hot n ready: a slice of life 🍕
We’re over half way through the year so I had to say something to you at least once.
I am around in places, if you know where to find me. Despite the heat, I’ve been cooling… mostly sticking and moving
I released this at night because that’s when I finished it.
Plus, I can’t be so conceited to think that after all this time… I’d still have your full attention in the sunny afternoon hours… on your last free day to yourself before Monday.
But remember - every day is your own, no matter who or what else occupies it.
JUNETEENTH
The Tuesday prior had felt like a Friday, and Juneteenth itself felt like a Saturday… despite it actually falling on a Wednesday this year. We should’ve just had the whole week off.
And some of us should get reparations and perhaps others of us be forced to work. We spoke about this before in
BIBLE STUDY
But you know who was (spitefully) working on Wednesday, the Governor of Louisiana…as he should (kinda).
Gov Jeff Landry signed some shit demanding classrooms to display the 10 Commandments. People are mad about this, I’m just happy it wasn’t the 2nd Amendment!
If they’re trying to reach the youth they need to post on Tik Tok, or hide it in some baggy pants.
Ten Commandments the film, however, should be required watching in all classrooms, as it’s simply cinematic gold.
Speaking of Louisiana… New Orleans mogul, Birdman went viral this week after speaking to a group of prisoners who asked for books. He scoffed at them.
He asked “do think reading books gon [na help you?]”
That sounds like something that somebody who doesn’t read, would say.
ERIC ADAMS IS STILL SLOW
On the topic of the anti reading establishment, your mayor Eric Adams is still cutting budgets. It’s getting so bad that the New York Public Library is on X acting up: talking in caps lock, annotating memes and shit:
But that’s not all of Adam’s recent foolishness.
When asked about New Yorkers who are concerned with his budget… Adams said they should “meditate and eat a green smoothie.” 🤦🏿♀️
In a throwback Thursday esque fashion let’s quickly address his wacky appearance last month on Drink Champs:
It was foolish behavior to fly to Miami to sound stupid on a “hip hop podcast,” while the city rots and fizzles. But you reap what you sow — and so, some queen on his plane home got him together, thankfully:
On Thursday June 20th we had our official start to summer thanks to the equinox… but it’s been super hot all week.
So city opened cooling centers on Monday…but yet closed them down for 1 (very hot) day on Juneteenth, due to the holiday? Feels backhanded.
ICE SPICE’S COOL, MELTING
This past Friday, Ice Spice released a pretty lackluster video for “Phat Butt,”
The song sucks too, so did her last one but the video was way better.
At the very least the bad “Phat Butt” video marries nicely with her terrible album cover
shot by David La Chapelle who also shot a terrible album cover for Megan The Stallion..who cannot decide if she’s a horse, butterfly or a snake.
But we can be whatever we want to be in 2024.
In fact, we can even release alternate covers after the internet ridicules our first ones…which both ladies did:
Ice’s alt cover felt like a small call back to the City Girls’ RAW cover, which we already decided was tragic the last time we spoke in volume 28.
Are things starting to cool down for the Gen Z ice princess from the Bronx? At least someone’s getting some heat relief.
One of the best parts of the song is the awkward soliloquy about once taking the 4 train & now being 4 times Grammy nominated. Cute.
However yet the 4 train on the alt album cover is RED? That’s not it.
Maybe I’m too literal but in this day and time, I’ve found it critical to say exactly what I mean & mean exactly what I say – just cause… principle.
KEN N FRIENDS
I would’ve liked to end things where I started, talking about the Juneteenth concert Kendrick had but I’m running out of characters and care.
It was a good show, stream it on Amazon. I’m sure Drake watched it with a heavy heart and pocketbook.
The merch was kinda corny except the New Ho King shirt. But I still would never wear that.
Anyway, at the concert everyone on stage was from the West Coast and that was nice and good for the gang communities.
You know who else is from LA? Cherelle from “Saturday Love” *
*That really doesn’t have anything to do anything- yet has everything to do with everything- I just need to keep my day of the week references flowing in order… did you catch those throughout? 🤓
Anyway- Sometimes you gotta pop out and show subscribers… even if just a slice, like I just did on this fine Sunday.
Thank you for making it this far down in the letter. Make some noise for yourself.
Now make some noise for me: