Happy 20th Deltaversary to the Spr’ 02 21 Visions of DSTiny of the Lambda Upsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. For this infLUential milestone, it is befitting to affirm your experience in the bond. Listed below are 31 lyrical affirmations from songs that trended during the 2000's era. State the following affirmations to yourself and feel your mood shift for the better... Stilletos… pumps… in the club (Crime Mobb, Circa 2004) Knuck if you buck (Crime Mobb, Circa

So... ya'll know that I am working on The Hip-Hop & Occupation Podcast. Learning about the foundation of podcasting has been pretty cool. Needless to say, I am also the mom of three boys #PMD, a doctoral candidate, and a professor with a high workload job as a fieldwork coordinator. So, I needed the set-up phase to be as simple as possible. I called my homie Adrianne, d/b/a @TiTiTalks and she gave me some information. Sis told me to obtain a RSS feed. A RSS feed stands for RD

This post is all about decisions. As stated before, the Hip-Hop & Occupation podcast will be dropping soon (next week at the earliest) and I am deciding on the best cover. I ran into an epic fail with the first cover with mix reviews from those close to me. Completing a test run with the first cover elicited a thought... why do we care so much about other people's opinions? The reason for caring about the opinions of others is simple... we want to belong. In theory, belonging

2021 AD... the year after the year that provided us with perfect vision, helped me with mine. What became clear to me was that I was working in an area that I enjoyed, yet I felt so unfulfilled. No matter how much meditation, mindfulness, prayer, or affirmation I practiced, I still felt undervalued in a place that I was burying so much of my treasure. From there, the album recreation project commenced. I desired to curate something for the culture that had meaning and could a

Nipsey Hussle told us that the marathon continues. Like many other mantras related to consistency and dedication, The Marathon is a call to action. This call to action challenges us to "just Keep swimming" like Dory from Finding Nemo. At every end, we are faced with resistance. The path of least resistance encourages us to go with the flow. Going with the flow is nonsynonymous with sitting on the dock of the bay allowing life to just happen to you (*in my Chad from Insecure v

Happy New Year Family! I trust that you enjoyed the holiday season. I also trust that you are geared up to manifest an awesome year. The blog title is a play on a line from J. Cole's Forbidden Fruit when he acknowledges A Tribe Called Quest. I simply substituted Tobe for Jaroby, just to shed light on the inspired New Year photo. My year and holiday were MonuMINTal. On Halloween 2021, I attended the MonuMINTal Tour in Atlanta with Tobe, Fat, & Nell, then immediately headed hom