I just finished the first episode of the Netflix documentary, Jeen-Yuhs. Directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, the documentary is about the life of Kanye West. Yup, that Kanye West. The same Kanye West whose lyrics I’ve recited countless times while rocking you to sleep. The same Kanye West who once walked onto the Def Poetry Jam stage and proudly said, “I make Black history every day, I don’t need a month!”When I was in my late teens/early twenties, making my way through university, that quote was my mantra. It was the mantra for all of us (us = my roommates at the time. All Black men). Consciously, or subconsciously, we were preparing to graduate from university and enter the professional world to make Black history every day in our own way. There was the banker, the business marketer, the sports manager, and the artist (me!).
