On the rise to power, during the ascension, I have thought about how I wanted to uplift the Black community only to discover how the Black community is acting out here. The black community celebrates ignorant folks in our community and tries to shun/shame the smart Black folks who contribute actual value and positivity. Look at places like Detroit and Chicago and other hollowed-out Black communities where all they got left is ex-convict “community activists” while all the real Black talent moved out of the area a long time ago. 

Then you see the whole cultural setup of trying to establish “Black spaces” by these Black elites that try to tell me and you how they see us all as Black people. These garbage Black radio stations trying to call themselves urban/contemporary but they play music degrading to Black women and promote drug dealing and fake money-making dreams. These garbage Black TV/movies with fake idyllic scenes of happy Black people with petty laughable conflicts to entertain a Black audience who sit there and watch that nonsense.  

Online we see Black charlatans trying to sell the get-rich scheme under the guise of Black pride, Black nationalism and we see the Black community eating that nonsense up as well. Now we got non-ADOS coming here trying to capitalize off the narrative of the Black experience in America. Then we got fake cornball Black-orientated stuff who also try to promote themselves as the authority of Black people voices selling advertisements and sponsorship deals with corporate entities. But these Black-orientated be purposely leaving out some Black people and promote other Black people so they are not really Black community. 

It’s time to come to the realization I have made in this space trying to make a difference and serve the Black community. That realization is there is no “Black community” and the Black community is now a façade by folks to take advantage of me and you in a racialized Black identity fashion to enrich themselves. The reality is me, you and that other Black person over there are we are our own stories, our own identities, and have our individual purposes and attributes. 

Me, you, and that other Black person over there have our own paths in our lives. Some of us want to travel the world and explore new places. Some of us want to date someone who loves us back and not be forced to date another Black person out of dogma. Some of us listen to different styles of music, Black or non-Black music. Some of us grew up dirt poor some of us grew up adopted and some of us grew up in a boring suburb or small town somewhere. Some of us grew up in Africa or the Caribbean and moved to America just to steal Netflix acting roles from ADOS actors. We all come from different unique situations and cannot be defined by some “Black community” dogma. 

I traveled the world and met Black people from all backgrounds, cultures, and histories. I hang out in the streets and bougie areas and meet Black people from backgrounds and their environment and see where their mind is at. The common theme is not we are a Black community but where we as individuals trying to go and better ourselves. I meet Black entrepreneurs all over the world and the goal is trying to get their voice out and not give up because they are not getting true support to sustain themselves financially and emotionally. This was my real journey where I reached the point I have to pivot and face the reality of our people and address the falsehood of our community. 

Dream and Hustle had tried to focus on the macro-economics of setting up economic empowerment in our community knowing that collective efforts are our only real solution. The whole supply chain and logistics are needed, not just the cute Black-owned storefront commercial space in our hood. We need ways to keep money circulating in our community to support jobs, support schools, support quality of life by community re-investing. But the Black community still in 2022 subscribing to Black radio stations degrading us, Black charlatans hustling under the guise of Black nationalism, and Black men and Black women acting crappy towards each other instead of being symbiotic towards each other. 

We did some research and analysis and guess what we discovered? We would be more prosperous and everybody will make serious money if we built a digital-first “Black metaverse” with excellent individuals who have their own story rather than show up at some Black community college and convince the local yokels how to establish a Black economy in their community. With that said, why bother dealing with folks and their communities who don’t want to better themselves and chase stupid stuff? 

So we going to hard-pivot in the digital-first metaverse for Black people where we can be who we actually are as individuals and we will not establish Black dogma but just a space that will accommodate us instead of us chasing other spaces looking to be accommodated. We going to look up uplifting people's stories, their journeys and help them on their path. We are not talking any more “Black community” where everybody is supposed to like Beyonce music and a pot of neckbones. 

We are going to focus on me, you, and that other Black person over there – that’s the new direction, the new way.