Maybe the one part of Blackness that others outside of it can’t comprehend is the world-building in the word-building we experience in our music. That process that reflects our culture. Something one eases into like fingers dipped in stylinggel or oil before going to weave someone’s hair into someth...

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...

Yes, we are now in the month of March, where spring begins its wary walk into our lives with temperatures that make you have more energy along with the sunlight. It is a snap reminder to breathe with intention, after February and Black History Month. March is also Women’s History Month in the United...

There's always a beginning to these kinds of things. Here's mine.

A brief look into the first trip I ever took, and how an underground Hip-Hop song stuck to me as a nickname.