Hanging with ma peoples, @leealexandercigar one them nights, lot of influence in this PIC… we did our thang in them days Gee’s First Fridays, Poetry Unplugged at ONYX and numerous collaborations ,, YEP as we say in Chi ,, “ He one them Guysss” #blackmke #poetryunpluggedmke #iloveblackfolks❤️❤️✊🏾✊🏾🖤🖤 #thethingswehavedone #ourstory
Tell Me The Songs You Want To Hear … Old School, Neo/Soul and the 90’s and 2000’s 1/8/24 We will make Ourstory Join The Kwabena Antoine Nixon with the Poetry Unplugged - Milwaukee fam and The @MUEA fam for the inaugural show “On The Porch With Kwa” We going Live in The Studio, Music , Conversations and Culture … Call in 1-414-444-5250 Tune in PULL UP ON US… (it’s my first show) file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/ca/10/C863C6F4-0A0E-451C-9855-BFDC8E67428F/AUDIO_5788.mp3 #Talk2Me #TheVoice #wnov #ontheporchwithkwa #muea #poetryunpluggedmke
Ma. Man from NY say ; “We all here , let’s flick up “ when we record the moments they become proof of the existence; last night @chriscrain1 live recording #blackexcellence #poetryunpluggedmke #thefam #blackmusic #blackmanstyles #wedoitfortheculturemke
It’s been a month, so I think I will sip slow , play some miles and travel with the Trane , John that is …. #poetryunpluggedmke #pu20 #sipslow #goodscotch #macallan12 #macallanclassiccut #fridaynightjazz
A moment with all the fam before the magic began Poetry Unplugged 20th Anniversary Reunion Showcase #pu20 #culturesandcommunites #poetrycommunity #poetryunpluggedmke #together #writersblock #thethingswehavedone #chicagopoetry #spokenwordpoetry #
TONIGHT TONIGHT Oooohhh Football game will be on Poetry Unplugged 20 Year Kick-Off , Kwa Bday Mixer TONIGHT 9/28/23 6-10pm Live Music and DJ No Cover Mi Casa Su Cafe Mi Casa Su Casa Cafe 1835 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53212 Poetry Unplugged A birthday celebration for Poetry Unplugged Co-Founder Kwabena A Nixon. Kwabena is an award-winning author, poet, speaker and educator. Kwabena This event is sponsored by Black Lens MKE Poetry Unplugged 20 Kick-Off : Kwa Bday Mixer #poetryunpluggedmke #pu20 #wedoitforthecultureMKE #MatureAudience #ourstory #spokenword #beinspiredworks
Oooohhh Poetry Unplugged 20 Year Kick-Off , Kwa Bday Mixer Thursday 9/28/23 6-10pm Live Music and DJ No Cover Mi Casa Su Cafe Mi Casa Su Casa Cafe 1835 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53212 Poetry Unplugged A birthday celebration for Poetry Unplugged Co-Founder Kwabena A Nixon. Kwabena is an award-winning author, poet, speaker and educator. Kwabena This event is sponsored by Black Lens MKE Poetry Unplugged 20 Kick-Off : Kwa Bday Mixer #poetryunpluggedmke #pu20 #wedoitforthecultureMKE #MatureAudience #ourstory #spokenword #beinspiredworks
Good God Morning family, IN CASE SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR THis “ It’s, not what you are capable of , it’s what you are willing to do. I know plenty of people who are capable ; I know few who are willing…ask yourself what are you willing to do”- Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh Steelers Coach #GoodGodmorning #beinspiredworks #poetryunpluggedmke #pu20 #areuwilling
Poetry Unplugged, “I always knew ; bcz i always believed, I treated everyone right, I gave before I received, I prayed before I spoke and wanted it for others way more than I wanted for myself “ #kwaturns54 #poetryunplugged20 #poetryunpluggedmke #ThePlatform #spokenwordpoetry Poetry Unplugged 20th Anniversary Reunion Showcase
Poetry UNplugged MilwaukeePoetry UNplugged Black Lens MKE National Reunion Showcase 10/11/23 https://mkefilm.org/events/pu-20-poetry-unplugged-20th-anniversary-reunion-sh?mibextid=Zxz2cZ The Cooperage Milwaukee @t Poetry Unplugged 20 The Official Line Up For PU 20 a showcase of Spoken-Word and Music that has shaped the culture of the city of Milwaukee Hosted by Kwabena Antoine Nixon Coredj Vel Lelah J Huntley of Mi’Le With DjMr Martin Music by none other than Cigarette Break The gritty butter soul of Aaron Adi Armour 10/11/23 Poets Simon Black Coffee Warren Muhibb Dyer Tina Nixon Shelly Conley Autumn Blaze Dia Green Nnatumba Ba Nnasty Ntumbe Kendria K Love Harris Moe Mentum Garrett Brandon Alexander Williams More Special guest to be announced You can find the link for tickets on the PU20 Event Page: Poetry Unplugged 20th Anniversary Reunion Showcase #spokenword #blackmilwaukee #poetryunpluggedmke #poetryunplugged20years #wedoitfortheculture Jason (Jay Williams )
11/11/23 Yep we are about to make a movie MUEA BDAY Honors, @reesetony 50th BDay ,… Toasting to my brotha in advance #muea #poetryunpluggedmke #watchthis #itsamovie🎥 #classic #fmgrownfolks #toast2u #macallan12 #goodscotch #
Coming Soon A Great Day In Spoken-Word The Photoshoot A photo image of the MKE Spoken-Word Scene #blackmilwaukee #spokenwordpoetry #poetryunpluggedmke #puis20 #poetryunplugged20 #wedoitfortheculturemke #ourstory #pureuion
We have made OURSTORY YOURSTORY, too much to add , too much to say , … I will let the work speak for itself #beinspiredworks #soulunpuggedmke #poetryunpluggedmke
Join poet Brooklyn Lloyd at Intuition Productions, LLC.’s DREAMFEST Music Art + Culture Festival AUGUST 12TH 12p-5p Madison College - Goodman South Campus as he blazes the performance stage 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Born in 1996 to Caribbean parents, who had migrated from separate islands and met in Brooklyn, NY. Brooklyn, adopting his nickname from his hometown, would not only begin his career as a visual artist in FL, but soon after, his writing and performance journey. From there, he found himself competing and engaging in Slams and open mics, locally and nationally. Brooklyn has stated on several occasions that his mission, through the arts, is to raise the awareness and the appreciation of the arts in his community. Top 5 EMCEES: Jay Z J Cole Kendrick Lamar Sunni Patterson Calvin MADE S.O.N Style: 90s baby in love with art history Quote That Describes Brooklyn: “Comparison is the death of joy.“ Mark Twain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooklyn.lloyd.dixon #poetryUNpluggedMKE #spokenwordmke #poetryunpluggedMKE #PU20 #DREAMFEST2023
About last Night😏🙏🏾🔥‼️👑🌹at Poetry Unplugged Pop Up , Barbershop Edition II Showcase Listen 👂 if you was not there once again you missed the messages that went forth coming down from above‼️ #milwaukee #spirit #community #poetryunpluggedmke #poetry #poetrycommunity #power #speechtherapy #skill #lyricist I’m telling yawl‼️ Each and everyone that spoke was in alignment and on 🔥 and it just kept building and going higher and higher‼️OMG🙏🏾🥹 the spirit was heavy in Gee’s Clippers last night‼️ Here’s what it looked like 7 poets in‼️‼️ Enjoy @xegonuada_iamnote ‼️🔥👑
PU alert , PU alert Poetry Unplugged Pop Up , Barbershop Edition II Showcase featuring Awthentik ThePoet We ARE EXPANDING THE CULTURE , specia guest Artist for POetry & Paint Lena Ramirez Will be joining us showing off her freestyle skills , capturing the spoken/word on a canvas #poetrycommunity #poetrycommunity #poetryunpluggedmke @MadeYWHlook
PU Alert , PU Alert Spoken-Word Is The New Hip-Hop Tixs Going Fast Poetry Unplugged Pop Up , Barbershop Edition II Showcase featuring Awthentik ThePoet Poetry Unplugged Pop Up , Barbershop Edition II Showcase Thursday April 27th Gee's Clippers Barber and Beauty Salon Doors open @7pm Time 8-10pm General Admission $22.00 https://cash.app/$iamikan Hosted by Kwabena Antoine Nixon Co host yo Pushaaaa MISS DIA For Reserved Table Seating inbox Kwabena or email: [email protected] (limited seating available) Poetry Unplugged Barbershop Edition, II ALL-Star Spoken Word Showcase, ftrng. Awthentik ThePoet with other special performances! #poetryunplugged20 #spokenwordpoetrymke #beinspiredworks #poetryunpluggedmke Fort tix see @iamikan
PU Alert , PU Alert Spoken-Word Is The New Hip-Hop Tixs Going Fast Poetry Unplugged Pop Up , Barbershop Edition II Showcase featuring Awthentik ThePoet Poetry Unplugged Pop Up , Barbershop Edition II Showcase Thursday April 27th Gee's Clippers Barber and Beauty Salon Doors open @7pm Time 8-10pm General Admission $22.00 https://cash.app/$iamikan Hosted by Kwabena Antoine Nixon Co host yo Pushaaaa MISS DIA For Reserved Table Seating inbox Kwabena or email: [email protected] (limited seating available) Poetry Unplugged Barbershop Edition, II ALL-Star Spoken Word Showcase, ftrng. Awthentik ThePoet with other special performances! #poetryunplugged20 #spokenwordpoetrymke #beinspiredworks #poetryunpluggedmke
Good God Morning Family Legacy Language KNOW THIS 1.)For all the good you do it may never be enough, do good anyway. 2.) What you took years to build can be destroyed in one day, keep building. 3.) Many people will quit cuz it 's too hard, keep going. 4.) Others will point fingers , you take responsibility 5. ) You can’t have excuses and results, pick one 6.) It didn’t come to stay ; it came to pass. 7.) if you blame me for your failure; then you must honor me for your success. 8. ) You better live the life you want , because one day you will wake up and time will have passed you by. 9.) people are going to talk ; ignore them . Most of them have little to do so they live through you. 10.) Image and reputation only fuel the ego (edge God Out The Picture) they can be created ,shaped and manufactured. transparency and integrity build character and character will withstand time. 11. At the end of the day people will come and go , they are in our lives but for a season and a reason. Enjoy the season and know the reason. The same ones who applaud you will boo you , and the ones who boo you with begin to applaud you. In closing I am not perfect but I am persistent and God loves persistence, so therefore he knows my heart and that’s what matters. #beinspiredworks #poetryunpluggedmke #beinspiredworks #dontquityourdream #RealMenRealTalk #building #ikan
PU Alert , PU Alert , Poetry Unplugged 20: Barbershop Pull Up Its Going to be one of those nights , limited room available #poetryunpluggedmke #poetryunplugged20years Hosted by Kwabena Antoine Nixon & Dia Green with DjMr Martin Super Super Shotout to Melinda Currie HBD #glittter
I am Excited about what we are looking like, poets ? Musicians and performers from all over the country are hitting us up about the new sway of Poetry Unplugged 20 Auditions Part 2 Poetry Unplugged - Milwaukee Shotout to Dia Green for holding it down and finding new talent in the city …she is finding her way , Tony Reese and Lester Smith for being a voice of authenticity #poetryunpuggedmke20 #beinspiredworks #resilience #getready #LegacyTour #poetryunpluggedmke
Poetry Unplugged 20 What: A Special Selected Spoken-Word Showcase featuring some of your favorite PU poets of the last 20 years , along with some new artists who are blazing the MIC, not to mention our special guest celebrity poet, yeah , celebrity poet .. Showcase Dates Wednesdays 3/29 -5/3 Doors Open 7 Show starts @8pm Audition Dates For Showcase 3/15 and 3/22 6-8pm See or contact Ms.Dia [email protected] #poetryunpluggedmke #wedoitfortgeculturemke #pu20years
Good God Morning family, “Four Main Reasons I Will Always win” 1.I Don’t Hate On Nobody 2. I pray 3. I stay in my own lane And lastly I’m not competing with nobody but myself.- IG Motivation @genbuzz community https://thegenzbuzz.com/quiz/check-in-hows-your-day-going/ #poetryunpluggedmke #mondaymotivationday #beinspiredworks #legacylanguage #positivethinking #beawinner
The fam was out last night to INJOY the Growing Nation 20 year reunion… what a lovely night for the culture , especially for black people In the city of Milwaukee where, the narrative has been death, destruction and despair..Well this is what life , love and longevity looks like …..As the country honors Hip-Hop on its 50 years, let us take a moment to honor, acknowledge and reflect what many of us have been apart of since 1998…from spoken-word, to live music , to education, to social movements and to events… We have always had a renaissance, we have always been resourceful, , we have always been creative and we should always look to ourselves for validation,…. #blackartsmke #blackmke #growingnation20years #spokenwordpoetry #blackmke #poetryunpluggedmke #ourstory #ournarrattive #itsys #blacklensmke
Here is a moment, 20 years ago , I got to rock with ma brotha, and we still going @the growing nation reunion show with , world renowned change agent @muhibbdyer …glad he rocked the mic last night , due to his speaking , teaching and production many have forgot how prolific of a MC he was , in the years since we have met we have traveled the world, produced art, connected with youth all of the country…it has been a honor king . #floodthehoodwithdreams #iwilnotdieyoung #brothahood #eye standwitgKINGS #growingnation #nationtime #20yearreuion #rihceasarstinson #poetryunpluggedMke
Just taking a moment to praise God , to praise him for covering all of the events I have thrown, attended or hosted , Thank you all for supporting #beinspiredworks #poetryunpluggedMKe #soulunpluggedMKE #blackmilwaukee
Cause the Aunties be 🔥🔥.❤️ #PepperpotOnMlk #poetryunpluggedmke #PoetryUnpluggedPopUp2 #BlackLove #blackexcellence
Milwaukee Gala Awards celebrating the wife for her work #mysistakeepher #impact #ourstory #theQueen #poetryunpluggedmke
Good God Morning Family Create 3 Ways to Prature Gratitude 1. Notice good things, look for them, appreciate them. 2. Savor, absorb, and really pay attention to those good things. 3. Express your gratitude to yourself, write. down, or thank someone. -IG MOTIVATION #poetrycommunity #poetryUnpluggedMKE #BlackMilwaukee #poetrylovers #spokenwordpoets #spokenwordmke #pu20years #poetrypit #puPOETRY UNPLUGGED @ N2 #beinspiredworks
Listen last night brought back so many great memories! #poetryunpluggedmke was an ENTIRE vibe last night!! We had a time last night honey🔥🔥🔥 @iamikan @notjustfaces @blkgalscorpian
@iamikan we ready!!! #poetryunpluggedmke 🔥🔥🔥
Poetry Unplugged: The Poetry Unplugged Pop Up Poetry Unplugged Role Call From 2003-2015 With a one-year hiatus PU , The Peoples University, the most consistent entertainment event in the City of Milwaukee The Ohhhhh!!!!!’ Every Tuesday night night , hundreds would gather for the experience known as (Poetry) Unplugged… Well Like any schooling the , Graduating class, So poets what group or class were you and what group did rep City Club m, Taboo, Onyx, Soche , N2, N1 Poetry Pit Taboo , Poetry Pit N2, Hillside, Will Hundreds , Fox Point , lol… #PoetryUnpluggedMke #ourstorymke #theculture
Save The Date NEXT Thursday , 12/15/22 We Have To Do A Poetry Unplugged Before The Year Ends #poetryUNpluggedMKE #PU20years #popupPOETRYUNPLUGGED MORE DETAILS
So where should we do PU , club and what city … talk to me #poetryunpluggedMKE #spokenword #blackmilwaukee #TheInstitution
Last Night The Queen Tore It Down , @boutmybizz1 this is one of the reasons we bringing @Poetry Unpplugged Mke Back #poetrycommunity #poetryunpluggedMKE #blackwomanmagic #spokenwordMke #blackmke #ourstory
Blackman Poetry by @boutmybizz1 salt queen for speaking to the soul of us ; lifting us up … Here is a whole word for you ….Listen #blackpower #melanin #ourstory #blackpoetry #formypeople #formabrothas #poetryunpluggedmke #spokenwordartist #blackmanempowerment #dearblackboy #mysistaskeepher #beinspiredworks #legacylanguage #blackpoetrymatters #realmenrealtalkmke
Shells Rockin The Mic #poetryunpluggedmke
We have come a long way ; from sitting on a park bench drinking 40’s, to being in the basement on the couch with nothing but dreams that were turning to nightmares, from taking a bus ride 90 something miles north…to odd jobs , poetry in bars where people talked loud, to standing at open mics hoping to get on the list and finally being told if you change your content you will get more opportunities and if you leave you will become more notarized , gain more attention, get noticed, Well I say this “If you set your self on fire the world will come see you burn”. Don King (message not the messenger) Not bad for a throwaway kid from the westside of Chi… #tedxtalks #tedtalkspeaker #pulaskiroad #westsideofCHI #redemption #resilience #spokenword #speaker #motivationalspeakers #delanoschoolchicago #marshallhighChicago #itspossible #faith #legacylanguage #beinspiredworks #poetryunpluggedMKE #delano #dearblackboy #dearbrownboy
Good God Morning family, If someone should read this .. TWO WORDS TODAY DIRECTION & DESTINATION Give me two words positive words Today #blackmke #poetryunpluggedmke #nextlevel #kwais53 #spokenword #legacylanguage #brinspiredworks
Join Me Tonight For my Feature @ The Q 2730 N Doctor M.L.K. Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53212 #spokenwordMKE #blackmke #poetryunpluggedMKE #eyestilldoPOETRY #spokenword #wedoitforthecultureMKE #founder #beinspiredworks
Join Me Tonight For my Feature @ The Q 2730 N Doctor M.L.K. Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53212 #spokenwordMKE #blackmke #poetryunpluggedMKE #eyestilldoPOETRY #spokenword #wedoitfortheculture
Join Me Tomorrow for Kwabena Pull Up, “eye still do poetry “ bars, or steel bars concentrate or concrete resilience or obsolete rise or defeat.... accapella or beat college or the streets wars or peace no vegetarian, more beef hearded like cattle slavery chattel service indentured nothing gained nothing ventured klu klux klan same as police chalk gallaries friday is a formality emergency room 2am calls mothers screams body falls car screech bottles pop bodies drop molly popped modern hip hop sound like hop-scotch music loud like weed the need for greed\ has replaced self esteeem #poetrycommunity #poetryunpluggedmke #gohigherwithpurpose
Join Award Winning Author , Nationally Known poet , educator and speaker.. For APull Up@Performance This Tuesday Night @The Q This Tuesday Night “EYE STILL DO POETRY “ #soulunpluggedmke #poetryunpluggedMKE #wedoitforthecultureMKE #spokenwordcommunity #blackmke
Great opportunity to host the #redcarpet for top #libra @iamikan #birthdayparty in the #deerdistrict #downtownmilwaukee #mkenights #soulunpluggedmke #poetryunpluggedmke #legacy #culture #freshlyspeaking
I have the pleasure of standing with the queen @dasha_kellham in our days we had moments, but nothing of admiration, she opens the doors of the city an introduced us to spoken-word , A night at The Mecca was a night like a all star showcase , in one night @muhibbdyer @dan Vaughn , @ BlackART , a young @boutmybizz1 @coredjvel2 @1autumnblaze @spitfireshine and so many more , so let me give you flowers now … #portlaurent #ourstory #spokenwordpoetry #blackmke #poetryunpluggedmke
Kwa Bash Soul Unplugged 2.0/Kwa BDay Bash : "Let's Gather" Staring Kwabena Antoine Nixon , THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOVIE Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/421693264907 #kwaturns53 #celebrate #poetryunpluggedmke #PHOTOSHOOTFRESH
Calling young poets!! (Closet writers, classic writers, first timers too) Connect with @boutmybizz1 Of @mysistaskeepher #spokenword #youthpoetryslam #teenpoetry #wordsandlife #yourvoicemustbeheard #poetryunpluggedmke #poetry #spokenwordpoetry
Be Inspired Works @unite_wi will bring you another soulful session and the greatest Block Club Party in The City SoulunpluggedMKE featuring JazzMen Mke with @nathan mayfield on the trumpet and the living legend @homerblow on the turntables; happy Bday Hip-Hop If you are not there don’t blame us , tomorrow @soul unplugged on the porch , oh yeah and a special Shotout to @bronzevilleweek for collaborating with @soul unplugged On The Porch #soulunpluggedMKE #beinspiredworks #soulmusic #outdoorevents #poetryunpluggedmke
Yep that’s it ; we do it for the love We do it for the people We do it for the loved ones lost We do it for the ones who believe , tired, worn out, and exhausted With that being said ; We WE DID IT FOR RHE CULTURE #ceasarstinson #rihceasarstinson #blackartsfest #begrateful #blackmke #milwaukeegotTALENT #soulunpluggedmke #poetryunpluggedmke
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What: PU Juneteenth Edition @Outside @ The African Holocaust Museum Sunday 6/19/22 230-330p The Poetry Unplugged Experience Juneteenth All-Star Line Up Hosted By Kwabena Antoine Nixon, Music by Core DJ Vell ftrng some of the hottest spoken-word artists in The City #poetryunpluggedmke #poetrycommunity #poetryuniversity
What: PU Juneteenth Edition @Outside @ The African Holocaust Museum Sunday 6/19/22 230-330p The Poetry Unplugged Experience Juneteenth All-Star Line Up Hosted By Kwabena Antoine Nixon, Music by Core DJ Vell ftrng some of the hottest spoken-word artists in The City #poetrycommunity #poetryunpluggedmke #soulunpluggedMKE #juneteenth #wedoitforthecultureMKE
(POETRY) Unplugged @The Onyx , the explosion, the take off .. The beginning of so many things and these ladies, became essential to @poetryunpluggedmke , Every Tuesday it got bigger and bigger , so I reached out to @nakiaali53 By the time we were done , 500 people would come to a poetry showcase , thousand would march through the neighborhood against violence, we would create a movement and by 2009 we would shut the city down with the 40/40 party #mileproductions #poetryunpluggedmke #puarchives #ourstory #wedpitfortheculturemke
The Big 3 , it was the best of times with the team … @coredjvell, Ma Man Mike Aka get it done Whitley , doing the thing …. We owned 2009-2010 we are getting ready to celebrate 20 years #classicnights #poetryunpluggedmke #thegoldenageMKE #PUMKE #originators #soulunpluggedontheporch #spokenwordMKE
The Big 3 , it was the best of times with the team … @coredjvell, Ma Man Mike Aka get it done Whitley , doing the thing …. We owned 2009-2010 we are getting ready to celebrate 20 years #classicnights #poetryunpluggedmke #thegoldenageMKE #PUMKE #originators
If I have to tell you ; then what we have done is not worth it .. I am the poet he is the Dj #poetryunpluggedmke #wedoitforthecultureMKE #legacylanguage #muea #founders #thethingswehavedone #beinspired #
Here is a classic moment, we had no home for PU so we hit the road looking for land and as Vell said , “Kwa we liquid, we can fit anywhere. @coredjvell @poetnmoetion3bm @muhibbdyer @nixon.tina @boutmybizz1 and myself on the road locking it down , man those were some good times This ourstory @p.u.mke_archives #poetryunpluggedmke #spokenwordpoetry #blackmke #wedoitfortheculture❤️💚 #beinspiredworks #legacylanguage #blackpoet #3bm #thestartofthings
Ma fam is home #mile #poetryunpluggedmke #mapeople There would be no culture without them these ladies made us great , #blackwomen
Poetry Unplugged me hosting the kickoff of the Iconic 13 Tuesdays #poetryunpluggedmke #spokenwordpoetry #ourstory #wedoitfortgecultureMKE #thethingswedid #tuesdaynightpoetry #blackpoetryMKE
Finer moments from Poetry Unplugged Archives for at 13 years The City was privy to the livest open experience every Tuesday, and every Tuesday we would change the narrative of what spoken word was supposed to look , like sound and feel like…. We took it from the coffee house to the nightclubs, we took it from the hallways of academia and moved it to the classroom…. In short we created a culture #poetryunpluggedmke #wedoitfortheculturemke
Today @ the New Suite Black Coffee 2033 W. Fond Du Lac #blackowned #ourstory #spokenwordpoetry #poetryunpluggedmke #thebeginning #rihceasarstinson
The fam holding it down @courtneykelz @gauliensmith @boutmybizz1 #breakingbread #beinspiredworks #blackmke #myculture #myskinisblack #PepperPotonMLK #bronzevilleMKE #bronzevilleMLK #wefoitfortheculturemke #poetryunpluggedmke #jamaicanfood #goodfood #jamiacancuisine #jerkchicken #jerkeggrolls😜
The one and only @courtneykelz always making it happen, remembering when she invited me to Pepper Pot at Dwight’s house now we are enjoying a taste of Jamaican food #breakingbread #beinspiredworks #blackmke #myculture #myskinisblack #PepperPotonMLK #bronzevilleMKE #bronzevilleMLK #wefoitfortheculturemke #poetryunpluggedmke #jamaicanfood #goodfood #jamiacancuisine #jerkchicken #jerkeggrolls😜
One Luv to ma brotha Dwight, for opening Pepper Pot On MLK.. what a dream come through… just imagined this brotha started from his kitchen, catered at clubs all over the city, opened a small place on Capitol Drive , purchased a food truck and now a restaurant on MLK , if you are reading this know that is power in the process , salute king Pepper Pot #breakingbread #beinspiredworks #blackmke #myculture #myskinisblack #PepperPotonMLK #bronzevilleMKE #bronzevilleMLK #wefoitfortheculturemke #poetryunpluggedmke #jamaicanfood #goodfood #jamiacancuisine #jerkchicken #jerkeggrolls😜
What up family; checking in from the new Jamaican Restaurant, but a old mainstay for the MKE community Pepper Pot #beinspiredworks #blackmke #myculture #myskinisblack #PepperPotonMLK #bronzevilleMKE #bronzevilleMLK #wefoitfortheculturemke #poetryunpluggedmke #jamaicanfood #goodfood #jamiacancuisine #jerkchicken #jerkeggrolls
YOU DON’T have to remind others of your ValYOU; but it’s important that you remind yourself #beinspiredworks #motivationalspeaker #legacylanguage #thepricewentup #author #poetryunpluggedmke #motivationalspeaker #spokenwordpoetry #blackcool #dearblackboy #organizer #igotit #realmenrealtalkmke #authentic #facilitator
Dear Black Boy I am talking to you … I am looking at you , I am looking in the mirror 🪞, If eye can see you in me, then you must see yourself in me … You are me 3 decades ago, and I am you 3 decades later….yep I have wore your Jordan’s before, but you have yet to wear my suit, I have been uncertain, afraid, ashamed and embarrassed, but I have also been triumphant, Resilent, accomplished, inspiring …and brilliant… young king if you see success in me , it is only bcz I see the same in you … So Dear Black Boy tell your future self “we are the one we have been in waiting on ,.. beinspiredworks #legacylanguage #motivationalspeaker #dearblackboy #changethenarrative #poetryunpluggedmke #author #writer #speaker #blackeducator #motivationforlife #blackboymotivation #socialemotionallearning #iwillnotdieyoung #floodthehoodwithdreams #yourstorrymatters
Thanks to Lisa Litzsey, an the Institute for Urban Education University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for allowing me to facilitate a session that gave voice to young people of color a chance to speak on their MPS experience, their struggles, their situations and also how they coped with high school during Covid…, civil unrest while maintaining in their own lives. Thanks to our sponsor @Dr. SHANDOWLYON, LLC For her generous stipend to our participants Author , Coach and Consultant www.shandowlyon.com Thanks to @marquisevoss for capturing the experience on film and with camera #beinspiredworks #legacylanguage #motivationalspeaker #dearblackboy #changethenarrative #poetryunpluggedmke #author #writer #speaker #blackeducator #motivationforlife #blackboymotivation #socialemotionallearning #iwillnotdieyoung #floodthehoodwithdreams #yourstorrymatters
Good God Morning family Truth Tuesday, The greatest lie we tell ourselves is; “I had no choice.”, The greatest truth you will ever tell yourself is”There is always a choice “-IKAN Family what’s a tough choice you had to make that turned out for the best…. #beinspiredworks #legacylanguage #realmenrealtalk2022 #process #Grateful #LegacySeason #poet #speaker #author #writer #beinspiredworks #INNERG #legacyseason #legacylanguage #goodGodmorning #poet #spokenwordartist #poetrycommunitymke #poetryunpluggedMKE #dailyinspiration #iamikan #dailymotivation