NAJEE AR FAREED 9/11/24 NAJEE AR FAREED 9/11/24

Stairway To Heaven: Dream Logic vs. Mythological Reclamation [How to Explain A World]

What inspired my upcoming novel and how did I come to organize those influences? There's a trickster spider in my head. This may be an exercise in futility.

published September 11, 2024

NAJEE AR FAREED 5/19/24 NAJEE AR FAREED 5/19/24

leap years, almost three months, some days

I have not been crying lately. Why not? tick tick tick tick

published May 19, 2024

NAJEE AR FAREED 12/22/22 NAJEE AR FAREED 12/22/22

HOW WE SAVE THE WORLD

Najee AR Fareed looks for ways to save the world, a question and an answer that drives at the very nature of our being. Cover Story from “Kingdom Come” issue of TRIBE MAG.

published December 22, 2022

NAJEE AR FAREED 11/13/22 NAJEE AR FAREED 11/13/22

DEAR NIGGAS (letter for the black man)

This is a love letter and a wake up call to black men. It’s time to treat ourselves better and our women better. I remain all of us. RIP Takeoff.

published November 13, 2022

KING 9/10/22 KING 9/10/22

DEAR CRONUS

King Hood is trapped in time and he’s fighting to get out. An ode to the moment’s lost forever and what we gain from them.

published September 10, 2022

KAREEM FOFANA 8/11/22 KAREEM FOFANA 8/11/22

THE WINTER PRODUCTION

Kareem Fofana’s epic winter 2021 playlist is framed with the emotional context of Kareem’s life and what he learned while listening to the music.

published August 11, 2022

CAMILLE GODFREY 8/8/22 CAMILLE GODFREY 8/8/22

HOWTOAPOLOGIZETOYOURSELF

An apology is a type of death. Happiness is a sacrifice. Camille Godfrey writes through the process of dying and rebirth in the name of self-love on the eve of her 19th birthday.

published August 8, 2022

SHAKIYA ✰ 7/22/22 SHAKIYA ✰ 7/22/22

WHO WILL CRY FOR THE LITTLE GIRL?

Shakiya writes through the mental landscape of her assault, how she carried the weight of her trauma, and how she went on to defeat everything: her circumstance, her fear, her anxiety, and her assailant. The little girl cries but she dreams as well.

published July 22, 2022