My cousin won a Grammy y’all. Made history when she became the first solo female rapper to win the Best Rap Album category. So it’s only right that I let y’all in on a few more life lessons we’ve learned the during the rise of Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar Stay with it. You might toil for years. Put in all the work and it seem like it ain’t paying off and then you get the track that changes everything. You get your Bodak Yellow. We turning corners in 2019. Can’t tell you how many tim[...]
You probably thinking, first of all sis, that video dropped almost 2 weeks ago. You been owed us a post. I needed to sit with it. You can’t rush the process. It ain’t about being the first to talk about something even if everybody already talking about it. Remember what I said, you can do what’s been done. Just do it better. That said, let’s get into this piece. By now it’s no secret that my play cousin is the perpetual wig snatcher. That’s how we roll in my family. Only to be ou[...]
By now you should know that I love all things Cardi B. Belcalis Almanzar is my play cousin. Last year, I wrote that 2016 was the year of Cardi B but it appears I spoke too soon. To be fair, I did tell y’all that Black girls were coming for 2017 too. Just count on us having the next decade on lock. Or thirty. Matter of fact, #BlackGirlMagic is on some Buzz Lightyear type ish. We taking this to infinity and beyond. And you will deal. So back to my cousin. Cardi been getting it in. And I am he[...]
It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you... Look, I been broke lately. Not as in pockets but spirit. But if you need to borrow money, then just pretend I said pockets. This thang (whole damn world) been getting to me for a while. But I put on a good face. A beat face. Shoutout to my Beauty Blender #notsponsored. I digress. If that surprises you, then welcome because you must be new here. So yeah, I've been laying low. Because self-care. But my sisters been holding me down. As always, B[...]
If I mention The Color Purple and you don't know what I'm talking about, I question everything about you. Like your very existence. Alice's Walker's seminal text, The Color Purple is like playing spades and the electric slide— if you show up at the Black family reunion, you better be familiar. I'm talking ability to drop random quotes in conversations familiar. For example: Sister-in-law: Girl, I'm moving to Hawaii Me: You and me us never part *insert hand motions*[...]