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DJ, photographer, visual artist, event curator / shooter: @nytimes @espn @washingtonpost / resident DJ @ Cobra PGH. #HowardU / 🏳️‍🌈 (she/they)

New Yorker in Pittsburgh
Joined August 2007
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@huny
huny young
8 years
this woman is NINETY-ONE years old. look at her. behold.
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huny young
3 years
beyonce & lady gaga really killed everyone in a diner just so they could have a dance party in it
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@huny
huny young
4 years
a reminder that Pittsburgh is also in Pennsylvania and there are organizers here who deserve some credit for what’s happening statewide, too. PGH is wildly racist and segregated and blue regardless because of HARD WORK. stop leaving it out of the convo.
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huny young
9 years
hey, Black people: we're talented. and resilient. and we shine. we dope. and artistic. I really do love us.
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huny young
7 years
a doctor. who had patients to see the next day. dragged him off because they were overbooked and *their* employees needed the seats. bruh.
@BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed
7 years
A man was dragged off a United Plane after the airline overbooked the flight
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huny young
6 years
vaaast majority of this crowd don’t know nann about HBCUs or our marching band culture or how Black folk pledge or that we have our own national anthem or...I’m sitting here trying to think of what other vantablack thing will happen next. Beyonce did this for the crowd at home
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huny young
8 years
green card. as in legal, permanent resident. they have family here, friends, jobs, homes. they can't come HOME.
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Trita Parsi
8 years
Let this sink in. There are green card holders who may have lived here for years, who upon returning home to US today we're refused reentry
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huny young
8 years
I repeat: they're trying to criminalize and intimidate anybody ever willing to go after crooked cops in the future.
@thejournalista
first of all, bitch, ...
8 years
Federal judge allows police officers charged in Freddie Gray's death to sue Marilyn Mosby for prosecuting them
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@huny
huny young
8 years
Ashley Graham with the fatality in this Bao Tranchi dress. stunning.
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huny young
8 years
her videos were banned. she was uninvited from the Grammys. she was about to play Lena Horne--lost the role.
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huny young
6 years
THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE imagine white gentrifiers calling this statement—displayed as part of a public art series—racist, and then complaining until it was removed. ya know, same way Black folk have been systematically scrubbed from the neighborhood in question.
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huny young
7 years
Bloomberg's 404 page is so effing strange and hilarious and I'm obsessed with watching it on a loop. you're welcome.
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@huny
huny young
9 years
he chose Black women as his victims because he banked on nobody giving a damn. in turn he'll die in prison. and idc idc idc #danielholtzclaw
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@huny
huny young
8 years
Ciara gon change that man's life on their wedding night. *salute*
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@huny
huny young
4 years
in short: without Philly AND Pittsburgh PA would not be blue. damn near everything in between us (a five hour-long drive, for the record) is called Pennsyltucky for a reason.
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huny young
4 years
it’s arguably more difficult to galvanize here because Pittsburgh *isn’t* Blackity Black. it’s actually the hardest place in the country for Black women specifically to thrive. yet Black women are leading here and helping to deliver these victories. don’t omit that shit.
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huny young
6 years
ayyye, it me. I’m proud of this piece. I could easily write another 2,000 words about Apeshit and Blackness as art and how we as Black artists and curators make and interact with art on our own terms.
@ELLEmagazine
ELLE Magazine (US)
6 years
. @huny unpacks the symbolism of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 'Apeshit'
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@huny
huny young
7 years
wow. okay so. Jimmy Kimmell was in the background like "y'all should just keep it anyway" (to the La La Land folk) so fuck him.
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@huny
huny young
8 years
I gotta be far from the only person to notice this, but this is paying homage on a trillion #lemonade
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@huny
huny young
8 years
my other point is: put some respeck on Janet Jackson's name.
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@huny
huny young
9 years
don't ask if there are any greens *without* pork in 'em; your aunties gon calling you bougie the rest of the night #cookoutnewsnetwork
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huny young
6 years
welcome to East Liberty, Pittsburgh. where the shit is about to hit the fan. 🙅🏾‍♀️ more here:
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huny young
4 years
@ReaganGomez beh-beh will always get me. every time 🥰
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huny young
6 years
I went through what felt like 500 rounds of interviews and test projects with Google - all the way to the on-site in Mountain View - and still didn’t get the gig. even though I reportedly dazzled. so. that’s all I got. I’ve been burnt out on tech as an industry for years now.
@iamJamesBaldwin
i am james baldwin
6 years
Google diversity report: Black women make up only 1.2 percent of its U.S. workforce
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huny young
8 years
Jesse Williams. activist bae. deep bae. woke af bae. Dr. Jackson Avery bae. brought his wife tonight bae! I see you, bae. #betawards
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huny young
7 years
cool, Brooke, but my series, AMERICAN WOMAN ( @americanwmnproj ), which features Black American women exclusively, has been out for about 18 months now. .
@BrookeBaldwin
Brooke Baldwin
7 years
My series #AmericanWoman is out today! Please read, retweet and share with all the favorite women in your world. Click link 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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huny young
8 years
Janet's career was forever altered off off that scandal. her legacy was damaged. they don't even want her in the rock & roll hall of fame.
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huny young
8 years
listen, I love Lemonade and I think it should've taken Album of the Year, too. but if you wanna talk shut out let's talk ANTI.
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huny young
4 years
remember when music videos were an event? 🥺
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@huny
huny young
8 years
if you're new to warsan shire, please google "for women who are difficult to love" and get your life. for real.
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huny young
8 years
"Didn't Penny let your husband die, Dr. Grey? you sure she's so great?" --me as Arizona's lawyer #greysanatomy
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huny young
8 years
pure celebration of Black womanhood. the joy, pain, sorrow, sensuality, anger, resilience, rebelliousness. the capacity to love. #lemonade
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huny young
4 years
ya girl has a NY Times byline. I’ve been a photographer for 5 years, had a lot of wins, & photographed some amazing people, but to reach this level with the amazing Dr. Kishana Taylor ( @KYT_ThatsME ), co-lead organizer of @BlackInMicro , is a pinnacle.
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huny young
8 years
wait. and do you know why YouTube exists? cause ole boy that created it was annoyed he couldn't find nipplegate footage online. Google it.
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huny young
8 years
Cree. coolest woman in the world. muse. icon. best voice ever. this interview gave me life and reaffirmed my love.
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huny young
9 years
now realize that Broadway/theater actors do shows of this magnitude six days a week. gangster. the arts >>> #thewiz
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huny young
11 years
macklemore beat jay-z & kendrick in the hip hop/rap category. and this is why rihanna didn't take her wrap pins out for this show.
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huny young
8 years
like I said last night, if nipplegate happened in the twitter era, the aftermath would've been much, much different.
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huny young
9 years
you & your boo ain't sleepin in the same bed at aunt elener's tonight. y'all have a baby already, but it. don't. matter. #cookoutnewsnetwork
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huny young
8 years
"here I am, mom, at one of the greatest colleges in the world. and guess who is MY commencement speaker?" --Cicely Tyson #HowardU16
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@huny
huny young
4 years
is calling people on facetime with no warning somewhat akin to stopping by their crib unannounced? discuss.
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@huny
huny young
8 years
America is prude as fuck in general, but respectability politics fuck up Black folk way more than white folk.
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huny young
7 years
cringing for the la la land folk cause that wasn't cool. upset for moonlight for not getting their proper moment, but ECSTATIC for them, too
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@huny
huny young
9 years
"why does she keep askin us and then tell us to shut up??" --everybody who has a Black mama or grandma ever #thewiz
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huny young
8 years
any article about Janet on a major news outlet to this day has at least a few references to nipplegate in the comments. still.
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huny young
8 years
the USA's Olympic uniforms are so predictable. as far as preppy goes, I dig what Christian Louboutin did for Cuba.
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huny young
8 years
Grammys would've let her perform once Black Twitter clapped back; it would be a PR nightmare to ban her. think of the boycott hashtag lol
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huny young
8 years
nipplegate changed public sentiment towards Janet to this day, too. she became someone to joke about. she lost the benefit of the doubt.
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huny young
9 years
someone, somewhere, no matter how you contort yourself, is gon think you're undeserving of love & respect. just know that. and then do you.
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huny young
8 years
anyway, my point is: I don't give a damn about Justin still getting static over nipplegate. all in all he made out like a bandit.
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huny young
7 years
everyone in this room is Black as far as I can tell. we all we got.
@vbagate
Van Applegate
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Right Now: DC missing persons meeting at max capacity. Hearing from people directly impacted by loved ones who went missing.
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huny young
8 years
one of the biggest stars in the world. certainly the biggest female artist. but won't be inducted into the hall of fame til shes dead, watch
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huny young
9 years
I'm tired of having to choose this way or the other way. I'ma be magical *and* human. gangsterly and vulnerable. we get to be dichotomies.
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huny young
8 years
full disclosure: I spent 8 minutes in @vsco trying to match this dang cheesecake #compareyourselftoacheesecake2016
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huny young
8 years
Janet negotiated the most lucrative recording contract of all time (at the time). and she was a movie star. and the first mtv icon.
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huny young
3 years
today marks the 5 year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. as someone who has spent so much of my life in gay clubs and venues and been a Black queer person for my entire life, I just want to hold space for this tragic anniversary.
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@huny
huny young
3 years
when my dad died I couldn’t function normally for over a year. resigned from my job. Sha’Carri won the 100m dash a week after her mom died. you’ll never ever catch me chastising or being disappointed in that young lady.
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huny young
8 years
the "Damita Jo" album reviews that concentrated on nipplegate and not her music? we would've dragged them to high hell.
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huny young
6 years
“thank you for allowing me to be the first Black woman to headline Coachella. ain’t that about a bitch?”
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huny young
7 years
I spy Lina Iris Viktor’s work or influence/homage (amongst other artists, too, i.e. Yayoi Kusama) in this new SZA x Kendrick video. gorgeous and inspiring.
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huny young
3 years
happy 16th (!!!) birthday to my daughter Serena aka beans. we took these portraits yesterday evening in my studio. 💜
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huny young
7 years
wow. this gave me chills. (who is "someone", though? stop swiping pics & video sans attribution, y'all.)
@TheRickyDavila
Ricky Davila
7 years
Wow, someone caught the #SolarEclipse2017 mid flight! Breathtaking. ❤️
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huny young
8 years
he also came out of that smelling like a rose and we know why. if usher exposed janet's boob when a billion people were watching? listen lol
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@huny
huny young
9 years
women get trashed for wearing red lipstick. french manicures. wearing timbs. wearing louboutins. weave. pressed. natural coils. top knots.
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@huny
huny young
6 years
Willie *been* woke. where have they been? they think they own the country singers. gotcha, bitch.
@abc13houston
ABC13 Houston
6 years
FANS TURN ON WILLIE: Country singer @WillieNelson was called just about every name in the book after announcing he's playing during an upcoming rally for Texas Democratic Senate candidate @BetoORourke .
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huny young
8 years
it's always blown my mind that Prince, MJ, and Madonna were born the same year. no clue what happened in the cosmos in 1958 but shit.
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@huny
huny young
8 years
that speech was forrrrrr us
@cjayconrod
C. Jay Conrod
8 years
Lord, these white folk look lost during Donald's acceptance speech. #GoldenGlobes
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@huny
huny young
3 years
and *that* is why a Coko can have a stank attitude all she want. a VOICE. #verzuz
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huny young
8 years
that's why it was nothing for people to call her a scammer a few weeks ago. it's why people downplay her career in general. I see it.
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huny young
6 years
what is Blacker than Nina Simone, really? that’s the part I woke up on—imagine me watching that gorgeous interpretive dance and then the lights came back up and a whole fucking marching band was on stage; I gagged
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huny young
8 years
I wish Sade would emerge from her gilded chamber and release new music this year. I feel like we need her.
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huny young
6 years
I know it’s much “cooler” to care about Black people in more predominately Black cities, but at least pretend enough to signal boost what’s happening to Black folk in Pittsburgh. or does Damon have to write about it on VSB first? JK/NK.
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huny young
9 years
happy birthday, motherfucker. may you rot in jail. #danielholtzclaw
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huny young
7 years
@americanwmnproj @ava @BrookeBCNN @CNN I see that @BrookeBCNN cited #metoo as an inspiration for her American Woman series. the founder of that movement, @TaranaBurke , is a part of my AMERICAN WOMAN series already:
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huny young
7 years
the fact that @johnlegend has multiple baby doppelgängers at this point
@Lilblackbabies
Cute Black Babies
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huny young
8 years
Lemonade got 2 Grammys tonight. it should've gotten more but ANTI got shut out completelyyyy. Ri like eff this, I'm not hiding my flask.
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huny young
9 years
"if you feel uncomfortable having done it, check your white privilege and don't do it again." WHEW. it's a brand new day on #greysanatomy
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huny young
8 years
Michelle is just unfuckwittable.
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huny young
8 years
and wait--not just giving props to Bey but testifying recognition for the impact Bey has on Black folk. man, listen. you a real one, Adele.
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huny young
3 years
cover designed by me. thanks to everyone commenting about liking the cover. wish y’all would’ve known this is my artwork before all these shared, but...now ya do.
@michaelharriot
Michael Harriot
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Y'all seen this?
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huny young
8 years
yo Adele said, nah, run this back; I'm fucking up and George deserves better. wow. that was real as fuck.
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huny young
9 years
I welcome an era when heads are no longer discouraged to run for office because they don't have the "perfect" upbringing and/or education
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huny young
3 years
y’all I have an exhibition opening June 2022 at @mattressfactory . I’m so exciteddddd. gotta cut back on DJing a bit to focus on it. interdisciplinary realness 🙏🏾
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huny young
8 years
Jay was like "oh y'all THOUGHT." and this is the most vulnerable I've ever seen him. wow. #lemonade
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huny young
4 years
this photo was taken at the March on Washington in ‘63 and published by US News & World Report. the man closest to the camera with his feet in the water—my daddy. way before my birth, of course, but this is what I come from: an activist. happy father’s day, dad. miss you 🖤
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huny young
7 years
and respect to Aziz for stepping aside so Lena could have that entire moment. that was so dope.
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huny young
9 years
tryin to wrap my mind around the fact that Bey is gonna say illuminati, bama, afro, negro, swag, and BLACK BILL GATES during THE SUPERBOWL.
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huny young
8 years
I dig that Rihanna, who's won SO many huge awards, is so honored and touched by this one. #blackgirlsrock
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huny young
4 years
honored to accept the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh 2020 grant to fund the AMERICAN WOMAN full-length documentary. in addition to footage I've been shooting since 2016, I'll be re-interviewing participants + adding 3 new cities. YAS! press release:
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huny young
9 years
for having a 90 day rule. for setting it out the first date. for having degrees or GEDs. for defending other women. for not defending 'em.
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huny young
3 years
hey, people-pleasers: you attract takers. those who will be over you entirely the second they don’t get whatever they feel entitled to from you. the more you try to do dope shit for them, the more vindictiveness they’ll show you when you stop. 🌠
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huny young
9 years
"come out of the quiet"--excellent RT @XavierDLeau : #BLM activist @Deray speaks on intersection of being black & gay
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huny young
8 years
four gorgeous, talented, bronzed-up big fines on the cover of Ebony. what a time. thick thighs save LIVES.
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huny young
8 years
Janet been serving iconic looks for decades #janettaughtme #happybirthdayjanet
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huny young
4 years
I’m beyond heartbroken. a celebrity, a superhero, but before all that Chad was my friend. years + careers separated us, but I love him just as much as I did when we were acting together at Howard. I believed we would reconnect one day & reminisce. still do. rest in power, king.
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huny young
4 years
Michelle Obama requested “Green Eyes.” that song is 77 min long; might gotta go last. you cannot cut it off halfway thru. #ErykahBaduvsJillScott
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huny young
10 years
"To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage." that quote *stays* on my mind. never not immediately accessible
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huny young
3 years
*adds ESPN to list of bylines*⁣ ⁣ to coincide w/the 25th anniversary of the WNBA, bball legend Pam McGee is highlighted as the first former player to have kids in the WNBA (Imani) AND the NBA (JaVale) 🏀 ⁣ “WNBA’s 25 Most Defining Milestones” is up now:
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huny young
9 years
I’ll Never Be My Wife's Equal
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