Aliya S. King

My first children's book, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP is out now!

From Denene Millner Books | Simon & Schuster

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Many years ago, I taught this kid in Elizabeth, New Jersey. I often stopped Derrick in the halls to tell him to keep his head up. Last year, I ran into him and I almost passed out to see him healthy and growing. Our story became my first children's book--PUB DAY TODAY.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

He could read and write. Not sure where that came from…

[Glenn Creech @BGlennCreech]

@_ValTown_ He bought the coat AFTER he attended the Ali Frazier fight and saw lesser hoods at the fight all furred up in coats. It wasn't a gift from wife and he never burned the coat....all that was Hollywood fiction....beside cat could barely read and write.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Literally every album I came here to say--it's here.

[Tonya Pendleton @TonyaPendleton]

What album by a Black woman in roughly the same time period 80s to now, would you consider among the all-time classics in the way that we think of albums like Thriller, and Sign of the Times? Has a woman created a full album that is that much of a classic in your view?

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

yo, the comments here are amazing.

[SPN @ShanePaulNeil]

So, I've decided to give therapy a go for the second time. Firdt go around was cool but not particularly effective.

Any advice for maximizing the therapy experience?

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

You did the fucking thing. Again.

[SPN @ShanePaulNeil]

I signed a contract today (I'll say what as soon as I can) for something that a few years ago would have been unimaginable.

I'm still working on embracing these moments because that imposter syndrome is heavy as fuck.

But, ultimately... I did the thing.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

@ReignOfApril

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Ex-Factor by Lauryn Hill.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

The husband is talented. Hire him and he might roll up wearing hoochie shorts. Bonus!

[SPN @ShanePaulNeil]

So who needs a film crew? @Chris_Francois and I might could squeeze you in.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

@ReignOfApril @ShanePaulNeil you see what I'm talking about.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

@ShanePaulNeil @ReignOfApril BORDERLINE? April, I present exhibit H. for Hoochie.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

both.

[SPN @ShanePaulNeil]

Do I work on the script or the book proposal?

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

The Cosby Show. Cliff finally gets the doorbell right and it turns into jazz music. Cliff and Clair walk off set and into the studio audience who is giving a standing ovation.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Green Eyes. Erykah Badu.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

@Leecc31 Got it. Let me get back in my rocking chair.👵

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

when was the natural hair movement?

either way. big chop in 1993. [!!!]

I went back to creamy crack almost thirty years later, in 2019. I'm rocking perm indefinitely.

[laboobie @bettynixx]

If you went natural during the natural hair movement, are you still natural? Or, have you gone back to the creamy crack?

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Is it weird that I don't know which one is me and which one is my husband?

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Is it weird for not-actually-old Mandy Moore to act against actual older women?

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

I randomly heard That's What Friends Are For today. I was only 12 when it dropped. Today, Elton John's vocals hit different. He was singing-singing on that joint. Like, welcome-to-the-cookout-singing.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

Don't Wake Me I'm Dreaming by Christopher Williams.

[Aliya S. King @aliyasking]

I had to give up Diet Coke a while back. I miss it. This picture had me feeling things.

[LebronJamesHarden™️ @LBJamesHarden]

Is everyone on track to finish their Diet Coke today?