in my heart? What is God trying to say here? What do this story actually mean? How do these principles impact my life? What was the intent behind this? If you don’t feel like the Bible can actually teach you something, it’s no point of reading it. I can understand how people can have random goals like “read the bible completely”.
Nothing is wrong with that I can get how it can be cool to accomplish that and I understand the idea of doing stuff just because you can do it. My problem is don’t think you deserve a cookie or a pat on the back for doing something that really didn’t benefit you because you didn’t have the right heart state behind your actions.
So if reading the bible from front to back is on your to-do-list I’m not telling you to scratch it off. I’m telling you when you accomplish this task (congrats in advance) don’t pop out thinking anyone will be astonished or impressed, because what you did is NOT impressive beloved.
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YEEZY ACTIONS
YEEZY ACTIONS
April 25, 2021
Boy was at TMZ talking crazy lol.
Lately the boy Kanye West has been under hella scrutiny and I guess for good reason. He ran around supporting what some people consider public enemy number one, he said slavery was a choice (even though people knew what he meant they just chose to ignore that), and a host of other things that made people go “wtf kanye”. Regardless of Kanye’s crazy actions we should applaud these actions he’s taken lately.
I. DMX
Turn $200 into a Million!
First off rest in peace, Earl Simmons. You may know him as DMX, the polarizing Yonkers MC gave the world numerous classics and greater than his classics he provided the world with an ingenuity that few possess. DMX was filled with so much soul that radiated with the nation, all colors and creed. When DMX passed hit it us all hard and naturally those in the arts wanted to honor DMX with tangible art.
Kanye did that by partnering with Balenciaga to create a DMX memorial tee. What makes this collaboration special is Kanye could’ve easily released this on his own accord or DMX estate could’ve easily printed up $30 tees for the public to consume. However, Kanye used high fashion and used people love for designer to his advantage.
Adding the designer cache, using a non-hip platform to elevate a hip hop legend, all equals a winning strategy that ended up greatly benefitting DMX’s estate. A $200 shirt amassed over a $1 Million that went to DMX’s estate and will continue to help his family even after DMX’s unfortunate passing. Ye didn’t have to do this. But his love and respect for DMX, especially having early placements on DMX album, drove him to make sure he honored DMX in a way HE KNEW he could. That’s something to respect in my opinion.
II. GEORGE FLOYD
Also, rest in peace to George Floyd. I don’t even have to go into details here, we all sadly know that George Floyd’s life was unjustly taking and stirred up a smorgasbord of emotions across the world! Everyone reacted in different ways..some took to the streets to protest, some was driven to write, some was driven to create art, and some was even pushed to pray harder for change.
“I am one with the people” - Kanye West.
(c) Saint Pablo ft Sampha. The Life of Pablo.
Kanye took action as well by silently making one of the most commendable moves that a person with his stature can make in response to a situation such as this. Kanye donated $2 million to the estates of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.
Not only did he make a monetary donation to the estate, he started a college fund for George Floyd’s daughter! Say what you want but that’s huge! Unfortunately the unjust deaths of blacks & minorities bring out vultures and attention whores who want to use misfortune to their advantage. It serves as think-pieces, social commentary, and many other profit driven forms.
Nothing is wrong with speaking and writing about these situations, but if you claim to be a progenitor of change but you’re all talk and no action then what are you really doing? Ye was not obligated to do this, yes he’s wealthy but his wealth is not owed to society. He may be criticized if he chose to not use his wealth to make change but at the end of the day it is his choice! He didn’t make a big splash or come out screaming from the mountain tops, “Look at what me, Kanye West has done!!!”.
No he saw a great wrong and he did what he probably felt in his heart was right. For someone who’s life was cut without just cause, creating opportunity for their offspring is one of the most respectable things you can do. Its literally putting your money where your mouth is, which is more of what we need!
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YOU GON BUY SOMETHING!
YOU GON BUY SOMETHING!
April 22, 2021
If there’s one topic that will be constantly discussed in these life logs, its entrepreneurship baby! Because what is the point of discussing anything else? Lmao! Anyways we have to discuss today, two icons in our culture, Master P and Shaq! Both have accomplished goals every black man in America probably wanted at some time in life, from rapping to basketball and everything in between.
Them boys got it out the mud foreal to attain and maintain a lifestyle acquiring wealth while creating generational wealth (ooo s/o to that generational wealth I will have that for my family in Jesus name no cap)!
Anyways, I was scrolling social media one day per usual and saw a video of Shaq from Business Insider (I believe) that discussed his involvement with all his brands. Then I was on instagram watching Master P promote his own Pancake Mix! That’s when it hit me, I said Damn them boys said “You Gon Buy Something”! I’m not even mad at them boys at all!
I. HAND IN EVERYTHING
You can be a businessman with only one business that has a particular niche or you can be a serial entrepreneur whose business is business! (Don’t let that go over your head beloved). When your business is business your only concern is long as it make sense its gonna make cents! (Boy I did it again check me out). Master P and Shaq have their hands in so many things, you’re going to end up supporting something whether you like it or not! Oh you don’t like my shoes?
Ok buy my music! Wait you don’t like my music? Watch this movie I’m in! Wait you don’t like my movie? Ok slide thru my nightclub and have a good time! Oh you don’t like the club you say? Alright, stay in the house and eat some of this cereal I just whipped up! Oh you trying to stay healthy and not really feeling the sugar from the cereal beloved? Ok, no problem, come to this fitness center I just built!
See their hand is in everything you can think of almost. As a person who don’t want to be boxed into a single career, this gives me so much motivation! I’m going to hit people with the same formula, if you won’t buy this particular thing from me you’re going to get this other thing from me. On that note I leave you with this message beloved, you gon buy something!! lmao
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WHAT I AUTOMATICALLY RESPECT
WHAT I AUTOMATICALLY RESPECT
April 9, 2021
Come on give me a pound, you little go getter you!!
Life can be so disheartening at times, especially when you think about people being born into situations they can’t control and circumstances they didn’t ask for. When a person comes into the age of maturity from thereon a wide array of choices awaits them: good, bad, and everything in between. So when I see people choose to go get it and dare to be different, I automatically respects that.
As a creative person with an entrepreneurial spirit, I refuse to be a person taking the traditional route trying to be a high executive in someone company with a ceiling on my earning potential. I love seeing other people with that same attitude, getting up starting businesses and taking control of their destiny.
Living in the internet age it’s easy for people to start but consistency is an enemy to most, many times they quit way too early or simply aren’t dedicating enough time and resources to their endeavors. Which is why I instantly respect those who put their all into what they’re doing because you can tell. I love seeing my family, classmates, strangers, anyone who possess the courage to start that business, to actually go out and accomplish it!
I automatically respect other business owners because I know the trials and tribulations that comes with having a business all too well. I understand people not respecting your price(s). I understand not receiving support from those who you thought you would receive support from. I understand wanting to quit or questioning is this worth all the trouble. I understand being so excited about an idea that didn’t get the recognition you thought it deserved. I definitely understand losing money, sleep, friendships, almost any&everything that could be severed due to having a business, I experienced it.
In spite of all that negative nonsense I named, me and others like myself continue to grow. Continue to improve. Continue to gain new customers. Continue to gain new perspectives. Most importantly continue to take control of our destiny and resisting the traditional route at all costs! I got nothing but respect for that baby!
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