We at a point where the standards of beauty so tied to plastic surgery that when niggas like “natural” looking black women people think something wrong with it. Shorty prbly wouldn’t fuck wit a lot of you niggas hating in the QT’s anyway.
When I was dead broke in college, an Asian woman named Mrs.Han from time to time let me get groceries out of her store for free. She really looked out for me. Really need people like this when you’re on your journey.
J. Cole’s Landlord, Mohammad, Believed In Him So Much That He Let Cole Put Months Of Rent Money On Layaway. Once Cole Got Signed, He Paid Back All The Money + Interest
@ElliottWilson
Saying Elliot and B Dot are too corporate while praising someone that works at Apple Music is…interesting. And when it comes to interviewing skills, come on now lol.
@EbonyJHilton_MD
The Breathless -Montego Bay, Jamaica was probably the best resort I’ve been to. This was pre Rona’, but there were no kids, wasn’t too crowded, most people were 30 and up black couples.
Appreciate the shoutout in the
@EnjoyBBall
newsletter. Been fun being a community moderator and talking hoops, just building up the community in general. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
8 months ago, I woke up unable to walk, crawling around my crib. Found out I could lose my ability to walk cuz my knees, hips, and back. Been grinding in physical therapy 3 times a week for 6 months, rebuilding myself from scratch. Been tough, but got cleared to lift again! 🙏🏾
Surprised the lil homies in my neighborhood and bought them a couple of soccer ⚽️ goals. They couldn’t believe it lol.
I try to do random things like this often because i remember how stuff like this made me feel as a kid. Hopefully they do the same for some other kids one day.
@YoungJeannn
All us groomsmen were crying in my bro wedding he just had. We was just happy for our homie. Niggas gotta pick better homies if you feel like this.
8 albums to get to know me:
1. Thug Motivation 101- Young Jeezy
2. Take Care- Drake
3. My Life- Mary J Blige
4. Graduation- Kanye West
5. The Carter II- Lil Wayne
6. The Black Album- Jay Z
7. Good Kid MAAD City- Kendrick
Lamar
8. The Recession- Young Jeezy
8 albums to get to know me:
Self Titled - Beyoncé
Blonde - Frank Ocean
Ctrl - SZA
Currents - Tame Impala
Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey
Awaken, My Love - Childish Gambino
LP1 - FKA Twigs
Trilogy - The Weeknd
Signed my documents to be the Chief Program Officer/Interim CEO at a nonprofit back home today. At age 30! Like what!? Blessings , thank God🙏🏾
If you knw something for you, dnt waiver. People told me to leave nonprofit so many times but I knew I loved it and now we here.
It’s really crazy how much people don’t understand how much Chicago is shitting on the city they live in cuz they’re too busy talkn about crime rates from 10 yrs ago.
@Snow_Blacck
No nerves, no butterflies, but I need ALL her time. I take her on a vacation first couple months if I really like her. 😂 Definitely will think about you all day but that dnt mean I wanna tlk all day either tho, I’ll send a voice note in a heartbeat lol.
Watching this Big Sean vlog and he was having convo with Tyler The Creator
“The way you put words together is your super power and then it’s your biggest flaw” -Tyler The Creator to Big Sean
Anybody that went to Southern Illinois University Carbondale knows how to live a double life. Y’all say we the “party school”, I say we the “work life balance” school😌.
Mic Geronimo on how JAY-Z helped him
"I felt somebody grab me, and they pick me up & throw me on their shoulder. I heard 'em told Irv, 'don't worry, I got him.' It was Jay. Jay carried me all the way back to a Range Rover... I remember him saying 'you can't do this to yourself'"
Big keys. Intentional time alone is important cuz if you don’t like yourself enough to spend time wit yourself, then it’ll be hard for you to see why other people would want to be around you.
how to hold yourself accountable in healthy ways:
- meditate daily
- create a schedule
- positive mirror talk
- focus on strengths
- write down your why
- set up rewards for yourself
- weekly performance review
- spend intentional time alone
- give yourself massages often
Signature pieces that get better with time are important. Jackets or coats, denim, shirts from brands that will become vintage one day. Definitely wanna pass that stuff down.
2 week vacation started, and I plan on doing nothing but what the fuck I wanna do. Whole lotta calamari, massages, Riesling, and pre-rolls if I’m being honest.
Mary J. Blige, “My Life” is a perfect album.
Some of the classics on it:
- Mary Jane
- My Life
- I’m Going Down
- Mary’s Joint
- Be Happy
But every song smacks, it’s legit no skips. Just about every song on that album has been sampled.
I can’t stop crying, this kid meant the world to me. I been heavily involved in his life since he was 11 yrs old. To not see him make it to 18, my heart is broken bruh.
Shooting (Waukegan) Waukegan FD and Waukegan PD on scene of a shooting at the Barwell Manor Apartments in the 500 block of South Genesee Street. Report of one male victim possibly shot multiple times.
Bulls 23rd in home attendance this szn so far. That tells you all you need to know. Bulls always one of the top teams in terms of attendance and jersey sales.
JUST IN: The Boston Celtics are acquiring star guard Jrue Holiday from the Portland Trail Blazers for package including Malcolm Brogdon and multiple picks, sources tell
@TheAthletic
@Stadium
.
My brand never had a big follower count on socials at 3k on IG but 1/2 were multi time buyers, that’s a great ratio. That’s why it’s tough I got hacked. Many people don’t use email so it’s harder to get them back. But I’m in a great creative space, and excited to start over!
Hadn’t celebrated cuz I went straight to Dreamvillefest, but I completed my spring break college tour across the Midwest, all planned by me and my staff. Definitely one of the biggest accomplishments of my professional career. Working since last August to get the grant funding…
Yesterday was one of the hardest days I’ve had in a long time, felt like I lost a child. I lost my sanity for awhile.
I pray God can restore the pieces of me that died wit him yesterday.
We are spiritual beings in a physical experience so I have peace knowing his soul is free.
I like the NBA trying something different with the in-season tournament courts. Not sure how they’ll look on tv, but bare minimum it’s fun and signifies that the tournament is its own thing.
Zach LaVine: "I don't feel like we played with enough heart. And that's on us. It’s unacceptable. I don’t think it’s a thing people do on purpose either. But we gotta come together during those (opponent) runs."
One of my favorite groups-Jodeci, recording one of my favorite songs, “My Heart Belongs to U” from the classic Diary of a Mad Band album on BET’s show, Docugroove in 94’. KCi trying to hit the note, Devante being a super producer, Jojo acapella at the end. Bring this show back.
When I have kids I want to keep their innocence as long as possible. I want my kids to be KIDS. I don’t want them to grow up fast like I did. Once you lose that childlike innocence, you can’t get it back.
Weird, awkward as hell, and I love it. There’s a generation of black women that made it okay for black women to be weird/awkward on camera and I think it’s finally trickled down to rap through social media.
Internet have people thinking so many people make 6 figures or more when it’s less than 30% in the US that do. And typically, a lot of those people live in expensive cities. Making 6 figures in NY, SF, SD, or Phoenix ain’t the same as making that in Alabama. Not to mention-
If I say a woman is beautiful, I’m 1000% speaking on her face, everything else is great, but secondary. As much as I love ass, a woman not having one don’t mean she can’t be a 10.
So I wrote my first basketball article for my guy
@TheDropstep_
website. I’ve been deep diving on Victor Wembanyama for awhile so I wanted to share what I’ve learned about the biggest prospect since LeBron before this year’s NBA Draft.
Life is so funny, I have a meeting with the CEO of my first job (Six Flags), the first place I got fired from, coming up for a potential corporate partnership.
Hit my mom with a 💰 in her cash app, gave my bro & sis gifts -and their kids, grandparents couldn’t stop thanking me for their gifts, had a great convo wit my Pops, ate good, and watched hoops all day.
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Been a great Christmas 🎄. Love being able to provide for my people.
- NBA Young Boy music for 🚬 smokers, that shit be weak
- New York Drill is ass, why is it mainstream?
- Doja Cat might be a devil worshipper but nobody care
- Rod Wave is a country artist
- We’d all be just fine if we never heard another song bout killin a Nigga or poppin pills
If you’ve been a fan of the NBA long enough you start to understand the Clippers curse is real and you should just accept it. They will always be the Blippers.
Just spoke at the inaugural National Life & Workforce Readiness Conference for Boys & Girls Club of America and I killed that shit! It’s a blessing to be looked at as an expert in my field.
Adult tweet:
Best shit in the world to me is a clean house wit groceries that were just bought, replenished toiletries, washed clothes, and dinner cooked.
Time waits for no man, life is but a two-step slow jam
Dancin'with the devil, tryin not to lose my balance
Look, God blessed the kid with many talents, he was chosen
It's why you see him livin' in the moment
Every second, gotta own it
Cause you never know when could be your last.