NatGeo’s The Race Issue

On April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 By Loupy DIn Africa, anthropology, blogging, creative nonfiction, culture, dna, genetics, geography, photography, raceLeave a comment

It's been used to define and separate people for millennia. But the concept of race is not grounded in genetics.

#springishere

On March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 By Loupy DIn blogging, creative nonfiction, literary journal, Real World Problems, seasonLeave a comment

...people can bring vibes into your life that can cripple you like kryptonite on Superman!

The Saga Continues…

On December 24, 2017January 23, 2018 By Loupy DIn 90's hip hop, blogging, Golden Age of Hip hop, hip-hop, music journalism, rap, Wu Tang ClanLeave a comment

Twenty years ago, I was working for a magazine called Kronick, The Underground Chronicle. Everyone in L.A. - if they had any connection to the underground hip hop scene - knew about the Kronick. It got it's name from the official soundtrack of the West Coast dropped by Dr. Dre in '92, but the Kronick …

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Hospitalized: Redo

On December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 By Loupy DIn 90's hip hop, black fathers, blogging, creative nonfiction, fatherhood, film, Golden Age of Hip hop, hip-hop, hospital, literary journal, memoir, parenting, rap, season, writingLeave a comment

The next song on my playlist was Deja Vu by Teena Marie. The words to that song took on a whole new meaning for me, and I cried my eyes out as I listened to it over and over again, until I decided that it was time for me to do something new...