Category: U.S.

With My $600 Stimulus, I’m going to buy an LLC entitled: “STFU Telling Me To Buy an LLC”

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Twitter LLC’s power is growing. Have you felt it? They are coming. And there is nothing we can do to stop them. When America and their ghetto ass “Here Nigga, Damn” Stimulus Act gets passed by Congress and signed by the President, our timelines will be filled with “Instead of buying that PS5, you should be buying 5 LLCs” posts. But y’all know what? Fuck it. I’m going to take the advice of the numb nuts, for once, and purchase an LLC. And I already have an idea of what…

My Ode to Detroit – a flashback Christmas story

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Once upon a time, in 1990, my dad decided to leave Cape Town, South Africa, in the heart of Apartheid and explore a Fellowship at Wayne State University in Detroit. My mom decided that she and all four of us little kids would come along for the adventure. I was 10 years old at the time. Come along with me, as I remember my first Christmas in Detroit. My experience as a child, was nothing short of extra ordinary, especially when the first 10 years of your life was spent at the bottom of Africa.

What’s in a Name? – Meeting Tayari Jones

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“I’m going to name a character in my next book after you.” That’s what Tayari Jones said in conversation with me the first time we met. It was May of 2011 at the Fancy Hat Literary Luncheon, an event created and hosted by my Aunt Jennie in honor of Mama Francina’s G.U.I.L.D., our family book club. Tayari’s book Silver Sparrow was the selection for that year’s event and she was our surprise guest. She sat in the audience, quietly hidden behind a hat my aunt had given her that day…

Exclusive Interview: COVID-19 Pops Bottles at Afterparty with Gucci and Jeezy

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By now, all of us are familar with the monumental Trap Verzuz that took place last night. And many are probably wondering what went down at the afterparty last night at the famous Atlanta nightclub, Compound, last night. Well, we had a chance to catch up with the infamous and evil COVID-19 aka Coronavirus aka Rona aka The Wuhan Bat Bully, and here is what he had to say about his experience popping bottles with Jeezy and Gucci at the Verzuz afterparty. BWNC: Glad you can join us. You still…

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

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Ok, so check it… I am NOT your chick-flick, Hallmark, Lifetime movie-lover. I also HATE Christmas movies (I make exceptions for The Preacher’s Wife with Whitney and This Christmas). And even though I do like a good musical every now and again, I wasn’t aware that Jingle Jangle would have singing and dancing, so I went into the movie with no expectations. I figured it couldn’t be too bad with a stellar cast that included Phylicia Rashad, Forest Whitaker, Anika Noni Rose, and Keegan-Michael Key. Thirty minutes in I was…