Google reminded me of the images that I encountered across the globe. Above are some of them. I hope they inspire you as they have inspired me. The images are not in the following order, but they span my travels to: 1) Daegu, South Korea 2) PyeongTaek, South Korea 3) Manama, Bahrain 4) Cusco, Peru…
Loked Out Hood Short Screenplay (AI)
LOKED OUT HOOD A Short Screenplay Adapted from the song by DJ Quik FADE IN: EXT. ARANBE AND SPRUCE – DAY A residential corner in Compton. Sun high. A teenage boy, QUIK (16), leans against a chain-link fence, a 40-ounce bottle loose in one hand. He’s dressed simple — white tee, black khakis, fresh white…
109: A DOCUMENTARY
OPENING SCENE Aerial footage of Los Angeles. Dawn. The city is still quiet. The camera moves slowly over familiar landmarks — the 110 freeway, Crenshaw Boulevard, the neighborhoods of South Los Angeles. Street level shots follow — corner stores opening, morning light on sidewalks, ordinary people beginning ordinary days. The city looks like itself. Beautiful…
Lyrics Analysis: Respect Ya Passion
Witness to some shit that you shouldn’t seeWhisper to yourself what you wouldn’t beVictim to the block where your mama moved, now your mind-state is I’mma do what I got to doIt’s really quite logical, if you was me you wouldn’t shoot at them if they just shot at you?No trust funds but my daughter…
Lyrics Analysis: Change Tomorrow
What’s your life like nigga mine’s greatI done made it out despite my city’s crime rateEvery single rule nigga that’s what I breakHit me like a omen seize the moment Hussle why waitOne thing I never do is exercise hateBut I’m the illest nigga doin’ this in my stateProbably my country, probably this worldAnywhere I…
Lyric Analysis: Bigger Than Life (Verse Two)
Look at where I started and look at where I’m standin’Y’all can say it’s luck but I know that it’s plannin’Shout out to the pain that gave me understandin’Shout out to my gang, it turned me to a savageSo niggas could say what they want to but I go through what you haven’tBut it’s not…
Lyric Analysis: Bigger Than Life (Verse One)
I don’t want your love, it’s not why I make musicI owe myself, I told myself back then that I would do thisAnd I always look so out of reach, it just seems so confusin’That I felt my place in life, a young black man, it’s seems so uselessBut I don’t want no help, just…
ALL COLORED CAST: Basquiat, Nipsey, and the Well They Shared
Preface: 11:09pm I don’t remember which night it was exactly. I know it was sometime after March 2019 — after the grief of that month had settled into something quieter and more persistent. I was back in Los Angeles. I reached for a DVD from my collection — a documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat. I had…
Where Do I Go from Here?
On this day, May 15, 2026, I am at a crossroads. As of late my marathon is focused on drawing the world’s attention to a connection between Basquiat and Nipsey through the artwork entitled ALL COLORED CAST PART III. I want the world to see that there are elements in Basquiat’s artwork that precisely parallel…
On Nipsey
When I look at Nipsey Hussle’s life I see a man who was equally ambitious. He did not have the luxury of being raised with the advantages I had. His mother and father separated. He did not earn his high school diploma. He did not earn a college degree. Yet Nipsey was a reader. His…
I Asked AI for Perspective
I wasn’t deliberately attempting to train-wreck my career. When I was in high school I was being prepped to study English at best. However, when I went to college, I chose a math intensive major — Finance. I did so because I felt that becoming a teacher would be the best option for me with…
Coincidences Abound: Coyoacan
The Blue House Speaks I didn’t know she was watching me. As I exited the Uber somewhere in Coyoacán, I caught a glimpse of the radio station — 100.9 FM. A small thing. But, for me, it was monumental. I snapped a photo for posterity. To be certain, for anybody else, the radio station is…
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