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4.21.24 - As the story was told to me, since I had already meandered into the gas station to get a bag of chips for breakfast, a car pulled up to the pump behind us. The car door creaked open revealing a middle-aged man stepping out to pump gas. Before he could tend to the thing he came to the gas station to do, this man fixated a gaze upon our vehicle in front of him.
You see, the band and I were on tour, and our tour bus was a modified short school bus displaying a windshield graveyard of bugs, a painted-black body with âThe Blendâ makeshift stenciled onto the side, and tires donning tread running thinner than our bank accounts. We were at the tail end of an East Coast tour, and to say it mildly, we looked like a band of unsuccessful bank robbers whoâd narrowly escaped the law without a penny to show for it⌠and this man, now staring at our tour bus, was possibly thinking this as well.
His gaze, now locked in for a questionable amount of time, appeared to be surfacing a melancholy flashback through his eyes. Perhaps the tour bus represented some piece of unfinished business from his past? Maybe he realized he shouldâve never given up the guitar? Who could know, but the man now in a staring contest with an inanimate object.
Some members of the band say he saw the ghost of his creative past in the tour bus. Whatever he was thinking, weâll never truly know.
What I do know is that regardless of the artistic disagreements, the ânot feeling enoughâ feelings, the âwhy havenât we made it yet?â questions, the eternal tests from the universe you face as a creative, that bus was a statement that we hadnât given up on our dream. The bus was a declaration of belief. We had a vision and we weâre gettinâ after it.
And today, as I celebrate another trip around the sun, that vision remains. Some days may be clearer than others. Some songs may take longer than others. Some paths may be entirely uphill. However it rolls out, the only advice Iâll give you today as an artist is: Keep Going. Even when you make it there⌠keep going. Because someday you may find yourself staring at what could have been and wondering why you stopped.
Get after it yâall.
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My new music video is OUT NOW!!!
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4 former & current officers are arrested for the killing of Breonna Taylor,
Ron DeSantis releases a new fragrance, and
Brittney Griner is now a political prisoner... all on a new episode of
GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!
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An exhaustive video regarding the Minneapolis Police Department's killing of Tekle Sunberg.
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From Kenosha, WI to Glynn County, GA to Prior Lake, MN to Plymouth, MN and back to Minneapolis, MN, we gotchu.
GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!!! LETS GET IT!
https://youtu.be/qdHrwM4pyAM
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I had the privilege of directing a short film that involved a very talented young actor. We discussed relative experiences in middle school, and the immediate familiarity with the punitive system set within schools that disproportionately target young Black men.
Weeks later, called to march for two youth (Marcoz and Alyjah) who had lost their lives after they had been run off the road by the Ramsey County Sheriffâs Dept, Saint Paul Police Dept, and Maplewood Police Dept, I saw this young, very talented actor again.
Right then, I knew that he was most likely friends with Marcoz or Alyjah.
We spoke for a minute, and then went along our way for the rest of the march.
You see, for Black communities (and many communities of color), there is a legacy and lived history of experiencing police brutality. The psychological affects are undeniable. The trauma is undeniable. The grieving is undeniable.
However, I know that us showing up time and time again to say enough is enough, will change this country as weâve known it.
đ¸: @kingdemetriuspendleton
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