Mental Health Awareness Month
Weekly Buzz
Music can be a powerful tool to help inspire people and help them feel less alone, I really appreciate the artists who use their platform to share their troubles as well as their successes. Counselor and psychotherapist, Laura Morse actually uses artists like Kendrick Lamar to speak to her male clients.
“Kendrick Lamar got my attention in 2012 when I first heard ‘Swimming Pools.’ Beyond the music is the attention to substance abuse, pushing limits and consequences. Kendrick took it a step further in ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ when he told the world: ‘I live with depression, anxiety AND I’m King Kendrick Lamar.’ The honesty of his struggles that accompany his success took my appreciation for him (and the POWER of Hip-Hop) to new heights. I began to see more Black men in my practice. Not just because their female significant others dragged them to couples therapy. And not only because they were struggling with substance use but because they were struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, vulnerability, and felt like it was safe to at least TRY to ask for help.”
Tweet of the Week
New Beats
Bad News - Kehlani
Throwback of the Week
Acid Rain - Chance The Rapper
Old school
Da Art of Storytelling Pt 1 - OutKast
Fun Facts
Lil Wayne and Eminem have been rapping for so long they have to Google their own lyrics to make sure they haven’t already written it before
Bonus
Da Art of Storytelling Pt 2 - OutKast
Be Something - Polo G
“Granted we known each other for some time
It don’t take a whole day to recognize sunshine”
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