DAD IS NOT A NOUN

On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I had the privilege to talk to Snack Bandits Dad Ja’Rell on discipline, strength, and structure when it comes to raising daughters.

Ja'Rell is the father of Dakota and Dylan better known as the Snack Bandits, they have taken social media by storm with over 15millon views on all social media as well as Dakota founding her love for makeup artistry which also has gone viral and with the help of mom and dad created her own brand and makeup line called Paint With Dakota.  (www.paintwithdakota.com)

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DINAN intro produced by Amerigo Gazaway

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On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I chatted it up Nigerian writer, film director, motion graphics editor, comic publisher, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of SPOOF Animation,

CEO of Mustardseed Communication and founder/conveyner of the Lagos Comic Convention Ayodele "DreamMaker"  Elegba on the Blerd industry  in Africa...

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On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I had the privilege to talk to Real Dads Network Founder and CEO Derek Phillips and Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali on black fatherhood and policy. As we live in the social media world where the image of black fatherhood has become viral and profitable for a few, but I wanted to touch on how we haven't discuss or mobilized black fathers to understand the significance of getting into how we can affect social change through  policies.

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On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I had the opportunity to talk to filmmaker Skinner Myers on  fatherhood  and his featured film "The Sleeping Negro," confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.

ADIFF-DC 2021 opens with "The Sleeping Negro" directed by Skinner Myers, a strong, thought-provoking drama that tells us the story of an African American man struggling with racism in America. Ulkar Alakbarova (moviemovesme.com) calls it “a superb character study of a black man […] surreal yet real and terrifying.” The Sleeping Negro had its world premiere at Slamdance 2021.

August 13th-19th

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SKINNER MYERS is an award-winning filmmaker based out of Los Angeles. He has written and directed 11 films, including La Tierra del Exodo, Nightmares by the Sea, Things of Beauty Burn and Frank Embree, which took home the Grand Jury Award at Hollyshorts. His feature film debut, The Sleeping Negro, will have its Georgia premiere at the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival. Myers has studied at Columbia, Brooklyn College, the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is currently pursuing a PhD in Film Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam.

On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I had the honor to talk to Liverpool FC's First Black Football Player Howard Gayle on the current state of racisms in football due to events of Euro2021. Also, he talked about his book 61 Minutes In Munich: The Story of Liverpool FC's First Black Footballer.

In April 1981, Howard Gayle was summoned from the substitutes' bench and sent on to play for Liverpool in the second leg of a European Cup semi-final at German champions Bayern Munich.

The previous October, by filling the same role at Manchester City, he became the first black footballer in Liverpool’s 89-year history to play at first team level.

Gayle's Liverpool career proved to be short. He would pull on the red shirt only five times in total, scoring once.

Yet he is remembered as a trailblazer. In 61 Minutes in Munich, Gayle takes you inside his life: bringing the shutters down on a childhood spent between Toxteth and Norris Green, two contrasting areas of Liverpool. He details life on the streets, the racism, the other forms of abuse, of which he has only told a handful of people before, and his ascent from teenage football hooligan to a player with Europe's leading club.

Gayle explains what it was like to be a black man with a sense of insecurity inside a Liverpool dressing room at the most successful point in the club's history, a place where only the strongest survived.

In Munich, Gayle ran Bayern's defenders ragged and is credited by many as the catalyst for Liverpool’s progression to the final. And yet, by being substituted after 61 minutes on the pitch, he reveals his dismay at never being trusted to keep his cool in the most tense of environments.

Gayle takes you to Newcastle, to Birmingham City, to Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers. He takes you back his modest home in the south end of Liverpool where it all began.

Part social-history, part-autobiography, 61 Minutes in Munich is an exposition of life in the city of Liverpool during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. Above all it examines how a pioneer like Gayle has been up against it from the moment he was born.

DINAN intro produced by Amerigo Gazaway

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DINAN intro lyrics by Skyzoo

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On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I had the opportunity to chat it up with Keenon "Stayonkourse" Mann on his journey as a single father through the pandemic, co-parentimg with his Ex, and helpful tips that single fathers can utilize in their journey..

Keenon Mann, a Delaware native, is #girldad to "Princess KayKay" (Kaydence) and has a background in teaching, counseling, mentoring, nonprofit management, and community building. He was raised by his mother and stepfather in a household with his younger brother and established a relationship in his twenties with his biological father, who, along with stepmother, added two more brothers and a sister to his life. The KeenOnEverything Productions brand is growing and is rooted in his identity as #KayKaysDaddy.

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DINAN intro produced by Amerigo Gazaway

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DINAN intro lyrics by Skyzoo

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On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I  celebrated my birthday with two extraordinary poets I admire Roscoe Burnems and Otis Mensah, who are both Poet Laureates because of their amazing gift to empower people through spoken words.  We had an amazing conversation on how poetry can help and hinder our journey through mental health..

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DINAN intro produced by Amerigo Gazaway

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DINAN intro lyrics by Skyzoo

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On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun I had the opportunity to chat it up with Baton Rouge/Tulsa best kept secret Marcel P. Black on his music, fatherhood, and etc. Baton Rouge veteran emcee Marcel P. Black has already received high praise from some of the most well respected names in Hip-Hop. Most recently Marcel was featured on XXL.com’s list “12 Baton Rouge Rappers You Should Know,” also highlighted on HipHopDX.com’s “Up Next By DX” feature.

A true grassroots, DIY, indie/underground emcee, Marcel balances being a leader in the Baton Rouge scene as he facilitates monthly and quarterly events in his local Hip-Hop community, and a pioneer/ambassador with a serious touring schedule that's led him to stages in every region of the United States, including festivals such as A3C in Atlanta, Georgia, the 2X2 Fest in Columbus, Ohio, Secret Stages in Birmingham, Alabama, and Jackson Indie Music Week in Jackson, Mississippi just to name a few.

Next to Marcel’s great music and work ethic, his claim to fame is his live show. A3C.com once describes Marcel’s performance style as “Baptist Deacon meets Gangster Rapper meets Malcom X.” Marcel has shared stages with KRS-One, Common, Jay Electronica, Mobb Deep, Run The Jewelz, Kevin Gates, & Slum Village, Skyzoo, and Elzhi, as well as underground heavyweights like Supastition, Sean Price (R.I.P.), Clear Soul Forces, Blueprint, Locksmith, and MegaRan.

Marcel has always used his platform as an emcee to bring light to social justice issues, from organizing benefits for National World Aids Day, organizing a benefit concert to raise money for the children of Alton Sterling, to speaking on panels and lecturing on the intersection between social justice and Hip-Hop in collegiate and high school classrooms. Marcel has worked in the field as a youth development worker for 18 years, most recently creating a curriculum and class called #FreeHipHop taught in middle and high schools in Baton Rouge. The husband/father/artist/activist/youth worker’s goal is to use Hip-Hop culture as a conduit to freedom.

Honoring Black Fatherhood Worldwide.

Sharing Honor. Sharing Love. Celebrating Real Dads. Real Dads Network #RealDadsWeek2021 has been amazing week of Real Dads Honoring Real Dads..

If you missed the entire go to www.realdadsnetwork.org or Real Dads Week Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RealDadsNetwork/

On this Episode of Dad Is Not A Noun YouTube Podcast I had the opportunity to talk to Matt Prestbury who's one of the trailblazers when we think of the Fatherhood Movements in the social media world.

Matt Prestbury started a Facebook group- Black Fathers- designed to be a platform where black men could post pictures and videos, along with typed posts, to showcase what it is that they do and go through as fathers.  Through his platform he understood that resources were needed, Matt, and his wife, Kelly, decided to create The Black Fathers Foundation, which would serve to create a physical entity that would carry on much of the work that took place within the online group, Black Fathers. In May of 2019, The Black Fathers Foundation was born.

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Check out For My Brother with Daughters Conversation Monday June 14th 7pm est

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Today, we celebrate Prince 63rd birthda by sharing my and Demar Douglas interview with MLPS Sound co-writer Hannibal Tabu.. MPLS Sound The ultimate love letter to the funky pop-rock sound that made the artist formerly known as Prince a legend. When Prince burst onto the music scene in 1978, he put Minneapolis on the map. Consequently, many up and coming acts followed the trail that he blazed. This is the story of Starchild, a group that almost made it to stardom in 1983, led by a young woman whose desire to change the world through her music ignited a revolution. Through Starchild’s journey, MPLS Sound chronicles, from a distance, the rise of a musical genius, and the rebirth of a city.

MPLS Sound : https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2573

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Check out Noir Is The New Black: "Comics Book Review: Noir Is the New Black by Edited by Fabrice Sapolsky with TC Harris. Fair Square, $25 trade paper (136p) ISBN 978-0-9992766-2-4" https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9992766-2-4

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