Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989

Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Entertainer

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

Capitalism at its worst

[katsu @katsuxbt]

Ice Cube says NBA players were told they couldn’t say the name of his league on air, and that this happens in every industry

“The guys in the NBA used to talk about the BIG3, go back to year one, all the time. And then they just stopped”

“So I asked my guy, ‘What happened, man? Why’d y’all stop?’”

“They told us, we couldn’t mention the BIG3 anymore on air…”

“That’s the bullsh*t I’m talking about. I’m talking about what happened to me, but it obviously happens everywhere, to all of us”

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

The top 10% owns 93% of all U.S. stocks. The bottom 50%? Less than 1%.

They got there by owning equity while you traded hours for dollars.

Stop selling your time. Start buying ownership. That's the only math that changes your family's future.

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

Keeping $10,000 in a savings account instead of the market costs you $950 a year.

That doesn't sound like much — until you compound it for 30 years.

$10K in savings = $11,600.
$10K in the S&P 500 = $174,000.

That gap isn't luck. It's financial literacy they never taught you.

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

@JohnMartin929 Happy birthday John

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

Decades of research in psychology, including Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, show that young people are strongly influenced by what they see rewarded and celebrated. Music and culture don’t determine behavior by themselves, but they help shape what kids see as normal and worth pursuing. If we glorify scams, fraud, and criminal behavior, we shouldn’t be surprised when more young people end up incarcerated. If we glorify reckless spending instead of ownership and investing, we shouldn’t be surprised when more people end up financially desperate. The values a culture rewards today become the outcomes it experiences tomorrow.

[KΞRL_✂️ @KRL_defi_]

Gilbert Arenas says he passed on a $124 million max contract and chose to sign for $111 million instead just to honor his childhood idol, Penny Hardaway

“The Warriors offered me $100 million.”

“The Wizards were willing to give me up to $127 or $128 million.”

“The owner told me, ‘The money’s yours. You tell me how much you want.’”

“I chose six years, $111 million.”

“The number wasn’t about the money.”

“I was a huge Penny Hardaway fan.”

“$111 million was my way of honoring Penny.”

“I left about $16 million on the table so there’d be money left for Antawn Jamison.”

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

@D1_KJ6 he was your height

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Heartbreaking: Coaches and GMs laughed at Darren Sproles when he measured in at the combine at only 5-foot-6 and 170 pounds.

Darren called his dad: “They laughed at me”

His Dad replied: “You know what to do”

Sproles became an absolute legend in the NFL.

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

I say no. Fred is too old, Adams is washed and the first round pick is too far off.

[FanDuel Sportsbook @FDSportsbook]

Ja Morant x KD would be WILD 😤

Should the Grizzlies & Rockets make this trade to send 12 to Houston? 🤔

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

@19keys_ Same thing they did to Lamar Jackson after an MVP season and using his mom as his agent.

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

Ja Morant and Brandon Aiyuk are case studies for how not to handle fame and fortune as an athlete. It takes intelligence and humility to keep you in rooms that talent and hard work can put you in. Both tanked their own value by being publicly discontent.

[Isaac (Ball Up Top) 🐻🐯🏀 @Isaac__NBA]

I WAS in the camp that Ja would be moved no matter what but I want those people that keep saying that now to tell me where & how. Unless Kleiman changes course & decides to trade him as a negative asset (likely having to pay to move him) he will be here opening night. (1/2)

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

Black Americans generate $1.7 trillion in annual income but control less than 2% of U.S. wealth.

That's not a spending problem. That's an OWNERSHIP problem.

Every dollar earned and not invested builds someone else's empire.

Stop earning for them. Start owning for you.

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

This is why I don't fear the Rams with Garrett. We've loaded up on both sides of the ball and technically the Rams haven't done much to fix their weakest side of the ball (special teams)

[David Lombardi @LombardiHimself]

I said in February the 49ers’ biggest 2026 adds would be:

Nick Bosa
Fred Warner

The take got a lot of blowback but it was correct.

A 13-win team also added:

Mike Evans
Osa Odighizuwa
Christian Kirk
Dre Greenlaw
De’Zhaun Stribling
Kaelon Black
Romello Height

That’s a lot!

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

@espn @JohnMartin929 @munzly @JasonSmith929 😲😲😲

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

Yet another reason for me to say Knicks in six🤣🤣🤣

[David Lombardi @LombardiHimself]

Congratulation to the Knicks on their Game 1 NBA Finals win. Their coach, Mike Brown, is a big 49ers fan and has let that be known in press conferences

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

There are always reasons that situations succeed or fail. But failure is always a marker on the road to success. As @LesBrown77 says "Fail Forward"

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Mike Brown was fired from the Kings less than a year and a half ago.

He was also fired by the Cavaliers, who he just swept, TWO SEPARATE TIMES in his career.

Today, he’s leading the Knicks to their first NBA Finals in 27 years.

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

@drboycewatkins1

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

Giannis's advice
"Make sure your lawyer, financial advisor and agent should not know each other."

"Rich is what you see. Wealth is what you don't see. Extreme wealth is what you don't see, you have, haven't spent, and kept investing."

"You money doubles every 7 years if you invested in the market. Even if I don't do nothing, I'll probably be a billionaire while I'm playing."

"Speak things into existence because your brain listens to you and once your brain listens to you, it does everything it needs to do to make that happen."

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

You don't need more motivation.
You need more discipline.

Motivation shows up when you feel like it.
Discipline shows up when you don't.

That's the difference between dreaming and winning.

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Mike Tyson on discipline: "The best way to receive discipline is to do what you hate to do, but do it like you love it. You do that, that's discipline."

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

Nobody remembers the person who played it safe.
They remember the one who bet on themselves when nobody else would.
Stop waiting for permission to win.

[Martin Big Lutha Powers 8989 @BigLutha]

Einstein invented the science that proves it. But even on The Moon the aging process would slow due to a weaker gravitational pull.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

This is one of the most emotionally devastating images in modern science fiction.

People don't realize this scene is real physics.

Cooper ages four years. His daughter ages 89.

Not because of magic. Not because of artistic license.

Because of gravity.

Time runs slower near massive objects. A planet near a black hole experiences time at a different speed than Earth does. One hour on Miller's planet is seven years on Earth.

Christopher Nolan didn't invent this.

Albert Einstein did. In 1915. And the math has been confirmed ever since.

The most heartbreaking scene in modern science fiction is just general relativity, told as a love story.