Getting screamed on for all cameras to see for something that doesn’t reflect your heart sucks! But intent doesn’t excuse impact. Mistakenly or not, I crossed a boundary. Ideally or not, Jordan addressed it how she saw fit. I apologized, you learn, and you grow.
#SummerHouseMV
A Thread: Ohio is the most underrated, even sometimes disrespected, state of this US of A. It’s time we put some respect on Ohio’s name—one of the most influential states in America (historically).
@_jordyjor
and I, also had what felt like was a healing conversation that didn’t make the edit (for whatever reasons). But pitting Black Men and Women against each other is exhausting to me. There are no sides to take!
#SummerHouseMV
We’ve made it to the finale Sunday of
#SummerHouseMV
season 1 y’all, have y’all not been entertained?!
Tonight the Kappas stylishly lead the close of a “Chaotic, yet Beautifully Black” season… including some special guests, courtesy of
@FeeltheSPACE
! 🤌🏾👌🏾
For whatever reason I looked over it, but I just did a discography dive and
@DawnRichard
has been making some deeply beautiful, healing, fun, and innovative music.
Ohio has given us: the King of Basketball
@KingJames
, the first Black EGOT
@johnlegend
, the King of Comedians (Dave Chappelle), flight (Wright Brothers), oh and the late Toni Morrison. We’re far too underrated.
44% of billionaires inherited their wealth... let that sink in. Meanwhile the conversation about reparations/redistribution is still deemed too radical.
@OMFGRealityTV
@BravoTV
@NBCUniversal
I would have loved to deliver this a lot better than it was actually intended/received, but a man stating a boundary shouldn’t be so uncommon in our society that it feels like an attack.
#SummerHouseMV
… looks we’re in for an interesting episode 3!
A season of my life is now up for entertainment with
@bravotv
… premiering on every Sunday night, beginning May 7th
Big love and 🌹 to Martha, she’s always moisturized and such a beautiful host 😁
#SummerHouseMV
#SHMV
Ya’ll love to give your money to elitist ideals and businesses and then get mad when you find out they in turn support racists. Waste of energy, that’s what elitism does.
It took over 35+ years for Spike Lee to get an
#OscarNoms
for
#BestDirector
, even with all the amazing art he's given us. Sheeesh! Idk if our generation could ever handle that level of curve. We're still complaining about messages being left on read.
My childhood consisted of summer camps where they’d do rapture drills (no Anita Baker involved)… so yeah when I see rapture jokes, I still get triggered 🥴
Creativity is not our skill set, it is our code, it is our DNA. There is no “USA” without “US”. Nothing moves without us.
#CULTURECON
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@thisismarkc
@THECC_NYC
Spirit, Holy Spirit, God, Universe, Allah, Yahweh, Christ, the Tao, Krishna, Shiva, Brahma, The Most High, I don’t really care what ya call it. I just know IT be working… and in your favor.
As a descendant of enslaved American people, I’m deciding to redefine what ‘Black Excellence’ means to me—creating space for us to simply BE… Not exhaustingly exceptional, a billionaire, or a some mogul. But free enough to just be Ordinary, with your choice to add the Extra.
I feel petty tweeting this, but just in case you might be guilty of this: you flesh out ideas, as in fleshing out a skeleton, not “flush” as in toilet.
I participated in something in ‘22, that’s coming out in a few months this year. & I’m very nervous but equally as excited about it… it’ll be a major shift for me. Praying I got my people’s love and support on this one.
Both America’s Pastimes, new & old, Pro Football & Pro Baseball find their roots in Ohio. Ohio is home of the 1st
@MLB
team, Cincinnati Red Stockings & also where the
@NFL
was founded (Canton, OH).
Ohio is birthplace of flight & aviation, thanks to Orville and Wilbur Wright from Dayton, Ohio … that’s right there would be no flying without two brothers from Ohio!
Love to this Beautiful Black cast, & all the people BTS part of bringing a show like this to life.
To those who know, love, and continue to support me: I hope you know the purity of my intent hasn’t changed. Let’s enjoy this new season of play! BIG tings on the way!
#RnBTyree
And guess what? Ohioans didn’t just stop with being the first in air… The first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, is from Ohio. Ohio also subsequently gave us another Man on the Moon (I,II,& III) in the music genius of
@KidCudi
.
The response to the loss of
@NipseyHussle
is a reminder that the love, and impact we leave on our community matters more than any amount fame, fortune, or clout you could achieve. I see a man who valued what he could give this world much more than what he could take.
@JaysRealityBlog
This happened our very first week of taping S1, and unfortunately is still being discussed. I’d like to just put my involvement in this to bed.
@punchdouble
Won’t say better, but we’re definitely experiencing it differently. Like food, the entirety of how it’s made to how we eat it influences our feeling to it. While streaming made access to more discovery, it’s model is creating a buffet style experience w/ music.
Ohio was also home to the ‘Black Edison’, Garrett Morgan. Just as brilliant, Garrett’s genius of invention gave us the traffic light system that we know today. In addition, the predecessor of what we now recognize as the gas mask.
Creatives: a gentle reminder that you’re “fleshing-out” ideas not “flushing-out” ideas…. You’re meant to flesh-out ideas. Please do not “flush” them 🙏🏾 lol.
Although there were several networks through the country, Ohio had the most active network of any other state with around 3000 miles of routes used by escaping runaways.
I feel it's time we give Ohio some of the respect it deserves... Here’s some brief known and little-known evidence as to why Ohio is truly the 'Heart of America' as one of the most important states of America's history, folklore & present.
So if you ever been “flewed out”, trying to get “flewed out”, did the flying out or you’re actually doing the flying. Private or commercial, makes no difference, all respect is due to the Wright Brothers from OHIO.
Posting on an app to profess our love for all humanity (Black lives, Women, or other) yet withholding from or stepping over the being right next to us...would be us missing the lesson.
Level-up culture has my generation full of anxiety. The way I see it, real change is when we’ve made way for people to be perfectly ‘normal’, not only excellent.
I thought of it as a badge of honor, but being your own worst critic is actually kind of a silly role to play. Why do a hater’s job for them? It’s hard to be your own worst critic and your own best supporter at once.
I wanna get mad about someone ‘taking my ideas’… until I remember none of them are mine. None of us own them. Ideas are in the air: like a public library, available for checkout, and our vibration gives us access.
Be aware of your own villain, as you are your own hero. Accept your darkness and your light. Without the shadows there could be no substance… and we cannot change what we don’t accept.
📸:
@elijahbydesign