Nipsey Hussle was deeper than rap and the streets, this was big business. Earlier today, we lost a young man, 33 years of age, a beloved father, son, brother, friend, artist, activist, and business man. The shooting took place outside of his store Marathon Clothing located at 3420 W Slauson Ave F in Los Angeles, California, where earlier […]
Archives for March, 2019
This is for all the men out there who are working hard to be better than their fathers were. This is for the men who are broken, didn’t know how to be men and are struggling, but trying their hardest to be the best men they know to be. I want you to know that […]
One of the most effective ways to provoke change and inspire others is through music and film. These two outlets are the top things of what people like to listen to and watch in their spare time. At a young age, Shantelle Wheeler knew her career path would lead her in the direction to inspire […]
The United States Of America is certainly quite the character. Songs ringing with promises of freedom and liberty but I’ve been sent here so that I can spill the tea! You’d get more truth if you watched shows like Power on cable. The pursuit of happiness and equality is nothing more than a fable. This […]
On Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 11, LyLuLs Academy Inc held it’s first ‘Conversation Cafe’ for high schoolers to teach them that self -love is your first-love. The event was held at Macy’s at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles, California. The Conversation Cafe featured a group of panelists from the Academy who each […]
My Environmental Perspective is that progress should distress any situation. Then the question can be, how do you react when there is no progress? What makes the mind wonder and leave the steady mind state to intrude into an absolute difficult situation, but without contemplation? Let’s rewind and unwind the difficulties that we have fell […]
So, because a lot of women carry masculine energy, in other words a lot of women the bodies of women but they have the energies of men, a lot of men who want women can’t find women to marry. This leaves men to resorting to not getting married because they don’t have women to marry. […]
Since God and prayer was removed from school there has been a significant increase in school shootings, violence and teen suicide. Darkness breeds darkness. Children of the 21st century live as if they have no moral compass or guidance. We as parents, principals and teachers must allow in some light, in order to lead them […]
Born to win but beginning to lose because early confusion lead to a transfusion of early dependency of street success, which you can write a documentary called, Breaking the law at its best. So am I dead or alive? Buried alive burning deep down inside failing to realize what’s inside of me holds me. In […]
The water flows freely, but what can be seen? Only tinges of brown, and yellow and green. “No reason to worry, keep drinking,” they said. Now our children are destined to die from the lead. A city turned toxic as metals leach through, but what could be done? Really, what could we do? Sweet life […]
In a time we fail to understand the truth behind conscious, Perception only the third eye can see all we have is history and media propaganda and lies. It’s so few of us that it’s easy to set up and plan a formal demise, We use to get death but now the new slavery in […]
Money follows value. It is actually a product of value. The reason why a lot of people seem to not be able to make it is because they don’t always think about if what they are trying to do provides a value. They start of thinking, “How can I make money?”, rather than thinking, “How […]
As women of color, particularly Black and Hispanic women, our bodies are shaped differently than women of other ethnicities. Therefore, we have difficulties in finding clothing that fits our bodies the way that we need them to, especially when it comes to fitness apparel. This where lifestyle line, CultureFit comes to play. When I came […]
Our bad days have no comparison to the tragic lives of those enslaved in the growing human trafficking trade. We take our freedom for granted, live our lives in complacency and complaint. Zombified following the masses and unbridled selfish desires. Some choose the prostitution life, others are forced into sexual enslavement without a choice. It’s […]
March is Women’s History Month. Women have been making strides for decades now and we continue to make our mark in the community through leadership and service. Local McDonald’s franchises, Kiana Webb is one of those woman who is worth looking up to. She is a true inspiration in our community. Ms. Webb, daughter of […]
The people’s champion I gave the people a voice, “Float like a butterfly sting like a bee, Rumble young man rumble” I beat the odds you wanted to make me a controlled weapon real nigga. The Afro Wonder Kid I graced covers of your magazines, Enlisted as the face of your endless endorsements, And lead […]
Ignorance in your eyes we know it to be our beauty, Words slip from his lips unknown to their world through the Jim Crow lens. Raised without a village, Our pillars unsecure shook to the core, No other way out we learn to pillage because we’re pissed poor morally. In all our majesty, brilliance, and […]
As a young black girl, I believed my black was ugly. My dark skin, big lips and nappy hair was ridiculed by many. Ignorance is strong in the young. As a teen, I begin to blossom and see some beauty in me. I had a swagger and sway in my step, A confidence grew and […]
Trying to overcome any addiction is difficult. Most of the time it is difficult because of the person’s mindset and will power. For one, the person has to want to come out of that addiction. This usually occurs when the person hits rock bottom in some sort of fashion. Author and Cincinnati native Rick Greene […]
Twisting so that you don’t get it twisted. Inhaling strength from my ancestors. Exhaling Black magic into that wheel that you thought I couldn’t get into. And I peep your subliminals. So I take a seat on my throne, Because history tells me I’m a goddess, A queen. An image that society didn’t want me […]
Everybody wants to be a gangsta but doesn’t know what it means, Just last week I was speaking to some teens, They said they were gangsta but that’s not what I seen, Yelling cash rules everything around me slinging rock to feins. You get that expensive lay on I guess you think you made it […]
Insurance, stocks and bonds, 401(k) savings and many more financial topics are often dreaded topics in the Black community. While many African Americans may be shying away from such topics, Black financial experts agree that investing in life insurance is a multigenerational wealth-building tool. While it’s true that you have to have money in order […]
Life has a way of knocking you down—if you let it. In 2018 I vowed to make that a year of self-care after going through some life altering moments and while taking time out for myself proved to be challenging, it was worth it. Now the realization of the new year has finally suck in […]
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral opened in movie theaters Friday, March 1 and depending on who you ask—you either cried, laughed or left the theater disappointed. Just in case you are wondering my thoughts, I’ll get to that momentarily but let’s address the elephant in the room—Madea does not die in what Perry describes […]
Some are single because they choose to be, but then you have others who date and may have come across someone great. The chemistry is there, they are twin flames and they have the same values, but he or she is just messed up, so the person bounces only to be in misery and never […]
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