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Not everybody makes it on their own.

A partner. A friend. A mentor who saw something before you did.

The pair of clippers that turned into a side hustle that got you through college.

Tell us who held you down.

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A MOTHERS SAVIOR

No one man is an island, and yet, I have lived my entire life trying to master the art of becoming a self-sustaining species. My desire to not need anyone for...

BRICK BY BRICK

she built me up the same way she builds those lego sets. in that role, and i’m certain in all of these other ones, she’s applied patience, focus, and humor....

THE GROUP CHAT

Whether it's my Friday morning prayer group chat with friends who pour divine word and favor into my life, and help me make spiritual sense out of this crazy world...

THE BLACK MOMS' ANTHEM

“I’m not one of your little friends.” The Black moms’ anthem. Lay a soulful house trackunderneath, come up with a smooth line dance for a little panache, and that joint...

IF NOBODY WROTE IT DOWN

I went to NYU to become an archivist because of hip hop journalism. Here is what got me there. I had been reading about this culture my whole life, and at...