The Origin Story of “Read It Because I Wrote It”

Somewhere between 2013 and 2014, shortly after my first professional gig as a writer, I clicked the share button for one of my articles to promote myself on social media. With little thought, on my phone, I typed “Read It Because I Wrote It” and put it on the internet. I didn’t put much thought […]

My Summer Rewind: An Ode to Self-Care 24-“Shake Dat Je’llo”

Life is too serious to be serious…this credo is indoctrinated into my moral code. If you spend enough time around a person, they will do something stupid. As my grandmother once said, “A life with no mistakes means you can’t learn from anything. And if you didn’t make mistakes, life wouldn’t be fun.” Those wise […]

Reverend Mason Betha Devotional: Love Thy Frienemies

Every Monday I will share an anecdote and/or existential life lesson based on teachings from your favorite rapper’s favorite pastor, Ma$e. “Even Cam get money again.” Book of Double Up, chapter three: epilogue. Since I began the Mason Betha Devotional, it was only a matter of time before Ma$e became a headline. A little over […]

Tweet Through It: A Parent’s Thoughts During Their Child’s Christmas Show Pt. 2

25 years ago, I was that kid in kindergarten who loved to perform. I was Michael Jackson 2.0 in my head (I wore a silver, glittered hat that got thrown all over our apartment as I spun in the mirror and recited the words to my hit song “Ridiculous Girl.”). Elementary school shows were […]

What I Took From Lil Wayne’s Nightline Interview

Brian “Birdman” Williams was just given all of the leverage-and then some-to tell Lil Wayne “You need me more than I need you, playboi.” In 1998, Cash Money Records’s flagship artist Juvenile released the music video for his breakout smash, “Ha.” While Juve was, is, and will forever be the hottest of the Hot […]

Everyone Tries To Marry Me Off…

I have become that guy…the one that everyone tries to hook up with someone they know. While others could-or would-possibly be annoyed by it, I find it funny. I get it. I’m 30; educated, tall, rumor has it I’m good looking, and seemingly a nice guy. Everyone knows someone who is nice and equally […]

Tweet Through It: A Parent’s Experience Through Their Child’s Preschool Spring Show

It’s about that time again…Cydney’s preschool had their annual Spring Fling show. My daughter nor I couldn’t be any more excited than we were for it. I couldn’t wait until see my baby showcase her talents at this this particular school before starting kindergarten. Unfortunately, that means that I have to sit through all […]

An Introduction to Meme Crush Monday

Like many ideas I have-including to some extent this blog-this started off as something I said to a friend of mine in jest. I was making a joke about how people often let the world into their lives with one little quote they post on social media. I proceeded to talk shit and quoted […]

The Caveats of 10 Reasons Why The Best Relationship Of Your Life Will Be With A Girl Who Loves ‘Too Much’

I love the internet and all of its subjectivity. Social media allows us all to read whatever we want and share whatever we want displaying the parts of our identities we ultimately want to believe about ourselves. Very eloquently, Leonard Mlodinow explained this concept in his book Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior. […]

#Formation: Beyonce Gave The Valentine’s Day Blueprint

Valentine’s Day is this week. Up until last night, everyone was figuring out what to do and how to make the day special, and then Beyonce came through and told almost everyone how to spend it and spend theirs on it: on Beyonce and to say that it was marketing genius was an understatement. […]