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@1finney
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Hausa came to the USA by the thousands. Some Hausa names that Black Americans kept (Renee, Wanda, Tanisha, Zak).
@seyiomowa
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@SarahWO90 @atanimaa_ @nellarose_ Not up to 8 million but a lot of Igbos went to America especially Louisiana and Georgia but most igbos went to Jamaica. The Yorubas majorly went to Brazil, Cuba and Trinidad. The Hausas/Fulani went to America too, The Dahomey/Ewe people went to Haiti majorly, the Kongo people to
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Negroes can’t tell you one Malcolm X speech but wanna use him as some kinda dig at MLK mad weird.
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Everybody wanna point out how “Black” Mississippi is now but wanna turn they nose up at ppl that choose to stay down there. Whatever.
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Far left has a quilt symbol Hausa slaves brought over (bow tie). Quilts from South Carolina to Mississippi have it. Same people same descendants.
@womensart1
#WOMENSART
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Tradition of African-American quilt-making by the women of Gee's Bend community, Alabama #womensart
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A book that’s good 4 common Black American names dating back to slavery is “Black Names In America: Origins and Usage”. Shows where alotta names slaves kept came from.
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“Black unity is fake” I’m sure there’s a black church round you doin food pantries religiously feedin ppl. Go help em out.
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It’s weird how y’all think anyone wt lighter skin is biracial now
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Biracial girlllllll
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@1finney
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Black American inventions >>>>>>
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@1finney
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Every black majority town on the right path ain’t gotta be a “New black Wall Street” n that’s ok.
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@1finney
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Y’all comin off a lil desperate now
@EkpoNeptune
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Wait until fba finds out Denzel Washington has Carribean roots lmao
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How can you do ya wife foul like this ion get it. No compassion.
@KryssyLaReina
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Oh my….
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If you live in the hood yk alotta this gun violence is preventable. Don’t listen to the “proximity” talk it’s bs. Don’t let them try and normalize what’s goin on.
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Do you see any Jews tryna justify his views on Jews the way you saw black folks tryna justify his views on black folks ?
@oranicuhh
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okay but forreal, the swift response to kanye’s antisemitism vs. the silence when he was tormenting the black community is reaaaaally something to witness.
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4 years
More Black American names of Hausa origin (Keisha/Kishia, Rimi, Toya, Conney/Koni, Lawan, Anika, etc.)
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That’s a great deal. He only came out wt like 4 albums his whole career lol. 2 of em actually went multi platinum. It’s not like this his first time gettin paid off that music.
@lilduval
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If Justin Timberlake sold his whole catalog for $100 million that should let you know that the rest of these artist ain’t making as much as you think they are
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Chauncey Billups called timeout and the refs legit ignored him never seen anything like that
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Negroes try n get into certain circles n get rejected then turn into a conservative overnight
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4 years
“American blacks have picked Swahili because they just didn’t know that most of the New World’s slaves came from Hausa and Yoruba-speaking areas” - Lorenzo Dow Turner
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1 year
Clippers ain’t really give John Wall a chance. Had him playing in 3 guard lineups.
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@1finney
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There are many AAVE words of Hausa origin such as boogie, jib / Jibs, tabby, hoodoo, reefer / reefa, jazz, juju, bogus, etc.
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The Justin Timberlake revisionist stuff on here funny can’t front. Robin Thicke dope but was never that.
@jiggyjayy2
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Robin Thicke had no reason to start acting weird, he had the whole black community behind him. He had what Justin Timberlake wanted so bad and didn't even have to get the cornrows!! Smh. A fumble.
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There’s a warrant out for your arrest
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RIP Darius Lee. Prayers to his family.
@DXContent
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Darius Lee put up 52 PTS in the the 4th highest combined scoring game in D-I history at 293 PTS that culminated with a 149-144 Houston Baptist W over McNeese State. He shot 16/30 FG, knocked down 20/27 FT had 18 REBS + 5 ASTS in a wild 4OT game that saw 25 lead changes + 24 ties
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@1finney
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Them Drakeo The Ruler x BlueBucksClan songs got the most shit talker raps I ever heard
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One Hausa man that became enslaved in North America was a Muslim by the name of Sambo Anderson. He was known for his tattoos and gold earrings he wore that represented him being of a royal lineage.
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Being from Charleston does not make someone Gullah Geechee
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The free Black allies of the Seminoles did not identify as Indians but instead as “Hausa, Mandigoes, and Fulani”. Many of these ppl were also believed to be remnants of the Stono Rebellion.
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William Dunbar said many slavers in the MS region wanted Africans from the interior. Even naming where many of the slaves in the Mississippi region came from such as Hausa, Zamfara, Zazzau, Katsina (All Hausa states), along with Bornu & Timbuktu.
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“Afro Latino” a sketchy term lol one AA parent n one white Spanish parent is not that y’all be mad confused
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The bag on a stick
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Gramma wasn’t rockin w us stayin in the house all day doin nothin we had to b playin outside by 11am
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Unless you know em personally you don’t know these ppl they can be great at their craft and still not be good ppl
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Y’all really be pushin white nationalism wt a black nationalist mask on and tryna play it off like it’s “do for self” I can’t rock wt that lol
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Certain “black nationalist” groups literally switch up their ideology based on who’s donating the most to them.
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Black American Uncle Remus stories linked to Hausa “..proverbs suggest that the Uncle Remus legends have their origin in the Hausa folklore of West Africa. Uncle Remus May even be a variant of the Hausan slave title “D’an Rimi””.
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Just cause MLK, Malcolm, or whoever agreed or disagreed with somethin don’t mean I have to. So you can save the quotes and keep it pushin.
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Gen X needa leave us alone man
@TheConsciousLee
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Y’all listen to this Passport Bro talk about African Women 😩😩
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They usually come to those conclusions when they realize it’s gon take more than jus being “pro black”
@N8TheCre8tive
Bahama Don 🇧🇸
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The pro black to “there’s no hope for these niggas” pipeline is an underrated one. 😂😂😂
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This book cites Nigerian historian Akin Mabogunje on how many slaves brought over were Hausa “.. and their slaves consisted largely of Hausa brought from further inland”
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NY drill is bout as low as you can go quality wise when it comes to music
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No men of any ethnic group wt a solid program is thinking like this. Says a lot about us as men.
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Negro spirituals are Black American through and through.
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I’d say it’s more of a style and mannerisms thing.
@dsgg_kei79
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Black Americans have a distinctive look, you just know.
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The partial roots of Blues are more closer to Northern Nigeria and Cameroon amongst the Hausa and Tikar people than it is in Senegal. These two groups are usually most common in Black American ancestry.
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I ain’t one of em but It’s enough room for us all don’t b like that
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Bitches be with niggas with dangly earrings and nose rings and think they laid up with a real nigga Lmfao
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Mount Zion in Durham Tracy McGrady
@DraftExpress
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Rutgers-commit Ace Bailey is in many ways exactly what the NBA is looking for; a 6'9 guard with NBA range, elite body control changing speeds out of hesitation moves, highlight-reel explosiveness, live-dribble passing, and physicality and competitiveness defensively.
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@NovemOmega You def should pick up a book before you speak on what you clearly don’t know bout regarding slave revolts.
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“The Hausa, who made up a large number of slaves brought over from Nigeria before the early 19th century, pieced and quilted producing armor that protected horses and riders in battle” Stitching Memories: African American Story Quilts, Pg 7
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@_SmithNWesson Elders gotta have closed caskets cause their face was blown off but this is the discussion they tryna have its silly. They been doin this the last 2 days.
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9 times outta 10 if it’s so called pro black ppl romanticizing Jim Crow they most likely know very little bout Black Reconstruction
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Self proclaimed “black upperclass” folks talkin all this “class distinction” talk while largely living in white middle class areas is hilarious. Go check what class you’re in where you live at first.
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They hate Black American women. They got very specific by saying those names (Shaniqua, Laquisha).
@OnCheedoe
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@Marquelx @Akademiks Smh they really hate black Woman🤦🏽‍♂️
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People being within the same ethnic group/family and looking “different from each other” isn’t exclusive to America.
@The_VelvetDoor
The Velvet Door (ShanJor)
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America is an crazy place because you can have these 2 ppl born and raised here but yet we are suppose to believe they come from the same ppl 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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That’s how the genre he was referring to (Hip Hop) was formed. It’s not “alternate history”.
@cbenjaminrucker
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Y’all really co-signed The Dream’s alternate history where Black people had to sample and never created original music until recently just to dunk on some white lady y’all never heard of huh?
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Sha’carri already trending n ain’t run she was right to ask if y’all miss her
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You nuccas was tryna make it seem like all slavery ain’t bad jus a few days ago ion wanna see no fight the system talk from y’all nomore fam keep it
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@kasisnotabot Let em cry lol same ppl was crying “self defense” for bodega knife man a while back.
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His family from the South he spose to know what the deal is lol
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They said Jeanie moved her mother and brother in with Jeezy. No wonder he filed for a divorce lmaooo
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This idea on here that diff Caribbean groups don’t get into it so if some1 xenophobic they gotta be AA don’t even make sense
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@VladPapi They even shootin at black women now too over lil arguments
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We was all kids. Like how ppl even remember all this stuff.
@iamdefstef
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You wasn’t checking for them awkward brilliant black girls. And you wasn’t asking them to sit with you at the cool kids table. But got all the audacity to question who they married. Ashy.
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“Black American men this Black American men that” shaddapppp
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That’s The-Dream whole wave they needa pay homage
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I’ve noticed some ppl think if the African influences ain’t come from a specific area it don’t count to them. That’s not a good way to think.
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@Joythevibes24 They see themselves goin down and want to bring us along with them. So many of them hate to see us do anything without them. It’s a nosey overseer mentality.
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The name “Renee” was traced back to the Hausa
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In AAVE “boogie” meaning “to dance” is connected to Hausa “buga” meaning “to beat”
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“Kenya” def a popular name amongst Black American women.
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If rich black kids feel the need to fake struggle to feel included that sound like a personal problem they needa fix. But ofc idiots will blame the less fortunate folk for rich ppls insecurities.
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Good for him but he’s not the originator of this term. Timothy Thomas Fortune had a diff meaning for it.
@DOmowale
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Because when we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. -Malcolm X
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Since when did our fight become so much about “they racist cause they don’t wanna lay down with me” it’s pathetic
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This way of thinking is why we’re here in the first place.
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Lol why do y’all think this? “African tradition” what does that even mean.
@BlackdiasporaV1
Black diaspora Voice.
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Did you know that Puerto Rico keep the African tradition alive?. much more than America blacks. The slave master did a good job at liquidating the African tradition from black Americans.
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Lol shorty needs to stop talking about said “communitah” then cause if it’s up to her there won’t be one for the right price
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I respect your opinion n I see where u comin from ima leave it at that.
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You get second n third chances at life plz try not to go back to what got you in that jam in the first n second place
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Iono anynother genre where everyone is proud to be ignorant as much as rap from top to bottom. The rappers, producers, managers, etc. everyone take pride in bein ignorant bout the craft.
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“Little felt books with words stitched into appear on Aminah Robinson’s quilt, Like the Hausa, who protected their quilted armor by sewing bundles containing script onto and inside the quilting, Ms. Robinsons wraps words away.”
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The NBA Draft Lottery is clearly rigged. It’s so obvious.
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Thought son might’ve been on some booger sugar during the fight .. come to find out it was PEDs ..
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Ask a Hebrew Israelite standing on the corner if he’s a hotep he’s prolly gonna tell you no.
@ver_nanaaa
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@MachYeezy Yeah Hebrew Israelites are hoteps too tbh
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It’s cause NYC is super segregated and everyone stays to themselves for the most part.
@maubyting
Haus of Dolly 🎀
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Nyc having the largest population of Black ppl in the US explains why you couldnt tell me as a child that we were the minority.
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Ball right in front of Rudy Gobert he ain’t even try to go get it smh
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We just have different African influences. That don’t mean we lost anything Jus cause our wave seem different.
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Oh you a Muslim now
@meghanncuniff
Meghann Cuniff
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Mona the sketch artist nailed Tory Lanez’s look in court today. Also, his new beard. Check out her work:
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South Carolina and Georgia to Philly, Delaware, and New York.
@NoEmmeG
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Great Migration check in: for black americans. Where did your family come from in the south/ where did they settle?
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@VladPapi Peep this
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Segregation stopped our Reconstruction Era plz don’t glamorize that.
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How you tryna dim someone light all day instead of tryna get yours workin right
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We all gotta want better for ourselves at some point
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So called “pro black” accounts on here tryna go viral posting all kinda junk nothin positive or uplifting
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Growin up we’d go Down South to clear our mind a lil bit n regroup. Always enjoyed it whenever I went back home.
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@VladPapi Lol them brothas be from the hood jus like them. They could get em if they really wanted em. Plenty of em already have em.
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Ion think he’s dropping his flag to turn his life around but we gon see. He wanted LA cats to crash out for him n they wasn’t wt it.
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Once you join a cult wt ya wife she no longer yours she the leader wife now
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The LGBTQ community don’t play that’s why. We can learn a thing or two from them.
@BigMfRae
BIG RAE 💕
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Imagine the repercussions if he was offending the LGBTQ community.
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All these cats do is talk everyday bout how “the community is done” no solutions no program no nothin
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The music industry after the 70s. Marvin Gaye changed the way music was made.
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