I wrote “fragile” about generational trauma. Building barriers between us and our own emotions. Disassociating ourselves from our own bodies and our own feelings as a means to cope. This is about the beauty and strength in vulnerability. About healing.
He was consulting producer & wrote for his character & other black characters in S2. When his mgmt reached out to renegotiate his deal as both star & producer for S3, he was fired cus the white showrunner said his character Mr. Nancy “sends the wrong message to black America”.
Love on your people man. Love with intention. Nurture your own and their spiritual growth. Be kind. Be honest. Be thoughtful. Be respectful. Be affectionate. Communicate. Be vulnerable. Do it because love is all that matters.
In another scene Orlando wrote, his character says ‘angry gets shit done’. When fired he was told ‘angry gets shit done’ is the wrong message for black America and the new showrunner Chic Eglee (white male) will be writing from a black male perspective.
#MeToo
movement took down a bunch of powerful men in the tv/film/entertainment/tech/business world...We haven’t even started to scratch the surface of the ugly that exists w/ the mistreatment of women in the music industry...
I love, love. So much. All the types of love. Platonic. Intimate. Intense. Surprising. Boring. The ugly. The extremely precious. Love is just so unique. I love, love.
I miss Prince. He was my biggest supporter. Believed in me more than I believed in myself. I wish more male artists with a platform invested in black/brown female artists the way he did. He gave so many artists you know the spotlight when no one was checking for them.
I was literally in a place with all glass and furniture and bad things during that earthquake. CALI HAS ME ALL THE WAY FUCKED UP. I’m moving back to Chicago or Detroit!
Women in music are still so afraid of losing career opportunities. They lose them every day to a man w/ an ego in music. Men almost completely “run” this industry. As a result, everything is still so hush hush & swept under the rug. No one wants to ruffle feathers...
Women in music I have a question: why are we so weird? Like, I know it’s partly patriarchy buuuut can we start having conversations? ITS WEIRD YALL. Shit is so wack lol
Ppl get angry about climate change or animal rights & express heartfelt condolences when natural disasters or terrorist attacks occur but kindly remove themselves from any conversation involving black oppression out of fear of having to confront their own whiteness.
So ummm, Bey let me lay some vocals for one of the interludes on “The Lion King: The Gift”. IM SO HYPE!!! Her team are some of the most amazing individuals. Thanks and love to them.
Ima start calling y’all no credit givin ass dudes out. It’s simple! If I️ sing on your shit, just feature me appropriately OR DONT USE MY VOICE ON YOUR SONG! I️ don’t devote my effort and art to you just be to be blatantly uncredited haha Whatchyall think this is?
Maybe we can even start letting real black women sing soul/R&B music again...without being shoved to the back of the stage as award show choir props....oops, my tea spilled.
Shoutout to ppl doin music shit FOR REAL INDEPENDENT. I mean, everything is coming out of your own home grown grown ass pockets...Not your managers pockets, or label, or investors, producers, or fam. FOR REAL INDEPENDENT. Shoutout to the TRULY SELF MADE! I LOVE YOU. I AM YOU!!!
Stevie Wonder calling to wish me HBD when I probably only mentioned it to him once in passing 5 months ago, is just 🥺. The first thing he asked was how my health was…not knowing that I was sick & stayed in all day. He just be knowin shit! Lol He’s truly an angel.
Im learning that a lot of emotional maturity is just having the ability to see people where they’re at and recognizing that you’ll either have to meet them there or move forward. It ain’t personal. Ppl just ain’t where you at sometimes. N that’s cool.
Got invited to church today. Said sure. Wasn’t told Kanye was also doing his Sunday service there until we’d almost arrived...y’all. Church is already a lot for me. But this surprise? Man. No. (no offense to friends who perform w/ the group). He was screaming “Chick-Fil-A” 🙃
Our bodies are rentals. Gotta give em back. But energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The essence of our energy lives forever (our spirit?). So the most important thing in life is the love & energy our souls exchange during our brief time here. That’s it. Nothing else matters.
Everyone is going through it! Be kind/compassionate to yourself. Show love to the ppl that’ve shown up for you in ur hard time despite having to deal w/ their own life issues. None of its easy. Tryina love on myself & my ppl more! Happy holidays frens! Go smooch on someone!
@keyonharrold
They said “hey so you’re done but we got a white dude who’s gonna write from a black perspective cus we can’t afford for our blk audience to feel empowered/inspired by your characters. Also don’t wanna have a dude w/ your kind of voice having any position of power. theeeenx!”
Being vegan, exercising etc doesnt automatically make you a good person. Those are improvements to your health not your soul. Ppl do all that work & remain in a low vibrational state of endless craving. Why take such deliberate care in preserving a vessel thats perpetually empty?
“a tree planted by water” EP, this Friday. My 1st small body of music to be released since 2016. It took a lot to get here but Im proud of my journey. This project was made w/ immense love. I wanted it to be something I did before I got into experimenting with an album. Here u go
I been real quiet n low key for a while now. Trying to learn. Trying to survive. Trying to figure out how to be ok with my whole process. Anyway, I’m excited for 2019.
Honored to play a role in this profound body of work. The beauty in this album far exceeds any words I can tweet or say really. Thank you for opening your heart & giving us personal stories to connect heal and grow with. Truly inspiring. Xx
My therapist said “the return investment on dating a black woman is going to yield their partner bankroll for the rest of their life. The wisdom/perspective we share is more valuable than any gift one can buy. Priceless. Women make things grow. Even people.” Whoa 😮.
I guess I said all that to say. Fuck toxic masculinity. Fuck misogyny. Fuck patriarchy. Fuck ego maniacs. Fuck the abusers. I hope one day we can start to do things the right way. My heart goes out to every victim everywhere.
TO ALL THE RAPPERS WHO DONT WANNA GIVE WOMEN SINGERS CREDIT BUT WANNA USE THEIR VOICES TO MAKE MONEY, FUCK YOU. Look at how many of your singing friends like this thread of tweets. WE ARE OVER THE BULLSHIT. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. GET IT TOGETHER MOTHERFUCKERS.
Im not your teacher or life coach. Im not your mule. I wasn’t put here to bear the burden of your ignorance or unwillingness to learn & change. Contrary to patriarchal beliefs, being held accountable is not an “attack”. Its an opportunity for conversation & growth.
On 'Care for Me,' Saba (
@sabaPIVOT
) transforms his survivor's guilt into something equal parts traumatic and transcendent. Watch his performance from the
#TinyDesk
.
Shit ain’t over. This new administration will still be casual, “cool”, regular ass, racist. The Trump clan will be on 10,000. Still a long way to go. But for now, Orange man is gone. A win.
The music industry is still so male dominated. As is every other industry BUT, how many female record label presidents/owners, studio owners, CEO’s, producers, can you name? The amount of these positions held by women in music is still so small...
Nina said “An artists duty is to reflect the times”. Its weird when artists choose to stay silent about things we should all be outraged over. You aint gotta write a protest song or be super political to use your platform to speak on important topics.
My therapist
@thegatheredlife
is starting an initiative for white allies to help pay for blk womens therapy. Read screenshots! If you’d like to sponsor/donate send $$ through Zelle @ breetgl
@gmail
.com w/ message WW4BWTX (white women for black women therapy) or Venmo @ breejenkins