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Fatherhood | #TheArtHype
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Listen, I’m just trying to be the father I never had. That’s word to my mother. 2020 has been a whirlwind, but we are still here THRIVING.
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I am not a father without my wife. Thank you for being you babes. @glo

Milestone | #TheArtHype
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Five years, 60 months, 260 weeks, or 1,825 days—however you count it, it all adds up to love.
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2020 was to be our travel year. Mexico City for @hellokbello + @lost_angles wedding. Nigeria for @ruthjabbzy wedding and m

Melanin | #TheArtHype
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In the photo series @moonmelanin, I asked each person what the first word the my thoughts of when they heard the word melanin. Here are their stories:
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Melanin
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“By definition is a dark brown to black pigment occurring

Fire Fighter | #TheArtHype
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“I've come upon something that disturbs me deeply. We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know we will win, but I have come to believe that we are integrating into a burning

Reform | #TheArtHype
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“An attempt to create a new conceptual terrain for imagining alternatives to imprisonment involves the ideological work of questioning why "criminals" have been constituted as a class and, indeed, a class of hum

Resistance | #TheArtHype
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In the photo series @moonmelanin, I asked each person what the first word the my thoughts of when they heard the word melanin. Here are their stories:
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RESISTANCE
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“Melanin is understanding power and privilege. Litt

Royalty | #TheArtHype
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In the photo series @moonmelanin, I asked each person what the first word the my thoughts of when they heard the word melanin. Here are their stories:
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ROYALTY
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“Straight definition tip - our skin embodies royal blood

Help | #TheArtHype
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"If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.&

Queen Support | #TheArtHype
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“I had no idea history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”
Rosa Parks, 1994
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Saw a friend, @suck_my_nick who had been giving out free drinks and fruits to protesters all day and plans to come out

Target | #TheArtHype
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“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying. We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against t

United | #TheArtHype
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“Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed.”
Fannie Lou Hamer, 1971
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#blackblack #blavity #blacklivesmatter #moonmelanin #blm #blmprotest

Deep | #TheArtHype
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In the photo series @moonmelanin, I asked each person what the first word the my thoughts of when they heard the word melanin. Here are their stories:
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DEEP
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“The depths of beauty. So many colors to melanin. The darkest o

Moon Melanin | #TheArtHype
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I was tasked to revisit this series from my friend @mike.ant. Who told me to “post the series because it’s dark, black, powerful and uplifting. Thanks bro, needed the reminder that our stories must always

Fists Up | #TheArtHype
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Shot this in 2016 in an effort to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. .
Today the image means so much more.
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“The youth are the closed fist of the fight”.
- @thearthype -
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We are still fig

Resilient | #TheArtHype
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The word my friend @mayowacojo chose to describe his melanin during our @moonmelanin shoot session last year. Little did I know this shoot would be one of our last.
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“My skin represents resiliency. Time and time again

Moments | #TheArtHype
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Learning to cherish the peace and tranquillity my sons are afforded in this moment. At ages 2 and 1 they still get to enjoy being children.
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There is a SCARY wide world waiting for them, not in 10 years more like 4. I commend

Make Time, Take Time | #TheArtHype
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STOP EVERYTHING! Yes its actually ok to stop everything and take a break. This moment has taught me to step away. I take several breaks in the day to journal, laugh and listen to music. Pairing these moments with

Perfect Peace | #TheArtHype
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“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you.”
Hannah Harrington
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Captured By: @jive.shot

Keep Your Head Up | #TheArtHype
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If there was anyone who I would endorse to be a visual talent of sorts it would be Brandii “with two i’s”. Brandii is one of my biggest supports and champions and when my stuff was stolen she initia

Embrace The Mothers | #TheArtHype
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@glowbytasha you already know what it is. You the mother of my kids man! All I can do is show you that I understand and appreciate you. Happy Mother’s Day!
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“Mother’s love is peace. It need not b