Read It Because I Wrote It…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4i0mzE0jadQ I am certain my daughter, nephew, and I would all cringe if we heard one another listened to a song entitled “Fuck Me for Free.” However, I am well aware there will come a day when they will like music I consider vulgar. When it comes to my nephew, I play dumb. He’s 14... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NFaoFkkyb3o I attended Dad 2.0, a conference for writers, bloggers, influencers, and media personalities who are fathers, in Washington DC in February. It was a surreal experience to introduce myself to people I’d known for years but never met in person. I felt validated as several dads told me they enjoyed my work and introduce... Continue Reading →
Merriam-Webster defines style as A) a distinctive manner of expression. B) A distinctive manner of behavior or conduct of oneself. C) A particular manner or technique by which something is done, created, or performed. From 1999 until 2003, “You write how you talk” was a phrase I heard from every high school English teacher; it... Continue Reading →
https://open.spotify.com/track/2IbrFmKzCc7ojJ7USAOmu5?si=2GaRGbioQOqedlpcukc0cg There is an almost 3,000-word essay, lodged in a folder on an external hard drive. Hell, the hard drive said essay resides is attached to this very computer. But this is an exercise, so it’s too early in the process to feel lazy and share from the archives to meet an intense quota I... Continue Reading →
Pretty good alliteration, ain’t it? Hip hop historians, scholars, and followers of the culture often cite 1988 as the genre’s greatest year in music. There was a seismic shift in which almost any and everything that came before it, was history. Run DMC may have been and still seen some success with Tougher than Leather;... Continue Reading →
For years I have been writing about a friendship with one person...I fell in love with my best friend. I celebrated the new year with my girlfriend in her hometown; it was quite an experience. I saw an America that only existed in my childhood memories in social studies books I used to read to... Continue Reading →
“Crenshaw is a completely different world from Union Square,” I thought to myself. The laid-back Los Angeles groove of Terrace Martin’s “Valdez Off Crenshaw” in my ear buds was a stark contrast to my view of Lower Manhattan’s skyline. It was my first day on the job in a brand new office. Shortly after I... Continue Reading →
A Tribe Called Quest is releasing their final album, We Got It from Here, Thank You for Your Service, next week. While I am more than certain that the project is one of love, life and celebration, the title itself makes me feel a way. I read the New York Times article, Loss Haunts... Continue Reading →
"The summer's over and and we're watching the sun finally set. It seems like forever; but forever's here." While I had heard the song several times prior, I never really listened to PARTYNEXTDOOR's "East Liberty" until that mid-September afternoon. The song summed up the evening perfectly. I was driving on the Hutchinson Parkway... Continue Reading →
"I'm not the activist that I was in my twenties; but I'm an artist, now. And one of the things that I have always realized is that about the arts is that art serves to inspire our spirits," Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez says was the inspiration in creating superhero, La Borinqueña. US Territory, Puerto Rico is... Continue Reading →
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