For me, traversing the streets of Soho can often be an exercise in refuting what’s safe and expected. Navigating crowds of young socialites who are in transit from one brunch scene to another, tourists with or without rolling suitcases but always with askance glances of “why are YOU here”, or others...

Artwork By ThisRespekArt, Photo Credit: Christopher Smith It’s June, which makes it Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. And judging by what I’ve seen online this first week of June (and truthfully well before that), there’s far too many cats who desperately need to attend to their mental health. In...

It’s not until you quiet yourself down enough to let the trees speak, it’s not until your hands dig deep into the soil and clay, that you come to understand just how futile it is to try to erase history completely. That thought rested at the back of my mind after spending two days outside of Richmon...

Like many things in the United States of America, what you’re led to believe is more than likely not the actual case. One huge example is the Black cowboy in the rise of the American West. If you spent time watching Westerns on television and in film, you’ll notice that the wave of cowboys taking co...

A couple of weeks ago, I got the opportunity to check out a collaboratice release from one of my favorite brands in Nike and another rising favorite in Hyperice. My love for Nike dates all the way back to when I copped my first pair of hi-top Air Force Ones and a pair of black Cortez earned with mon...