Hussle tha Great

Nip is the only rapper that could say he was the Tupac of his generation and you could look at him, listen to his music, his interviews & see it. I think he did better than Pac. I don't say that about anybody, and folks make posts about artist better than Pac, I resist the urge to comment. 

Nipsey Hussle made an impact, he did for his community, he was a leader, a father, a great example of a strong black man. Antisimp, yet his girl loved him & he loved his girl. He was a stand-up guy. It's hard not to SMH, or feel something about his death because his influence was real. Life ain't fair, but that's just how life is. Nipsey will always be among my top 10 favorite rappers. Happy Birthday & rest in peace, King.

19 Year Old Mother of 2 Shot After Failed Robbery Attempt [UPDATE]

Image listening to a wack, man-hating brawd on Twitter tell you that if you can't get what you want out of men, rob them, and instead of going on about your life & finding someone who will give you what you desire, you set a man up for robbery & end your night in critical condition due to a bullet wound to the head. That was the case for Sijeria Parks.

19-year-old woman shot after inviting man over to rob him, police say

You're now fighting for your life & if you just so happen to survive, you gotta fight for your life in court for a felony charge.

This pic to the left seems to be the post that sparked what happened.

The universe tends to work itself out as it should, the internet doesn't give a Fuck & somehow, someway, it's straight black men fault.

UPDATE: I've recently learned that she has passed away. Her family turned her account into a Memorialized account. 

Some reports say that she was brain dead & in a coma. This is an unfortunate way for someone to go, at the age of 19 & leaving behind 2 kids. It's in the best interest of black women to avoid listening to man-hating women on social media, it won't end well for you.

Nipsey Hussle's Baby Mom Says Family Cut Her Off

Do women even hear themselves when they speak? Since she's been cut off financially, she can't even pay her own rent. Nip provided her with the lifestyle she's accustomed to, and now without him being here, she can't pay her own bills, she can't pay her own rent & she's struggling.

It's like I've been saying all along, and that's that females are paid to be mothers. If you can't provide for yourself, how can you take care of a child? If you can't provide for your child without the help of your child's other parent, you aren't fit to be the parent of that child.

Men have to get jobs, provide pay statements, proof of residency & it has to be enough room for his child, he has to make enough for food, clothes & other expenses his child may need.

so he has to be able to afford to have children otherwise he can't even see them.

It should be no different for mothers

Just because you gave birth to a child, doesn't mean you're fit to be a mother.

NIPSEY HUSSLEBaby Mama Says ...I'M NOT AN UNFIT MOTHER

If Food Stamps had a Commercial

This Facebook page it'd be a good idea to post this as a meme, & I came through with the inverse.

I already exposed the truth about the abuse of welfare & it isn't black people who mostly abuse it.

The Truth About Welfare & Race

It's funny, white people create memes further pushing stereotypes, & when we do the inverse to them they want to report you pics & play dumb. I created this meme below years ago when they created a meme called "shit black guys do" & it featured all the stereotypes about black men & they kept reporting it.

So I made this;

It got taken down & I'd put it right back up.

I put it up on my IG account & they keep reporting it.
I wish white people could take a joke as well as they take other people's land. ... Or as well as they take their sisters virginity.

Staying on Code Means Ignoring All the Facts

It's June, Leaving Neverland came out in January & the editors that wrote this article (Guilty even when proven innocent) are just going act like the documentary 

Michael Jackson

 wasn't pulled after the so-called "victims", contradicted themselves in the documentary and they weren't discredited. You can add AOL editors to the list of fools we won't be taking seriously.

"Where do we go from here" How about a public apology. Donating towards his estate as well.

Staying on Code Means Ignoring All the Facts, sounds about white.

Attention Whoring/Trolling Fails; the Today Edition

So a troll stole a porn stars pics and posed as her just to get exposed while trolling? Weird flex, but aight. What should we call this? Failed catfish trolling?

Low Tier God [Simp of the day]

LTG (Low Tier God as some may know him as) is a popular gamer who streams. He's a variety streamer, but most famous for playing Street Fighter.

Someone sent me a compilation of his girlfriend, Alaina, disrespecting him live on his streams, and he doesn't do anything about it but yell at her and that's why he's the simp of the day. (I provided the video below).

On a side note; he's also a coon, but this isn't about that.

Struggling in the Black Community as a Black Man, [Part 2].

Part 2 of my post about struggling in the black community as a black man.

Consider this an add-on bonus, dlc even, for the main game.

Investments, networking. Building relationships. Self-defense. Keeping what you've built so far, and building further. Finding something to do during the struggle, to distract you from it.

In my first post I talked about gaining stability. Getting a job that you can tolerate for up to a year maybe a year and a half, & that paid the bills. Grinding until you've met a goal you set for yourself.

Be it an apartment & moving out on your own, a car, etc.

Now it's time to put the money you've save to good use so that when the opportunity presents itself, you can either leave your job or worker fewer hours.

For instance, if I had a business or business idea, I'd stack and put aside a certain amount so that I could use it as captain for the business idea & keep stacking elsewhere.

Someone in the previous post pointed out side hustles. You can also ask your bank to invest some of your paper so that you get something while it's just sitting there (besides savings interests). My homie he told me he did this. He took about $5000 of his money & had his bank invest it on his behalf. You can also ask the bank to reinvest your returns.

Network with other Black men, there's something inspiring about know what other brothers are doing, you never r know if they may have a link or plug that might help you make some paper on the side. Build relationships with other like-minded Black men.

Women have this thing where if they spend enough time together their periods sync up, we as men kinda sync up as well but not like that (obviously), when we have a bond with one another and someone has good news, we all usually start to get good news as well. Same thing when we get bad news, it keeps you on your toes. Life has a way of reminding you not to get too comfortable because you are black.

This really should have been first. Find a distraction during the grind. Be it video games or watching Netflix, streaming on twitch or listening to music. Without something to distract you, the grind can seem boring. If I didn't have the internet, my PS3/PS4 are stocked with games I can play until things get better. I have a game boy advance so, a DS & 3DS with plenty of games, I can watch backlogs of movies on a 500gb external hard drive. Tons of music. I can also sharpen my skills in whatever business I have an interest in. Software on my laptops that would help me write my next book if I choose to. I also have a collection of books.

Whatever helps keep you out of trouble, go for it.

You could also learn self-defense if you haven't.

At the same time, in some situations, it's ok to let go of petty things. A mofo trying to win against you and you're already living, doing well, let them win, it's a small petty victory. That's the only W they'll ever get. I ain't saying let someone who punched you in the face slide, but arguments, arguments aren't ever going to benefit you when your opponent is a loser.

In closing;

Build relationships, keep what you've built so far & build even further. Find something to do during the struggle, to distract you from it. -SSM

Struggling in the Black Community as a Black Man, How To Overcome.

Struggling in the black community as a black man, how to overcome.

From personal experience & a bit of observing some homies, as black men, it ain't easy for us to persevere. You're trying to live life dealing with the system of white supremacy, & You have black women who treat you like an enemy (including your own mother), which doesn't make getting your shit together or getting back on your feet easy.

In some situations, you're going to have to not be so prideful. First things first is establishing a place to stay & getting a job (if you don't have one). Wherever you can stay temporarily until you can get better options, take it for as long as you can tolerate them as another person you have to live with. You can start with renting a room if you can't live with a relative. 

As far as a job, I recommend a Field that pays enough to pay your rent & bills, and that you can tolerate to work at. If you can tolerate working at McDonald's, standing up on your feet for 8 hours & dealing with belligerent customers, go for it.

I'd prefer jobs that have a lot of downtime, like the UPS (which has benefits after you've been there after probation period) or direct care work (home Healthcare). If you find the right clients in direct care work & you build enough rapport with them, you can create temporary stability because they'll always want to work with you, so you'll always have hours. If they have other aids & they like you more than them, there's a chance you'll get the opportunity to get more hours and tons of overtime. If you have a lot of downtime in your shifts, you'll time to think & write out goals. The ultimate goal is stability. Use the down time to find out what you want to do with your life, and while you're not working, you can investigate how to get into that field. You can also research investments opportunities as well. If the worst case scenario is you getting fired, bam! Backup plans. If you have to, get a 2nd job, make both of them part time. You'll probably be getting 20 hours from both. You don't have any kids so you'll have the time to work them & rest & think. The ups is like that. You can pick the shift you want to work. Same with direct care work. 

Fuck the weekends. For a while, until you're resources are straight, fuck the weekends. Them bitches are meaningless anyway. Your weekends are your days off. If your days off are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Monday is now your Friday.

Keep your bills to a minimum. 

Rent, phone & food bill until you can afford otherwise.

If you have to have internet, get that shit in a phone plan. Until you make enough to afford the internet or cable, do without them. Right now in Philly, the cheapest internet bill for Comcast is about $40 for 100mbps, that's not including equipment rental. If you can afford that, then go for it. But you also want to be saving towards a goal, like a new car, getting your own place, because you're going to want the space & peace of mind. You want to get away from the noisy, negative, unproductive bulshit. 

You want the next video game console & them expensive as shit video games. You want to afford Netflix, Hulu and whatever other streaming service. You want to afford better food & the option to build better credit & a gym membership. Whatever is your thing, you want to get it.

Food wise, buy what you can afford. Get food stamps if you qualify. Don't be prideful about that. You paid taxes all them years, now that you need to get on your feet, it's your turn to benefit from the snap program until you get on your feet. Also you can probably stop by your local church and get free food from them. You might need to show ID & sign some paper work, but carrying a bag (box) of food home is the goal.

Stick to stable food. A cartoon of eggs will last you 5 days. Boil them bitches. Boil water, add eggs, let cook for 12-15 minutes & then let them sit in an ice bath. Easy to peel. 2 eggs a day will last you till Sunday. Ground beef or a pack of burger patties, cheese (slices), bread, pasta sauce, pasta, bacon, canned veggies, you can do a million different recipes with ground beef & pasta. Make spaghetti, learn to cook. With YouTube, there's no excuses. Wherever you work has WiFi, get the password & create playlist of recipes. I know a guy who ate hamburger helper for years because he didn't learn. It you know how to read you know how to cook. Don't be cheap on the butter though. Get real butter, not that margarine shit or I can't believe it's not butter, or that vegetable spread crap. If it don't say milk or cream & salt, it's fake, bugs won't eat that shit. Get seasonings. Stable seasons are, garlic powder, salt, pepper, & onion powder. Get a bag of onions, green peppers. If you have a supermarket that sells cooked chicken, grab that shit. You paying $5-7 bucks for a whole chicken, it cost way more at fast food joints & it last longer. 1 bird with last a week. Coffee (if you drink it), a case of water. But as soon as you can afford it, go for the water purifier container. Get 2. This probably a $50 a week grocery bill. What you save from not having to but weekly, buy better quality food.

Best places to shop for food Aldi or save a lot. Aldi is upgrading, so save a lot is the cheaper option. If you have a car, Walmart is good too. $70 a week goes a long way. You want to be spending $100 as a single man with no kids. The best cereals, the best quality meats, cheese, fish, you're going to be spending somewhere around $100 or more. You're going to want to afford almond milk.

When you find out what you want to do, or the goal you're after, grind. When opportunities come up, take them shits. As long as you don't have to sell your soul, take them. When I was walking because my car died, every car that drove by me all those months I had to walk, I keep saying to myself; one day, I'm going to be driving again. One day it's going to be one of those cars. When I wasn't sure how I was going to pay rent, I kept telling myself I would be living better. Not just surviving. I'm in survival mode, but I won't be forever. It's a cliche, I know, but it was all I had. You grind and keep grinding. You eat in, you cook your own meals, you go without things you don't need until you can afford them, it's not going to kill you. You'll be filling up a tank of gas, while everyone else is complaining about gas prices. 

If I got the car I had better options to earn paper. If I built my credit up, I'd have better options for a home. You set goals & when you complete them you set other goals. I didn't care if I was working a job that paid $10, because it paid bills. It would allow me to stack. And when the overtime came, it was a bonus. That's all I have for now. If you got questions, shoot them below or hit my inbox. -SSM