The All the Fly Kids Show

If we're saying two of the predecessors of rap music told us something 50 years, it means the lesson hasn't been learned. Bouncing red balls seem to be highly effective as a distraction, while the world continues to turn. Today's episode includes: • The Metaverse and moving forward with[out] “The Culture” • Colin Powell and all the takes • Netflix walkout and Geronimo's thoughts as the resident trans person • Jon Gruden and standing firm in your misogyny Friend-of-the-show Marcus K. Dowling also joins, so you already know this conversation will go into some rabbit holes and tunnels. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Minds of Geronimo Knows and "BeMo" Brown is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown https://instagram.com/wakenbakewithbemo https://instagram.com/marcuskdowling

If you've paid attention to pop culture and its most prominent Black voices over the past decade, then you've probably heard this statement or similar - "We are the culture!" Translation: Black people's creativity in entertainment and style, along with our embrace of certain products and services, add a validating cool factor otherwise unattainable. But if a massive co-sign from Black people is our greatest leverage at the bargaining table, what does this mean in the grand scheme of big business? Additionally, how does leveraging "Black Cool" contribute to the longevity of our historical narrative? Translation, in the words of Sonia Sanchez: How do it free us? We'll also talk about the day Facebook disconnected itself from the Internet, a few easy ways non-techie people can protect themselves online, and having product diversity and redundancy for anyone using social media to conduct and promote their business. We want y'all to win out here. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Minds of Geronimo Knows and "BeMo" Brown is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown https://instagram.com/wakenbakewithbemo

Picking up where we left off on Episode 12 about the Black gatekeepers within pop culture, we dig deep into the challenges Black showrunners have in getting their ideas greenlit by producers and the expectation to write every show with a singular Black storyline. This episode was inspired by an article recently written by Hannah Giorgis for The Atlantic titled "Not Enough Has Changed Since Sanford and Son: The Unwritten Rules of Black TV" - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/the-unwritten-rules-of-black-tv/619816/ Geronimo also announces his new co-host, Bryant "BeMo" Brown, who's no stranger to the podcast. Think blueprints and frameworks meet the barbershop. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Minds of Geronimo Knows and "BeMo" Brown is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown

Black food anthropology and media is a big deal these days. Think books like Michael W. Twitty's 'The Cooking Gene' and Bryant Terry's 'Black Food' or Netflix shows like High On the Hog and Fresh, Fried and Crispy, to name a few. There are also numerous social media accounts dedicated to Black food from around the Diaspora, be it chefs of all types and foodies alike. One account that has recently caught my eye is Black Food Fridays, an initiative that encourages everyone to support Black-owned food vendors and creatives each and every Friday or as founder KJ Kearney also puts it: "Black Food Fridays is like #TacoTuesdays but for Black people food!" The North Charleston native launched the site in April 2020, has been seen or featured on The Today Show, The Takeout, Charleston's The Post and Courier, Mic.com, and has amassed over 160,000+ followers. On this episode. we'll be talking about Black people's present interpretation and understanding of our food and what the future holds for preserving and sharing time-honored traditions/cooking styles. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/kjbeenya https://instagram.com/blackfoodfridays

During the almost 18 months of varying social restrictions, a number of changes occurred among hospitality staff and patrons alike. Many within the hospitality industry were laid off, with countless employees leaving the industry altogether. People who'd normally not cook or drink at home began doing so in great numbers as well. Acosta, a CPG sales and marketing firm, found in a study conducted in May 2021 called "COVID Dining Journey: Eating at Home and Away From Home" that 92% of families will continue eating together at home at least as often – if not more often – post-pandemic. This is all despite people flocking to restaurants to have a taste of pre-pandemic life once dining restrictions at restaurants were relaxed. But what does this mean for places operating mostly as bars? Will having a drink with friends or a date require a bar with outdoor space? Have people become home mixologists over these last 18 months? Will bar and nightclub patrons opt for house parties instead? Joining me this episode to answer all these questions and more is Nicky Marcelin -- a seasoned hospitality and food professional who wears many hats including chef, curator, and hospitality consultant. "COVID Dining Journey: Eating at Home and Away From Home" (Acosta, May 2021) - https://www.acosta.com/news/new-acost... Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/lafille_gourmande

An article called "Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture?" was recently penned by writer Bertrand Cooper critiquing the commercial access to and gatekeeping of our pop culture expressions by the so-called "Black Elite." This is a topic I've spent much time thinking about and decided to open the stage up to three guests instead of one this time so you can hear diversity in the opinions. BeMo Brown returns along with another friend of the show, diversified photographer Dee Dwyer. If you've been following All The Fly Kids media since before March 2020 you should be familiar with both of these dynamic individuals, each of them having been guests within our five years of operation. Links to the article and podcast we'll be referencing are below: Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture? - https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/who-actually-gets-to-create-black-pop-culture Is it Possible for Black Creatives to Exploit the Poor? w/ Damon Young & Bertrand Cooper - https://youtu.be/qG8yj6rVaHw Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown https://instagram.com/deedwyerjonts https://instagram.com/salterraesoul

"Urban" as a descriptor is often used to refer to Black people, particularly in the marketing of fashion and music. On the contrary, I often explain the use of the word when speaking on my work in culture and lifestyle to mean "city living". Considering the digital interconnectivity of society, I recently began questioning if the "urban" descriptor in its current use in marketing is too limiting. My guest this episode is Karim Lateef - award winning consumer brand strategist, authority on the convergence of marketing and culture, and founder of Craft Brand Theory. We'll talk about the push to no longer use the word "urban" as a euphemism for Black people and what more accurate, inclusive categories would look like. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/karimlateef https://instagram.com/craftbrandtheory

Life in Western society is convenient, yet challenging. We're constantly being told to produce in a standard way first, enjoy the results later. This way of life works well for some and is tolerated by most. For the few who choose to detach from this expectation to make their own way, it requires a high level of determination, mental agility, and tenacity most humans don't possess. Add in a [non]traditional spiritual practice for extra support and you're liable to raise countless eyebrows in doubt. It just so happens, all of this describes some people I know. I talk with Denver Delaney about how she went from working for years in DC's hospitality industry to becoming a holistic health practitioner now based in Baltimore, MD. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/denverstar_

For the record, I'm not a fan of cancel culture. I also only believe in one agenda - the mainstream media's agenda to divide and polarize. But what makes both so genius is how the perpetrators are able to keep us so preoccupied with cancelling, who got cancelled, and every fill-in-the-blank agenda that's supposedly ruining society. This episode might get a little colorful and Earthy Hood Joint has some choice words about the matter. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a show with candid conversations and objective opinions about culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/earthyhoodjoint

T-Pain had a conniption about it on IG Live. Willie D and Scarface expressed their disappointment about it during a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club. "It" is what I call the suppression of Black music's collective dynamism. The variety of sounds heard in the records created by popular hip-hop and R&B artists has become rare. However, this same variety can be found among many independent artists in these genres. Unfortunately, music discovery is an act reserved for few. Is it possible to reprogram the machine to invest in variety again? Is having an investment by the machine something independent artists even want? BeMo returns to give his thoughts on these questions as we figure out how to get more disenchanted listeners hip to the artists making waves without the machine. The Russell Simmons/Harriet Tubman tape fiasco - https://bit.ly/3ipavLB "No Love" feat. 100K Track, YNW Melly, and Ar'mon & Trey - https://youtu.be/bwORjIZdyPw Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown

No not THAT type of adult playtime, but the playtime that will reconnect us with our inner child. Even prior to reaching age 18, humans are expected to leave our child-like ways behind to make room for the responsibility and rigidity of adulthood. Yet people confuse being child-like for childish, immature, and naive. Being child-like, however, means still being curious about the world and not always taking life so seriously to the point of day-in, day-out redundance. Ananda Free joins me in this episode to talk about why reconnecting to our inner child can be freeing and therapeutic in a time when faux-productivity is the expectation. Ananda is an author, Auric field surgery certified, Reiki Master, and a Priestess of Osún in the African spiritual tradition of Ifa. Support the making of The Galactaboos: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-galactaboos-coming-to-earth Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://www.instagram.com/sweetwyrdness

Yahoo! Finance published its 2021 list of the 100 Greatest Things About America on Independence Day weekend and of course I had mixed feelings. Some mentions I was familiar with and others I had no clue why they made the list prior to doing last-minute pop culture research. My good friend and journalist Marcus K. Dowling joins me to make sense of the names on the list and whether or not they are some of the greatest things about this country. Top ten names (Full list - https://yhoo.it/3k3w1Yw): 1. U.S. COVID-19 vaccines: Moderna, J&J, (and 50%) Pfizer 2. Dr. Anthony Fauci 3. Dr. Pepper 4. Statue of Liberty 5. The new space race: Bezos v. Musk 6. Simone Biles 7. Rice Krispies treats 8. Juneteenth an official federal holiday 9. Capitol Police officers 10. Free Britney movement Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/marcuskdowling

Have you ever been in an emotionally intimate, non-sexual relationship? If so, would you admit to it? Because an intimate relationship without sex is merely a friendship, right? Not so fast. In a recent Drink Champs interview, Miss Jones (think AZ's "Sugar Hill" and Queen of morning radio in NYC & Philly in the 2000s) revealed she was in a years-long emotional, non-sexual relationship with Big Pun who upon his passing left her a portion of his publishing - a portion large enough to support Jonesy and her elder son for a while. Pun was married at that time, which in my opinion makes the emotional connection he had with Miss Jones minus the sex even more intriguing from the outside looking in. Why? Because this goes against all notions of what it means to have a side-piece. Robyn aka "Earthy Hood Joint" is back with me again to talk about this for a couple of reasons: 1) No one outside of that Drink Champs episode is talking about this and 2) How many people have these types of relationships where the love is strong without the need for sex, side-piece or not? Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/earthyhoodjoint

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion aka DEI - An abbreviation purposed with good intent or a performative apology, depending on your ethos. Speaking of ethos, this episode was inspired by a recent Instagram post on the Ethos Decorum page which stated, "Would have loved to see more independent and minority designers highlighted on the BET Red Carpet and Awards Show." This isn't new. Being a hip, early adopter of a brand looks great on paper but in practice is often a lonely road. That is unless you're someone with enough influence where tagging a relatively unknown brand can have them sell out overnight. But what's the reason why stylists don't "break" independently- and minority-owned brands? Talking with me this episode is Tactus Jack, the mind behind the design-focused agency and media brand Ethos Decorum. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/tactusjack https://instagram.com/ethosdecorum

I'm calling this one "Badussy Discipline" because this applies to everyone no matter how you have sex, what your gender identity is, or where you fall on the feminine/masculine energy spectrum. When it comes to sex, many of us strive to show we're similar to the "thrilla in Manila." The more sex we're having, in particular with more people, the more our perceived attractiveness increases. An increased risk of contracting STDs and unplanned pregnancies aside, few people consider the exchange of energy taking place when we lay down with someone - Be it the first time or the 50th. Because unless you truly know someone, you don't know what [energy] them people got or where they been. In this episode, I'm joined by Robyn Ransome aka "Earthy Hood Joint", one of my best women friends. She's a holistic health practitioner with a focus on mental health, a straight-shooter, and Bronx native with Carolina and Cruzan blood (that's St. Croix, US Virgin Islands fyi). In other words, get ready for plenty of gems and laughter. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/earthyhoodjoint

BeMo joins me again to add his perspective on "culture as genuine expression" vs "culture as a commodity". You know this will be another high-energy episode, so tune in. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown

People around the world use cultural expression to share their creativity and traditions, sometimes making money in the process. Others see cultural expressions as nothing more than a commodity. We live in a world where everyone and everything is for sale, including creole words referencing what was once a horrific practice during slavery and is now known as an outdoor celebration breaking dawn. What I'm speaking of is "J'Ouvert", the trademark of the word by Michael B. Jordan and business partner Scott Williams, and the rum brand they've launched now bearing the term. Many natives of Trinidad and Tobago and people from other Caribbean islands are angry and want answers. You know I have thoughts on the matter. To help me work through this, I've brought in cultural architect and professor Risikat "Kat" Okedeyi to discuss the damage commodifying culture without respect for its history and legacy can cause. We'll also talk about whether or not people who hold their cultural expressions in high regard should begin protecting these investments through copyrights and trademarks. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/katskornerco

We often hear Black Americans say, "We have our own culture," but never hear much detail about what the culture is. Some point to hip-hop, others point to the style trends we influence; yet these are examples of pop culture and not examples of cultural traditions which make the foundation of any ethnic group. I believe our inability to easily name those cultural traditions is why we continue to have arguments about our identity to this day. I brought in my guy Bryant "BeMo" Brown - producer, curator, and creative shit talker - to help me walk through this conversation because he also knows a thing or two about Black people in the United States. Chaos & Culture: Musings From the Mind of Geronimo Knows (and people I know) is a weekly show with candid conversations and objective opinions about Black culture, lifestyle, and spirituality. Subscribe today and hit the notification bell so you won't miss future episodes! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alltheflykids https://instagram.com/geronimoknows https://instagram.com/bemobrown

$1.3 trillion of Black buying power - Fact or Fiction? Geronimo Knows is joined by Akil Wilson (The BlvckBroadway Show), Anika Hobbs (Nubian Hueman), and journalist Marcus K. Dowling to talk with Dr. Jared A. Ball about his book, 'The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,' where he uncovers the facts behind the fiction. #NecessaryListening Dr. Jared A. Ball is a Professor of Communications at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. He is also founder of I Mix What I Like, "a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting." Learn more at https://imixwhatilike.org. Follow Dr. Ball on social media: Facebook - https://facebook.com/imixwhatilike Instagram - https://instagram.com/imixwhatilike Twitter - https://twitter.com/imixwhatilike Our Panelists: Geronimo Knows https://facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld https://instagram.com/geronimoknows Akil Wilson https://facebook.com/Blvckbroadway https://instagram.com/blvckbroadway https://twitter.com/UStFresh Anika Hobbs https://facebook.com/nubianhueman https://instagram.com/nubianhueman https://twitter.com/NubianHueman https://nubianhueman.com Marcus K. Dowling https://facebook.com/marcuskdowling https://instagram.com/marcuskdowling https://twitter.com/marcuskdowling 'Centerpieces' is an every-now-and-then show about Black artists' influence on culture. Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for listening!

We're back with a special one-time episode of The All the Fly Kids Show to have a conversation with Philadelphia-based activist Maj Toure. He's best known as the founder of Black Guns Matter, an organization focused on education people in urban communities in all 50 states on their 2nd amendment rights and responsibilities through firearms training and education. Maj has dedicated the better part of the last four years to educating Black people around the country about firearms and the racism at the foundation of gun control policies. Geronimo was joined by Backpack Matt and Chelle B to get more insight on the mission of Black Guns Matter, why the 2nd Amendment applies to Black people despite the media showing otherwise, gun ownership in the midst of potentially crippling economic downturn with long-lasting effects, and how we move forward. Follow Maj Toure: https://instagram.com/majtoure https://twitter.com/majtoure https://blackgunsmatter.myshopify.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/blackgunsmatter The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. We sit down with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste within the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast. Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids #NecessaryListening What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for listening! Our Hosts: Geronimo Knows https://instagram.com/geronimoknows Backpack Matt https://instagram.com/misterbackpack https://twitter.com/backpackmatt Chelle B https://instagram.com/chellebofdc https://twitter.com/chellebofdc

This episode is about the quality standards of fashion, film, and tv created by Black people and consumer expectations. What influenced this conversation? Netflix's #blackAF (created by Kenya Barris) and Wale's “Sue Me” video (directed by Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss). While the two are different on the surface, both are dealing with socioeconomics and race with fashion playing a supporting role all throughout. To flesh out some perspectives, Geronimo brought in some brilliant minds who know a great deal about fashion, film/tv, and of course Black culture. "Centerpieces" is an every-now-and-then show about Black artists' influence on culture. Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for listening! Our Panelists: Geronimo Knows instagram.com/geronimoknows Akio Evans instagram.com/akioevans instagram.com/akiossweatshop Dee Dwyer instagram.com/deedwyerjonts Jamon Johnson instagram.com/jamonsoul instagram.com/smallwoodenbox Professor Risikat Okedeyi instagram.com/katskornerco instagram.com/lsp_onthego Tiara Chameleon instagram.com/tiarachameleon instagram.com/1984vbytiarachameleon

Who is RMR and what's his true motive for making music? What do songs like "Rascal" and the other country songs made by Black hip hop and R&B artists mean for the future of Black music? Geronimo Knows assembled another panel of friends to answer these questions and more. "Centerpieces" is an every-now-and-then show about Black artists' influence on culture. Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for watching! People to Know: RMR “Rascal” - https://youtu.be/WCdAtvwW1E8 The Yee-Haw Agenda by Bri Malandro - https://instagram.com/theyeehawagenda Songs of Our Native Daughters - https://folkways.si.edu/songs-of-our-native-daughters Our Panelists: Geronimo Knows https://instagram.com/geronimoknows Backpack Matt https://instagram.com/misterbackpack https://twitter.com/backpackmatt BeMo https://instagram.com/bemobrown https://twitter.com/bemobrown DJ RQ Away https://instagram.com/rqaway https://twitter.com/RQaway Marcus K. Dowling https://instagram.com/marcuskdowling https://twitter.com/marcuskdowling Robert Jay! https://instagram.com/robertjay_bb https://twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Stone https://instagram.com/thisisstone https://twitter.com/ThisIsSTONE

"The Goat" himself, Royce Da 5'9", reached out to us to give his perspective on some of the topics we covered during our conversation about his latest album, The Allegory. The entire interview was like getting album footnotes in realtime. Royce gave us much insight on lessons he's learned in life and the music industry, along with how Black people can better navigate and effectively use our influence in entertainment. We think you'll enjoy. Photo Credit: Tremaine Edwards of Kardiak Films | https://www.instagram.com/KardiakFilms Centerpieces is an every-now-and-then show about Black artists' influence on culture. Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids #NecessaryListening What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for watching! Filmed by Ryan Gordon: https://www.freealexandermedia.com https://www.instagram.com/itsfreealexander Follow Bakari: https://www.instagram.com/ogbaka_ https://www.instagram.com/caandorlabs https://www.caandorlabs.com Follow Jonathan: https://www.instagram.com/tactusjack https://www.instagram.com/ethosdecorum https://www.ethosdecorum.com Follow Lana: https://www.instagram.com/flyearthyjoint https://www.instagram.com/salterraewax https://www.salterraewax.com Follow Geronimo Knows: https://www.instagram.com/geronimoknows

We're back with a brand new podcast called “Centerpieces” - An every-now-and-then show about Black artists' influence on culture. This means panel conversations about mic drop moments in art, fashion, film, music, politics, and more. Today's topic - The Allegory, the latest release from Detroit MC Royce Da 5'9”. Besides having reached peak consciousness on this album, Royce goes in on some social observations and themes affecting the Black community including miseducation, rites of passage, female beauty standards, African investment, and the rap game in 2020. Your host, Geronimo Knows, is joined by three dope minds - Bakari, Jonathan, and Lana - to talk about it all. #NecessaryListening Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for listening! Follow Bakari: https://www.instagram.com/ogbaka_ https://www.instagram.com/caandorlabs https://www.caandorlabs.com Follow Jonathan: https://www.instagram.com/tactusjack https://www.instagram.com/ethosdecorum https://www.ethosdecorum.com Follow Lana: https://www.instagram.com/flyearthyjoint https://www.instagram.com/salterraewax https://www.salterraewax.com Follow Geronimo Knows: https://www.instagram.com/geronimoknows

It's our last show foreva, eva. We know this is a sad moment for many of our listeners but we want to say thank you for tuning in each week. Whether you've been on this ride since November 2016 or tuned in for the first time today, we appreciate you! For our final episode, we invited fashion industry professional, Tiara Chameleon (real name, no gimmick) to talk about her fashion career pivots and vintage clothing collection, 1984V. Joining us again is Lana Syreeta of Sal Terrae Wax (Episode 120 - https://bit.ly/2PBuSYK) who has been friends with Tiara since middle school back in Cleveland. All we can say is it's going to be one helluva finale from start to finish. #NecessaryListening Follow Tiara Chameleon: www.instagram.com/tiarachameleon www.instagram.com/1984vbytiarachameleon Follow Lana Syreeta: www.salterraewax.com www.instagram.com/salterraewax Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Marvin "MJ" Jackson is the founder of Un-Chained Minds, an organization educating and engaging youth on socioeconomic issues such as poverty, drugs, gangs, incarceration, mental health, and more. Geronimo and Chelle B talk with Marvin about having been a juvenile lifer, changing his mindset for the better while incarcerated for 22 years, founding Un-Chained Minds, negative societal influences affecting today's youth, and possible solutions to reverse these influences. Marvin "MJ" Jackson is the founder of Un-Chained Minds, an organization educating and engaging youth on socioeconomic issues such as poverty, drugs, gangs, incarceration, mental health, and more. Geronimo and Chelle B talk with Marvin about having been a juvenile lifer, changing his mindset for the better while incarcerated for 22 years, founding Un-Chained Minds, negative societal influences affecting today's youth, and possible solutions to reverse these influences. Learn more about Un-Chained MInds at www.un-chainedminds.org #NecessaryListening Learn more about Un-Chained Minds at https://www.un-chainedminds.org Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Barry Bishop “The Creative” is a graphic artist from Washington, DC by way of Trinidad and Tobago. He is best known for his designs in the early days of DC's best-known streetwear brand, Madness Connection aka Universal Madness, and his own clothing brand B-Man Apparel. Geronimo and Chelle B talk with Barry and Document the Fresh exhibit series founder Gerald Watson about the artist's career, street fashion, and Barry's upcoming solo exhibit in DC this Saturday 12/7. For more information on the exhibit, visit barrybishopart.eventbrite.com #NecessaryListening Follow Barry Bishop The Creative: www.instagram.com/barryartworks Follow Gerald Watson: www.instagram.com/geraldcwatson www.gmoney77.wordpress.com Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

We're almost 30 days away from the end of 2019 and the second decade of the 21st century. Geronimo and Chelle B. talk about "The Phantom Kanye of the Opera Revival" (8:15), the Decade in Review (25:12), Awards Season, Achievement, and Anxiety (39:50), and Chelle's Final Word (49:02). #NecessaryListening Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

The connection to mental health, nutrition, and spirituality food has is a truth often not spoken about in Black communities. We brought in Tambra Raye Stevenson, founder of NATIVSOL Kitchen and WANDA (Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics, and Agriculture), to give more us more insight on this connection and how knowing our ancestry can help combat ailments that plague Black folks most. We learn who Tambra Raye is (7:37), how embracing her heritage and womanhood led to finding purpose (11:12), women as the conductor of food as freedom and the power it holds (16:05), the ancestral connection (21:53), our day-to-day relationship with food (27:18), the "Where's Wanda?" children's book series (35:10), encouraging understanding in African-Americans (40:13), and some of her quotes from The Cooking Gene and her thoughts on Food Porn (44:52). #NecessaryListening Follow Tambra Raye: www.tambraraye.com www.facebook.com/tambraraye www.instagram.com/tambraraye www.twitter.com/tambraraye Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Ethan Evans is a co-founder of The Indie Tube, a platform where independent creatives can feature their work for fans and those in search of evergreen content beyond YouTube and other popular streaming video sites. Geronimo and Chelle B talk with Ethan about why being a father is the flyest thing he's done (7:10), the inspiration behind The Indie Tube and full purpose (7:53), the vetting process and getting monetized The Indie Tube way(20:24), funding and investment challenges (28:10), family businesses (34:39), and how direct-to-industry site Blazetrak was made with independent artists in mind. #NecessaryListening Follow Ethan and The Indie Tube: www.instagram.com/ethanxevans www.instagram.com/theindietube www.theindietube.com Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

It's finally beginning to feel like fall on the East Coast but this episode isn't about the environment. Instead, we're talking about how the climate of hip-hop has changed completely. We brought in Slimkat78 of Rhythm Lingo Records to give his thoughts on the matter. We also hear from Earl Jackson of the Vinyl Listening Lounge Club about the labor of love known as collecting vinyl. We had a full conversation about who Slimkat78 is and his work (3:58), how he and Earl met and what inspired them to host listening lounges⁣ (11:44), jazz musicians people should begin listening to aren't the oft-mentioned names (22:53), DMV producers not getting much recognition (27:23), how the climate of hip-hop culture has changed (33:12), “Clout Chasing is the new Player Hating” according to Danny Brown⁣ (39:42), and rewriting the five foundational elements of hip-hop (45:20). #NecessaryListening Follow Slimkat78: www.instagram.com/slimthe78er www.twitter.com/SlimThe78er www.instagram.com/rhythmlingorecords Follow Earl Jackson: www.instagram.com/vinylllc www.vinylllc.com Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Chelle B, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

We're back from our one-week hiatus with a new co-host and friend of the show, Chelle B. of Champagne Soul and Event Solutions DC. You'll hear about what she's been up to since our conversation way back on Episode 12 (4:46), our BET Hip Hop Awards recap (9:17), the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios and the state of Black media (26:12), plus Chelle's Random Aside (37:26). #NecessaryListening Episode 12: "Politics As Usual" - https://bit.ly/2Mw4a0J Follow Chelle B.: www.eventsolutionsdc.com www.champagnesoul.co www.instagram.com/chellebofdc www.twitter.com/ChelleBofDC Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Michelle Busch, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Lana Syreeta is owner of Sal Terrae Wax, the ORIGINAL Holistic Wellness Wax Experience, located inside L'enfant Plaza in Downtown DC. She and Geronimo talk about the elitism and silos found in the wellness industry, her efforts to provide women with a holistic and realistic experience, and what it takes to get more men interested in wellness. We're back with Random Aside this week and it's #NecessaryListening as always. Follow Lana Syreeta: www.salterraewax.com www.instagram.com/salterraewax www.facebook.com/salterraewax Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

If you were born some time in the 20th century and lived anywhere as far north as New York City or as far south as Alabama, you may recall seeing neon event posters pasted on electrical boxes or stapled to wooden light-posts. In the DC area, these posters are best known for promoting gogo, rap, and r&b shows. For those unfamiliar, these posters were created by the Baltimore-based Globe Poster - a company started by a couple of blue-collar guys with an entrepreneurial idea that became iconic 90 years later. The Maryland Institute College of Art (better known as MICA) and our friends Shaolin Jazz have teamed up to present an exhibition paying homage to Globe Poster during DC Design Week which kicks off this week and runs through next Friday. Our guy Marcus K. Dowling, who'll be speaking on the panel at exhibit's opening, is back in studio to give more insight into what you'll see and why Globe Poster represents more than an event poster with a memorable aesthetic. #NecessaryListening For tickets and more information on the Globe Poster Exhibit, visit https://dcdesignweek.org/events/shaolin-jazz-and-globe-posters/ Follow Marcus K. Dowling: Twitter - www.twitter.com/marcuskdowling Instagram - www.instagram.com/marcuskdowling Facebook - www.facebook.com/marcuskdowling Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Geronimo talks with long-time friend of the show, and real-life friend, Risikat “Kat“ Okedeyi about Lil SoSo Productions‘ latest project entitled “The Love Drive.“ In collaboration with DC-based Woolly Mammoth, The​ Love Drive​ invites people from all walks of life to write a love letter to Black people living in this anti-Black society. The collected love letters will become part of the set for ​WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN as it moves through DC, New York, and Boston. The play, produced by The Movement Theatre Company, is a play-pageant-ritual-homegoing celebration in response to the physical and spiritual deaths of Black people. #NecessaryListening Please visit https://www.woollymammoth.net/love-drive for more information about The Love Drive, WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN, and Lil SoSo Productions Follow Kat and Lil SoSo Productions: www.lilsoso.com www.facebook.com/lilsosoproductions www.instagram.com/lsp_onthego www.instagram.com/katskornerco www.twitter.com/LSP_OnTheGo www.twitter.com/KatsKornerCo Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

We're back with another music episode! DJ Heat joins us again, along with Chucc WhYte, a rapper whose name you'll know soon. Our conversation includes learning the flyest thing both Chucc and Heat have done (5:33), who Chucc WhYte is (8:03), what to expect from his upcoming album Better Days (16:41), debunking the DMV and national top 50 Rapper Lists (26:56), thoughts on the DMV becoming a music industry hub (42:46), and who won the summer (47:35) #NecessaryListening Follow Chucc WhYte: www.chuccwhyte.com www.instagram.com/chuccwhyte www.twitter.com/chuccwhyte Follow DJ Heat: www.djheatdc.com www.instagram.com/djheatdc www.twitter.com/DJHeatDC www.facebook.com/djheatdc1 Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows www.facebook.com/GeronimoKnowsTheWorld Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

This week's episode kicked off with a surprise appearance from hip-hop legend Yo-Yo who's in DC for the annual Salute Her Tour. She also let us know about her new single "Outta Control" and being part of this season's Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood cast. We round out the episode with communications extraordinaire Mercy Chikowore. Her resume includes client placements in the Washington Post, NY Times, Business Insider, along with her own media contributions to SoulBounce, The Washington Post, and the Couch Sessions. Geronimo talks with Mercy about who she is and her multicultural upbringing (8:12), why she chose communications as a career path (14:38), common mistakes made by aspiring publicists (26:05), maintaining integrity while working with clients (28:07), navigating the US immigration process (34:12), and Random Aside (43:27). #NecessaryListening Listen to Robert Jay's "Can't Believe It" [R E D U X] - https://bit.ly/2LRkt9R Follow Yo-Yo: www.instagram.com/yoyofearless www.cafemocharadio.com Follow Mercy: www.mercyc.com www.instagram.com/itsmercyc www.twitter.com/MercyC Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Karman Kush is an event host, podcaster, and talk show host best know for her online show Kush and Konvo, where she dives into the world of some of entertainment's up-and-coming elites while tapping into their artistry and sex lives. Geronimo has a no-holds barred conversation with Karman about what “sophistiratchet” means to her, having sex-positive conversations with mostly male guests while setting boundaries, and a rather colorful Random Aside. #NecessaryListening 4:30 - Who is Karman Kush? 8:42 - The beginnings of Kush and Konvo 12:15 - The meaning of "sophistiratchet" 18:53 - Bedroom vibes 23:28 - Setting boundaries on a sex-positive talk show 35:53 - When [will] GoGo music and DMV hip-hop collide? Listen to Robert Jay's "Can't Believe It" [R E D U X] - https://bit.ly/2LRkt9R Follow Karman Kush + Kush and Konvo: www.instagram.com/karmankush www.instagram.com/kushandkonvo Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Backpack Matt returns! Don't consider this a reunion episode, but more so a discovery episode. Geronimo has been back in DC for a month and we know you've got questions about why he spent the last year in New Orleans and what happened while he was there. Full Service Radio's Jack Inslee talks with Geronimo about how New Orleans changed him for the better, but not before we hear how music producer aspirations in 1994 got him started on this lifestyle media path + how Geronimo and Matt connected two years ago. One of the best hours you'll have this week #NecessaryListening Listen to Robert Jay's "Can't Believe It" [R E D U X] - https://bit.ly/2LRkt9R Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Backpack Matt: www.instagram.com/misterbackpack www.twitter.com/backpackmatt Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc https://linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Follow Full Service Radio: www.fullserviceradio.org www.instagram.com/fullserviceradio The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Kapri Robinson is a DC-based bartender, Santa Teresa 1796 Rum ambassador, and creator of Chocolate City's Best. The almost-year-old organization's mission is to enhance the careers of people of color in the food and beverage industry through competitions, educational classes, art, panels, and workshops. Geronimo talks with Kapri about achievements of CCB in its first year and the embrace of cocktail culture within the Black community. #NecessaryListening Listen to Robert Jay's "Can't Believe It" [R E D U X] - https://bit.ly/2LRkt9R Follow Kapri: www.instagram.com/kapri.possible Follow Chocolate City's Best: www.chocolatecitysbest.com www.instagram.com/chocolate.city.best www.facebook.com/chocolatecitysbest Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Anwaa Kong is a Jamaican-born entrepreneur who has made many pivots within his lifestyle marketing career. He currently works with Martell Cognac and recently launched a social lifestyle app called MVEMNT. Geronimo has watched Anwaa wear several entrepreneurial hats throughout the years - nightlife photographer, media publisher, radio station owner, and more in-between. The guys talk about why the ability to pivot and reinvent ourselves while working in lifestyle is so necessary, and lessons Anwaa has learned along the way that have helped him become better as an entrepreneur and influencer. #NecessaryListening Listen to Robert Jay's "Can't Believe It" [R E D U X] - bit.ly/2LRkt9R Follow Anwaa: www.instagram.com/anwaakong www.twitter.com/AnwaaKong Follow MVEMNT: https://linktr.ee/mve.mnt Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Akil Wilson is a proud Uptown DC native and has made the U Street Corridor his stomping grounds for many years. He's the founder and 1/2 of The Blvck Broadway Show, DC's #1 podcast highlighting music, politics, and culture now recording at Eaton House also in Washington, DC. Akil recently opened his own barbershop, aptly naming it "neat." - Always lowercase with a period at the end. The guys talk about being culture creators who walk the fine line that separates Old DC and New DC, and how Geronimo has managed to fly under the radar since his return from New Orleans. #NecessaryListening Listen to Robert Jay's "Can't Believe It" [R E D U X] - https://bit.ly/2LRkt9R Collins + Keys N°1 is Now Available. For A Limited Time - https://collinskeys.shop When in DC, visit neat. for your next haircut: www.instagram.com/neatdc https://book.thecut.co/neat 955 L'enfant Plaza North Suite 116 Washington, DC Follow Akil: https://linktr.ee/blvckbroadway www.instagram.com/blvckbroadway www.twitter.com/UStFresh Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your host, Geronimo Knows, sits down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

A lot happening on this episode, including a major announcement at the end of the show. Robert dropped a new record, now available on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/robertjay_bb/i-cant-believe-it-remix). We also got the past, present, and future of New Orleans all in one episode. Polo Silk (aka The Ghetto Olan Mills aka Gordon Parks of the Streets) has photographed the people of New Orleans' Black neighborhoods and beyond for three decades, which led to his recent partnership with Reebok. E. Buckles is a Cannes Film Festival award winner and founder of House of the Young, the creative agency under which he began filming stories of young people in New Orleans upon his return to the city post-Katrina. Jelani Hankins is a 22-year-old 4th generation shoe designer from New Orleans who'll be creating shoes, such as his soon-to-be-released MVP (Maximum Viable Product) sneaker, inside his family's landmark shoe shop upon its reopening in the city's Garden District. There would normally be timestamps but this is one you gotta let play from start to finish. #NecessaryListening Collins + Keys N°1 is Now Available. For A Limited Time - https://collinskeys.shop Follow Polo Silk: www.instagram.com/polonolaphotography www.twitter.com/POLONOLA www.facebook.com/polonolaphotography Follow E. Buckles: www.houseoftheyoung.com www.instagram.com/e.buckles www.twitter.com/E_Buckles Follow Jelani Hankins: www.instagram.com/shoepreserve Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows + Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

It's officially summer which means it's time for another music episode where we talk with music artists and industry professionals about their careers, and have no holds barred conversations about what's happening across the music industry. Geronimo talks with New Orleans based artist manager, entrepreneur, and podcaster M.A.Q. (Massive Amounts of Quality) about the beginnings of bounce and its current moment in popular music (7:49), a need for change in NOLA radio (19:00), NOLA rappers you need to know (27:56), challenges he's experienced working in the industry (44:27), music's new business (50:15), music video budgets (57:35), the future of New Orleans hip hop (1:01:55), and Random Aside (1:22:39). #NecessaryListening Collins + Keys N°1 is Now Available. For A Limited Time - https://collinskeys.shop Follow M.A.Q. and DaTakeOver Podcast www.instagram.com/suprememaq www.instagram.com/datakeover034 Follow Six C's Cuisine: www.instagram.com/vi_cscuisine Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows + Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

This week's episode is all about Caribbean Carnival vibes, not on the islands south of the U.S. though, but actually right here in the Big Easy. New Orleans is known for many things. Being the northernmost Caribbean city, however, isn't widespread knowledge. Since Geronimo is a half-blooded Trinidadian and looks for any opportunity to be in the mix, we decided to bring in Joel Hitchcock Tilton + Trini Cindy - the minds behind the four-day long celebration known as NOLA Caribbean Experience. Geronimo talks with them about what inspired the festival (4:48), Caribbean culture spreading across the world (14:41), the actual NOLA Caribbean experience (24:41), what it takes to organize the festival each year (29:34), and Random Aside (42:52). Six years in and still going strong. If you're in New Orleans June 20th-24th, you should be there. #NecessaryListening Collins + Keys N°1 is Now Available. For A Limited Time - https://collinskeys.shop Follow NOLA Caribbean Experience: www.nolacaribbeanfestival.com www.nolacarnival.com www.instagram.com/nolacaribbeanexperience Follow Trini Cindy: www.trinicindy.com www.instagram.com/the_real_trini_cindy_ Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows + Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

This week's guest is Chef Charly Pierre, co-owner of Fritai (pronounced "Free-tie") inside of New Orleans' St. Roch Market. We talk with him about working in restaurant kitchens to owning one (13:21), the desire for Haitian culture and history in 2019 (23:34), winning Chopped (1:03:02), the future of Fritai (1:13:00), the Culture of Communication (1:27:50), and Random Aside (1:39:23) #NecessaryListening Send all comments and questions: Email - info@alltheflykids.com Phone - (202) 780-6181 Catch us on location next Friday, June 14, 2019 from 5pm-8pm at re:fresh for Magic Hour. This one's for the creators, disruptors, healers, hustlers, and innovators who give the city its edge to connect and build with like minds. Collins + Keys N°1 is Now Available. For A Limited Time - https://collinskeys.shop Follow Chef Charly: www.neworleans.strochmarket.com/fritai www.instagram.com/fritainola www.instagram.com/charlyjpierre Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Something we're good at doing on The All the Fly Kids Show is pivoting on the fly. Our guest needed to reschedule due to a family emergency and as the universe would have it, we got a last minute invite to a Memorial Day cookout. We thought this was the perfect opportunity to capture the energy of the day and a Black function. Shout out to friend of the show and photographer extraordinaire, Dr. Devonte Williford, for plugging us into the festivities. #NecessaryListening Show notes: 5:45 - Black cookout menu standards...But seriously, who made the potato salad? And the punch? And the mac and cheese? 09:55 - How to Survive a New Orleans Summer for Dummies 18:46 - Collins + Keys Shoe No. 1 is here (https://collinskeys.shop) 21:38 - Our gracious hosts, Chef de cuisine Jamelle and Grillmaster Tremaine, talk about combining their love for cooking and communing, Devonte speaks on communal cookouts, plus The Real HU Speaks 34:27 - Maybe she's finally gonna get it (She's Gotta Have It Season 2 Recap Pt. 1) 38:00 - Creative Placemaking and The Corporate Check-In Send all comments and questions: Email - info@alltheflykids.com Phone - (202) 780-6181 See why Geronimo keeps talking about stocks and #OptionsGang: bit.ly/2ZFvb7O Follow Devonte: www.raresightingphotography.com www.instagram.com/raresightingphotography www.instagram.com/devontewilliford Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Our favorite well-balanced holistic thug, Gypsi Lewis aka "Gypsi Hussle", is back to give us all a primer on a few things because the #GoogleWitch epidemic is becoming out of hand #NecessaryListening: 3:39: What Mercury, along with the other planets, being in retrograde means and why we should care 13:25: Natal Charts? Aren't those the pre- and post-partum doctor's notes? 26:23 - Zodiac signs - Useful tools of the universe, not your daily zodiac reading and Gypsi needs an assistant 32:56 - Ancestors as life guides, regardless of religious [dis]beliefs 50:15 - Benefits of herbal smoke blends, of the non-THC kind 1:06:00 - Robert arrives and he got high the night before again *face palm emoji*, Sun and Rising signs as our representatives, and tricksters using our natal charts against us 1:16:40 - Ascendance (The Party), 24 hour donuts, White Jesus, and pool days For more planetary and spiritual resources, go here (not Google): www.asoulcenter.com www.firmmusings.com Send all comments and questions: Email - info@alltheflykids.com Phone - (202) 780-6181 Check out #OptionsGang: bit.ly/2ZFvb7O Follow Gypsi : www.instagram.com/gypsi_jars Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow All The Fly Kids: www.instagram.com/alltheflykids https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc https://linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Regarding Fresh, or re:fresh for short, is a premier lifestyle boutique located in the French Quarter, selling mid-range and high-end men's and women's apparel and the first store of its kind in New Orleans. The boutique's owner, Shawn Forbes, is our guest this week and gives us a dope episode full of fashion and life knowledge we all can use. #NecessaryListening Comments + Questions: Email - info[at]alltheflykids[dot]com Phone (202) 780-6181 Show Notes: 7:21 - Making his way from Brooklyn to New Orleans in the early 90s, immersing himself in Crescent City culture of the time, and his travels making him a chameleon 25:51 - A music industry pit-stop, being present in each moment, and all that will come along 31:11 - Back in New Orleans and how a few “No's”/turning down job offers led to the manifesting of a five-year-old idea with the opening of re:Fresh, and youth skate culture in the city 39:21 - The city's initial response to the concept, New Orleans' street culture on display for the world in the No Limit and Cash Money eras, how culture and influence actually work together 50:32 - The tide changes, the re:fresh community develops, and local youth are being inspired to greatness 1:04:25 - Finding your style, building a look, and how Shawn selects the brands he sells 1:30:50 - Black designers + Brand partnerships vs Black designers + Brand ownership 1:57:58 - Random Aside Returns Check out #OptionsGang: bit.ly/2ZFvb7O Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Watch 'What's Your Drink?', our newest podcast featuring DC's top bar and beverage professionals speaking on the craft - bit.ly/2RAZqsq Watch the latest Fairground web series, Set-Up Shop and Fairly Short - bit.ly/2M0KKzD All The Fly Kids Links: Website - www.alltheflykids.com Twitter - www.twitter.com/AllTheFlyKids Instagram - www.instagram.com/alltheflykids Facebook - www.facebook.com/alltheflykids SoundCloud - bit.ly/2q4sjQR Apple Podcasts - apple.co/2DNSEJ2 Google Play - bit.ly/2DLCL5M Spotify - spoti.fi/2TOLpfB Stitcher - bit.ly/2zrT1ps The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

We talk about creative control this episode and kick off the show with our first listener topic submission, revolutionizing the music industry for independent artists to get the money back into their hands through vertical integration (8:23), Facebook is banning every damn body and we've all gone soft (37:15), The $60k/yr entrepreneur vs the $500k/yr employee Twitter conversation >>>> The $200 date Twitter conversation (53:05), and financially leveling up the Black community + a quick #OptionsGang drop. We still got work to do. #NecessaryListening Learn more about #OptionsGang: https://bit.ly/2ZFvb7O Comments + Questions: Email - info[at]alltheflykids[dot]com Phone (202) 780-6181 Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Watch 'What's Your Drink?', our newest podcast featuring DC's top bar and beverage professionals speaking on the craft - bit.ly/2RAZqsq Watch the latest Fairground web series, Set-Up Shop and Fairly Short - bit.ly/2M0KKzD All The Fly Kids Links: Website - www.alltheflykids.com Twitter - www.twitter.com/AllTheFlyKids Instagram - www.instagram.com/alltheflykids Facebook - www.facebook.com/alltheflykids SoundCloud - bit.ly/2q4sjQR Apple Podcasts - apple.co/2DNSEJ2 Google Play - bit.ly/2DLCL5M Spotify - spoti.fi/2TOLpfB Stitcher - bit.ly/2zrT1ps The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.

Is it a wrap for Instagram influencers? Culture and lifestyle vertical, Quartzy, recently published an article entitled “Instagram Influencers Are Out, Slackers Are In” (https://bit.ly/2DGdkV8) to answer this question. We break down this article and get into the details of being an Instagram influencer and answer the question of whether it's even possible to be a modern-day slacker. We also talk about Jay Z's Nipsey Hussle inspired freestyle he performed at his B-Sides show in NYC on Friday, along with Black influence inside and outside the hood. Last and definitely not least, Robert smoked weed over the weekend and his recap is probably the funniest thing you'll hear all day. #NecessaryListening Speaking of Instagram, shout out again to our viewers for watching and giving their takes on “influencing vs slacking.” We're reading listener/viewer comments and questions each week. Send them our way! Email - info[at]alltheflykids[dot]com Phone (202) 780-6181 Show Notes: 0:00 - Show Intro and “Robert Smoked Weed” Part One 08:35 - Breaking down the Quartzy article “Instagram Influencers Are Out, Slackers Are In” + when influence hacked the Internet 35:05 - Getting paid to live our best lives + The Neoliberal Ideal 54:36 - Selling a Version of Ourselves vs Selling Out 01:07:28 - Is it even possible to be a slacker? Life ain't fair and Geronimo is okay with this 01:16:03 - The Failed Promise of Neoliberalism 01:20:55 - Influencer Schadenfreude aka Haters 01:23:39 - Jay Z's B-sides Freestyle dedicated to Nipsey Hussle + Lifting up the hood 01:44:13 - “Robert Smoked Weed” Part Two 01:51:23 - Call for listener comments and questions Follow Geronimo Knows: www.instagram.com/geronimoknows www.twitter.com/GeronimoKnows Follow Robert Jay: www.instagram.com/robertjay_bb www.twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Follow Fairground Inc: www.instagram.com/fairgroundinc linktr.ee/fairgroundtimes Watch 'What's Your Drink?', our newest podcast featuring DC's top bar and beverage professionals speaking on the craft - bit.ly/2RAZqsq Watch the latest Fairground web series, Set-Up Shop and Fairly Short - bit.ly/2M0KKzD All The Fly Kids Links: Website - www.alltheflykids.com Twitter - www.twitter.com/AllTheFlyKids Instagram - www.instagram.com/alltheflykids Facebook - www.facebook.com/alltheflykids SoundCloud - bit.ly/2q4sjQR Apple Podcasts - apple.co/2DNSEJ2 Google Play - bit.ly/2DLCL5M Spotify - spoti.fi/2TOLpfB Stitcher - bit.ly/2zrT1ps The All the Fly Kids Show is where the cool, calm and connected talk straight – no chaser. Your hosts, Geronimo Knows and Robert Jay, sit down each week with culture creators you [should] know specializing in moments of good taste in the arts, fashion, food, business and more. A necessary listen for the urban lifestyle enthusiast.