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Culture, healing, politics and bullshit - Not necessarily in that order

The general, socio-political and very personal rantings and ravings of a hip hop head from the hood hustling for change... Of himself.

You all know me and are aware that I am unable to remain silent. At times to be silent is to lie. For silence can be interpreted as acquiescence.
—Miguel de Unamuno



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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Well Hello Again


 Hey young world! Happy 2023! Geez, it's been THAT long?


Its been 8 years since I blogged last. 5 months and 3 days after my mother's death to be specific, and I couldn't play it off like my life wasn't affected.


Still is.


A HELL of a lot has happened since June 8, 2015:


My girlfriend at the time mother died in hospice 4 days after my last post and approximately 1 week after my mother's death.

We somehow, yet miserably stayed together in 2015. We grieved that entire year. Together. Bad.

My divorce was finalized.

I've lost visual acuity in my left eye.

I need a kidney.

I've worked for THREE sports franchises and earned a championship ring.

I joined a church AND started ministerial training.

I've broken both feet, both legs, all 6 ribs on my right side, punctured my right lun AND right kidney in the same accident.

I bought a car during the pandemic, started driving nd then had to sell the car late 2021 due to glaucoma.

I caught COVID.

I survived COVID.

I lost 2 of my closest friends, one to heart disease, the other to kidney failure.

I had 12 more surgeries.

I lived in Greensboro, NC, Tulsa, OK and bounced between Las Vegas and Chicago.

I briefly managed a professional boxer who won his first fight (thus the back and forth to Vegas) as a substitute for an injured fighter, took the purse, fired my stankin' ass and moved to Big Bear to be a part of a training combine.

I don't know how that worked out for him. Greedy fucker.

I was in a 5 year relationship.

I'm single again.

I cut my locs.

I currently weigh 180 pounds.

Oh, I lost more than 180 pounds.

I dye my beard.

I gave up beef and pork.

I worked for Google.

I am now a licensed sports agent.

I have ONE client which sucks ASS.

NFL Hall Of Famer Shawne 'Lights Out' Merriman is a business partner in an IMO (if you know, you know).

I own 3 Shopify stores.

My first book, about NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) and HBCUs will be published next month (thanks Coach Prime!)

I finally got 700+ credit.


Okay, that's all I can think of for now.  Nice talk! we should do this again. Like anyone will read this anyway, Maybe I should have Tik-Tok'd this.


1 comment:

Bayoucreole said...

I'm glad to see you blogging again.