Being unemployed [for a third time] in New York crushed me and this time around, the additional bump in benefits, because of the pandemic, was gone. There were more rules and monitoring than before. I was embarrassed by being unemployed at my “big old age” in my late 30s. But after every storm, there’s supposedly…
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In the words of Jay-Z, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” I studied entrepreneurship in undergrad because my natural inclination was to always be in charge of some sh*t. But I still had a lot to learn. They say to be an entrepreneur, you need to find a need that exists and build…
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And then the music stopped. In a game of musical chairs, I was left without a seat. But the game wasn’t musical chairs, it was my health. I had experienced a bout of debilitating back pains in 2021 that took me down. I had taken walking, standing and sitting up straight, and being active without…
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In my best Biggie rapping voice but remixed, “What’s grief? Grief is when you need any noise to go to sleep, grief is isolating yourself for several weeks.” You get the lyrical point. What I didn’t understand, until I navigated that darkness I mentioned in episode two, was that grief wasn’t limited to losing a…
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In the season finale, I finally figured it out. From forming a second business prematurely, to getting laid off a third time, to grieving some sh*t my body needed to release, I was ready to go full throttle with storytelling as a living. The gag is I had been doing it in my own way…
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In this episode, we meet with Alexia Leclercq – a grassroots organizer, scholar, and artist. Alexia is the co-founder of the Colorado River Conservancy under PODER and a political education non-profit named Start: Empowerment. They have led various environmental justice campaigns from passing national climate and chemical reform legislation and fighting for clean water, to…
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Sober Soldiers, we back with another legend, Mr Skhanda World himself, K.O. A man who we’ve seen evolve over the years, taking many transformations and reinventing himself at a snap of a finger. On this episode, we dive into K.O’s journey from Teargas days, solo endeavours and a couple ‘beefs’ throughout the years. It’s a movie, press play and enjoy.
Guest
K.O. @MrCashTime
Hosts
@Big_Warra
@Fratpacker
@Ke_Kitso_Bafethu
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Recorded at AMPD Studios, Newtown Junction
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Engineer: Kitso Moremi @fratpackmusic
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We spoke with Vida By Esquire for the second time this season to give listeners an idea of what to expect on the road Kadooment Day as well as their post-Kadooment event Juk Down Cool Down
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