Melanin Dads

Today episode I speak with Adriel Adams the founder of Adbo Managment and we discuss the the need for us to be valued and how we continue to waste our talents and voices for these corporations. We discuss mental health and the different types of mental health! Such a great convo with an amazing person.

I had the pleasure of speaking with the founder of Purple House Project and we discuss the importance of her organization that helps domestic violence victims with the essentials they need to survive, from mental health awareness to yearly walks to bring awareness of domestic violence. Christina has spent the last 5yrs dedicating her time to this cause while still being a social worker. What can I...

Had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Rashid Zakat a native of bmore and Temple alumni we discuss the narrative that we mentally and socially are placed in while still attempting to be progressive in life. Rashid is a local Philly film director, creator, DJ, and we share our love of anime and how he infuses that into his work.

Through this journey I have had the pleasure of connecting with some amazing souls so this brother I met through a mutual person but became a brotherhood since day 1 myself and Michael takes me on his adventure of being a single father, child support, toxic co-parenting, and the on going mental fight of being black in this country.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Lakeeya Natasha-Thornton who is a licensed Clinical Social worker and we discuss the mental state of our black men and helping break some stigmas in our community so we can become more comfortable with getting the assistance we need.

This one was a hard one for me but this guest was a special one, Renaldo Lassiter and I grew up as children and spent alot of our childhood together while our mothers were dealing with their addiction to drugs together. We talk about his relationship to his father that he never had and at the time we talked about closure, but shortly after we recorded his father passed. This conversation was very...

I had the pleasure of talking with Mr. Chris Hernandez. We discuss his issues with being half Black and half Spanish in this country, dealing with racism and within the Spanish community who continue to support the president who has failed Puerto Rico and called them Rapist. The most important thing we discussed was the importance of having children with women who continue to put their children fi...

Had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Ira Pratt, this episode is special because today I turn 35 and Ira turns 45 so had to have my bday twin for this adventure! We talk parenthood, saying I love you to other men, protecting black women and more

On 10/9/2016 my mother Diana Hart was brutally stabbed and left for dead in the basement of her own home while her mentally disabled daughter slept upstairs. Till this day the Darby Police Department has no leads and can only say we are waiting for someone to "Mess Up." 5yrs later and still nothing. Just another Black Woman and we already know Black Women don't matter.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Lewin and on this brocast, we discuss "Pride" and the mental battles we fall into trying to be "the provider" and negating the help that our partners are extending to us.

So I had the pleasure of talking with Queen Doris aka Mooki. This is a sister that from the day we met I knew that we would one day sit down and talk about the hustle and grind of a real Black Woman and breaking stigmas every day while still being a mother. Overcoming her cousin being brutally killed because someone wanted to go out and have a good time and in a blink of an eye this family forever...

I talk with Anthony I. We talk about White Privilege, his own journey through mental health, his committed work with BLM movement, and more Please stay till the end wanted to share an interview from Arlie Hochschild where she discusses in my opinion the mental state that racist people believe to be true that we don't deserve to stand in line with them, and how the current President has given life...

Converted my first ever IG live with Camille Bell who invited me to discuss what it means to be a black father and what we need to do for our mental health. She is also a certified peer counselor Really enjoyed

I had the pleasure of speaking with the amazing Vince Anthony who is an amazing professional musician from the heart of Philadelphia. We discussed mental health and the need to have it at an early stage. We discussed him being a first-time dad. The impact on the weight of our skin in society and more

Next episode will feature the great @cobbina_calm_andcollected owner of @greendistrictmedia a Philly based film production company. On this episode we talk about the mental state of being a provider for our family, we discuss the overwhelming need to do everything and be everything for our tribe and we talk the necessity of therapy for a black man especially at this critical time in this Country.

This episode I talk with Dante Moore and we go in depth talking about our journeys through marriage and shifting and navigating towards becoming more selfless, and knowing the battle is only worth what your putting in!

This episode I talk with Darrell Jones and we discuss his many avenues of businesses after his many years of "punching the clock." How being a girl dad has allowed him to evolve into the black man, father, and husband he is today. This episode was actually recorded on 7/28 but was having some audio issues thankful the great Malcom King was able to get it all together for me. This episode is dedica...

Ep 3.  We talk about the wear and tear of putting on the shoes of a black man and the miles we don't regain that we put on our bodies mentally, physically, emotionally, even spiritually. Riding shotgun is Casey Anthony. Julian Hart on the edits Ep dedicated to the late James Baldwin, thank you for always having a voice for us. 

Thank you, everyone, without further ado I bring you another episode of Melanin Dads. This episode I sit with Milton Creary and we talk about the struggles of having multiple children with multiple women. We discuss the strain it has on the child, the mother, and the father. We discuss Child support and how the system is not and will never be made for US especially in Pennsylvania.  This is part 1...

Season 5 update! Back with new episodes every Fri at 10:12am

After spending the morning walking a whopping 3.4 miles !!, I sat down with Rick Lewis a brother I have known well over 15 plus years and is the God Father of my daughter Jubilee. We talk about "Generational Curses." How I believe it has affected the lives of not only myself but so many people in our community and Till this day we see it in our streets.  I believe by having these tough conversatio...