I’m tired of athletes talking about why athletes really aren’t as rich as we think.
You touched $7 million and bought your parents a $3 million dollar house? You’re dumb.
The late producer Tay Keith, who recently passed away yesterday, best friend and rapper Blocboy JB just posted and deleted a warning message to Sexy Redd, Drake, and Travis Scott saying, “Y’all gon pay for what you did to Tay.”
According to reports, the three artists refused to pay Tay Keith his deserved royalties after producing a huge number of hits for all of them, including “Sicko Mode,” which is one of the biggest rap songs of all time, leaving Tay in financial ruin, which then allegedly led to his death due to depression.
On June 19, 1865, African American communities in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from slavery — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.
For 161 years, Juneteenth has been a day of remembrance for the freedom that was delayed. It is also a celebration of the joy and resilience that flourished despite that delay.
The contributions of African Americans, whose struggle for freedom shaped our nation, are immeasurable. Yet too many Black families continue to bear the brunt of an affordability crisis that has pushed them out of the neighborhoods and communities they've built.
True freedom has a tangible impact on daily life: the ability to afford housing, earn a living wage, put food on the table, support a family, and create a future for generations to come.
As we celebrate today, we must recommit ourselves to ensuring this freedom is fully realized.
Happy Juneteenth, New York City.