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To make the deadlines I have I'm going to upload excerpts from my book. Any and all feedback is welcome! Welcome to Russia St. Petersburg, Peter the Great’s masterpiece. Founded in 1703, as Russia’s gateway to Europe and now she’s more Russian than her cosmopolitan counterpart Moscow. My flight landed in Moscow at 2 PM the next day. After I disembarked from the plane into Domodedovo airport I found a payphone and made a collect call home. “I'm in Moscow." "James? It's five o'clock in the morning. Are you ok, son? Are you in Russia?” "Yes, Mom. I'm OK.  I'm sorry I had to call collect, but my Blackberry is on the fritz.” "So, are you ready to come home yet?” “I have to go find the gate for my flight to St. Petersburg. It’s really difficult because all of these signs are in Russian,” I joked. "Call me when you get to St. Petersburg. Love you.” With a couple of hours to spare before my flight I grabbed a Russian lang

Some folks just ain't going to like you. You can't give your life to. Malcolm read his scripture, hoping you'd get the picture. The only one y'all recall is at the window with the rifle. Still can't get the picture. Framed in time--symptoms blind. Shame and a crime. Loving unconditionally is tricky. Bill Cosby tried that and is about to get twenty years. That's not a rape joke. Ultimately love has to push through. Unharnessed, visceral emotion that fills your chest and cheeks with electric passion. Getting in your feelings is bad. Living in your feelings is beautiful. Keeping pace and momentum in life is love. Love by example. For example, don't turn the other cheek--move forward. Hurt and hate are there no matter what. What matters is that they do not dictate direction. Love is taking losses with the same smile that comes in wins. Love is patient. Love is kind. Don't brag or boast. King James got poetic and very real. Can't force love b

"I've come upon something that disturbs me deeply. We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know that we will win. But I've come to believe we're integrating into a burning house." MLK Back in the day, Black people stuck together, family names meant something, and our community thrived. Today, even as we are shot down in the streets by cops, passed on for job promotions, and constantly "code switch" to fit in with our white colleagues we continue to chase "opportunities" Family Reputation If the entire black community knew Eddie and Louise Greenwood were honest hardworking people then that honorable reputation extended to their children and grandchildren. If anyone in the Greenwood family did something wrong, word made it back to Eddie and Louise before sunset and the problem offspring was dealt with. Not all families were prim and proper. Some stole, lied, cheated, borrowed money and never return

No matter what you do or what your interests are I'm here to help. If you draw, sing, dance, act, write I'm happy to work through your creative ideas with you. We all got group chats. Think of me as the person needed in every group chat. Not for content but I can take an average idea and make it next level.

And Russia is Wakanda Russian's have successfully destabilized America through memes and internet trolls. They also have funneled money into divisive groups and organizations. What they getting close to doing is weaponizing the Blacks and other minority groups in America. Russia has never really made good stuff. They don't even have a nationally recognizable brand. But when it comes to weapons... Everyone knows what an AK-47 is. Russian's built that. Putin's new nuclear cruise missile is another example of Russian combat ingenuity. When I was over there they got some other really advanced stuff that could really mess around and start a revolution. All the "pro gun" advocates we hear are mostly puppets of Russians. Weaponizing the general population with typical firearms is phase one of their plan. Phase two: arm Blacks and other marginalized groups with vastly superior weapons. Can't stop a hand held plasma cannon with a shotgun. Yes, Ru

Found the emotional content I been missing for a while now. Let's see if I can cook up something tasty to serve.

Ever since I was about 11-12 years old there's been a project I've been yearning to give to the world. Three months ago that yearning became a tangible opportunity and I set it in motion with a trip to Memphis, TN. It's the one thing I remember wanting to do really badly from a young age. The other was be a stand up comedian. Nothing is ever wasted. Be careful about what you wish for because it will eventually come true. You put it out there it'll come back to you. That's why I'm nice to everyone and treat others with respect, kindness, and love :-) Anyone say I do any different is a damn lie. 

My favorite rappers: Freddie Gibbs MF DOOM Danny Brown Killer Mike Devin The Dude Curren$y OutKast that's in no particular order. (not favorites but their music is cool) Drake is a pop star. Old Kanye better than new Kanye. He still makes amazing beats. Jay-Z raps with a cheat code. Reasonable Doubt is a classic. Battle Rap is becoming more mainstream. Loaded Lux: All time greatest. First battle I saw was him vs. Cal... Funeral. K Shine. The Clips vs. Ill Will battle was fire. Anyway, I been up on battle rap since 2012. I watched a few early SMACK vids in college. But never started following it until 2012 when Lux did what he did. This entire post is irrelevant and just here for the record.

This is a rant. I'm not going to go back and edit this. It's one in the morning. Women Run The Dang World. These are actual facts. And not just the Instagram models with sugar daddies who own several car dealerships in San Antonio, TX. When I got back from Russia, I worked with two Asian women entrepreneurs in Houston who had opened this really amazing little spot in East Downtown. Some of you may have been there. They're both under 35 and built a little empire that people really seem to enjoy. Good food, dope atmosphere, and most important it's something different. They've got good hands on deck helping them but for the most part--that business is booming. I worked in the main office and I saw the numbers. They making bank. Women in medicine. I know like one dude my age who is an actual doctor. The rest of the doctors I know are women. That's a grand total of over a dozen. At least half of them are Black. I dated two of them. One is my closest friend

I’ve spent more time in Russia than the average negro. I started back in 2009 in a summer program with Brown, Yale, Harvard, and Stanford students. We all took classes on Russian language and literature at the Nevsky Institute in St. Petersburg. That’s when I first saw her. Nappy red weave twists and a permanent scowl best describe this young lady. She never told anyone her real name. While we were there we were all given Russian names and she stuck with hers like velcro straps on senior shoes. As we were the only two black students in the program I approached her in an attempt to strike up a conversation. Me: (jokingly) “So you heard anything about Russian Juneteenth celebrations?” Her: “Dvaite, govorim po-russkii” Come on, speak in Russian. Me: “Ya ploxha, znau russkii. Luche na angslicom” My Russian is bad. English is better. Her: (eye roll) “Then why come here?” Me: That’s a great question. “I’m researching the history of Blacks in Russia” Her: (deadpan