Full Catalogue of Public Diary Entries from Ed Fields Beloved, I began writing public diary entries to demystify the space I occupy in local government. My goal is to take readers beyond the brevity of a social media post or news flash to help them understand how things work at…

JID is an emergent artist with a catalog, skill, and community credibility to claim the crown as one of the best of his generation — “Lemme bear it all when I’m tellin’ God/ You know I’ma rant [Morant] when I talk to Jah.” — JID, “Dance Now”, The Forever Story Hip Hop is still young enough to see the unique influence of one artist on successive artists that follow them. …

The Biden Administration’s aggressive student loan program is having a transformational impact on Black American households — It was 11:00 pm on a Tuesday night. My family was asleep and the house was finally cooling from the oppressive summer heat that had been beating down on it all day. I was casually checking my personal e-mail when I noticed a new message from my student loan processor. …

Teaching peace in the midst of warring principalities — “We don’t hit people,” I admonished. “But, Daddy, he pinched me first!” he retorted. This was just a part of the conversation I had with my 4-year-old son, August, as I walked him to the door of the barbershop on a lazy Saturday morning. We arrived too early. …

Every generation contributes to the next, for better… —

My entire life changed with the utterance of three short verses — Big Daddy Kane was my very first favorite rapper. I will never forget the first time I heard him. Well, technically, I didn’t hear him but I heard a 13-year-old kid reciting his lyrics. I was about a year late in discovering Kane because I sat out of school for…

L-Boogie’s legacy is marred by her shenanigans — “Bow in the presence of greatness/ ’cause right now, thou hast forsaken us/ you should be honored by my lateness/ that I would even show up to this fake sh*t/” - Kanye West, Stronger, Graduation There are two artists of my generation whose talents, catalogs, and fan bases are rivaled…

perspective from the least of us —

i know what i do for you —