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Hey there, welcome back to Tweed Trends. Today, keep your head to the sky, and let's get started. Today's episode title, Keep Your Head to the Sky. I'm using this to tie together two completely different topics and house them both under the same Tweed Trends umbrella today.
So bear with me. So we won't be talking about any of the national holidays that are being celebrated today. We're not even going to talk about any of the other stuff that's trending out there. First, I want to talk about Jeff Bezos.
Mr. I have the most money in the world. We're going to talk about him and his space travel. And we're also going to talk about the fact that the entertainment community has lost so much talent so far in the year 2021.
To say that this is just seven months and it is mind-boggling to see the number of people that we've already lost. And then on top of that, the fact that I want to shine the spotlight on hip hop more importantly. And when you look at that as well, you're just like, whoa. So rather you're a keep your head to the sky, earth wind and fire type.
Or if you're a sounds of blackness, be optimistic, keep your head to the sky. Both of these situations are going to keep us all looking up. OK, let's start with Jeff Bezos. Now, I'm going to apologize ahead of time to let you know that I very well may be rambling through this little segment here because there is a lot of stuff to cover and uncover.
So let's just start with the basics. Jeff Bezos and three other people went into space. Did you see my ear quotes just now? They went into space.
And what does that mean? Well, let me back up. Jeff Bezos, who from what we all understand, is the richest person in the world. Let that sink in and marinate for a little minute.
The richest person in the world. He has a rocket company called Blue Origin. I guess when you're the richest person in the world, you can have a rocket company. And so his rocket company created or built this rocket called New Shepherd.
Now, New Shepherd is named after Alan Shepherd, who was the first American in space. Now, here's where this whole thing gets really interesting. So earlier this morning, somewhere in Texas, Jeff Bezos and three other people, they get on this ballot symbol shaped rocket and go up 62 plus miles. And if you were not sure, unaware, 62 miles is kind of like the border between Earth's atmosphere and space.
That's where it's kind of assumed to be. So they went up into the space. They got there. They took off their seat belts and bounced around their little cabin area, so to speak, and then floated back down to Earth.
Now, when I think about this whole process, I'm looking at it like going to the carnival, standing in line, and then getting on one of the rides, literally going to the carnival. Because I'm thinking to myself, this is a rich man that pulled people together to build a rocket. I don't know anything about these people or anything. I just know y'all all met up as someplace in Texas and got on a rocket and went up into the sky.
That just seems really weird to me. But who am I to try to shoot holes in this story and situation? Anyway, so you've got these people on this rocket. They go up.
They come down. They're like hooten and hollering. And they're looking to make this a thing where people can go and get on a rocket and go up into the air and bounce around and come back down, kind of like a little mini carnival. I'm wondering if they won't build a carnival or like a Disney World type of amusement park around this whole idea.
And make it the place to go to if you want to go ride the rocket ride. It makes no sense to me. People have been asking me, hey, that you want to go up into space? No, not really.
I don't have any feeling deep within me. That's like, oh, yeah, I've got to get there. I've got to save up my coins. Because I'm going to go in that rocket one day.
No. You guys go ahead and take your selfies, do whatever you do. Let me know how it was. I don't see where there's any benefit to me to go up in a rocket for about 10 minutes, come back down, and then what?
Does it benefit my wealth or my mental health? What does maybe, if this was one of those dunking booth type things, where people contribute money and if you reach a certain level, then that'll get on that rocket and go up into space. That's the only way I think I would do that, is if I knew that me going in that rocket was going to do some good for somebody here on Earth. Now, before I move on to my other topic, I did not do any research on Jeff Bezos and his philanthropic behavior or lack thereof.
I don't know what he does for the community. I know his ex-wife did a lot because she's like, let me get this settlement. And I'm going to bless some people in this world. Now, as far as him, I don't know what he does.
Now, I do know I just heard that he gave Van Jones and somebody else $100 million to donate to whatever causes they see fit. And I wonder, like, this is just me thinking to myself, so you give somebody money because this person has philanthropy in their blood. They want to do better or do good in the community. So you give them money to go give money to somebody else.
So then does that make you philanthropic all in yourself because you gave the money to the other person so then they could then go give the money to somebody else? How does that work? Does that disconnect you? So if you wanted to give to Black Lives Matter, but you didn't want it to look some type of way, like it came straight from you, then you give it to somebody else and then they can give it to whoever.
So yeah, I got nothing. I'm just saying. I think that much money, because even with him spending money on this rocket company and building this rocket, this man is still the richest guy in the world. So with that kind of money, I feel like you could be doing a whole lot more in the world than sending people up into space.
In this last segment, I want to focus on the people that we've lost in the hip-hop community since the start of 2021. Now, it's mind-boggling to me. It's staggering the number of people that we've already lost, and we're only seven months into the year. So with this recent announcement of the passing of this marquee, it was like, oh, my gosh.
Wow. Wow. OK. Hold on.
But then you think about it. And before him, there was Shock G, XSE from Houdini, Prince Marquis D, DMX, Black Rob. And my mind is blown. So let me kind of back up and give you a little background into why I am.
So just, oh, my gosh. Because I didn't know these people personally, but they were my best friends. When I was in high school, I got a job at the radio station. I was working midnight to six on weekends.
And this was from the age of 16 on up through to college. I was working weekends, midnight to six, midnight to five. When my friends were going to clubs and parties, they were calling me up on the phone saying, hey, can you play such and such? And I was locked up in a radio station by myself playing music.
So these various artists became my friends. I hung out with them on the weekends when my friends were hanging out with each other. And so that's why it blows my mind when I hear that somebody like this marquee passed. It's not quite the same as my father passed.
And I looked at it like, that was my superhero. Who brought out the Kryptonite and took my superhero away from me? But the whole situation with these artists, like Biz and Shofuji and everybody else, it's one of those things like, you never think about what it's going to be like when they're gone. So the cool thing, though, about the fact that they were artists, and that means they have material out there.
They have left a legacy. So although my daughter may never actually get to see a concert with Biz Markey at it saying, nobody beats the biz. Nobody beats the biz. I can play that for her and she can still get an idea.
I can play music videos for her. She'll still be able to have an idea of who these people are. And so I say all of this to say the whole, keep your head to the sky, be optimistic. This is the sounds of blackness version of my, keep your head to the sky, right?
With your everyday people, why not find a way to leave a legacy? Whether it's for yourself or if there's an older person in your family, get them on video, talk in, get their voice recorded, do something so that there is a legacy left that when the people come well after them that would have had no knowledge of them, no nothing, they have that one little gem there that they can go to and be like, oh man, that's my grandmother's voice on that recording. That's my grandmother's picture. This is a video of my grandmother.
I look at this podcast as my legacy, because people who don't know me long after I'm gone can listen to it and be like, huh, so that's what she thought. That's how she felt. So all of that to say, rest in peace to our hip hop greats, they have already gone. Whenever you're feeling nostalgic, go grab one of their songs, one of their albums and listen to it and enjoy that piece of them that they left behind.
But in doing that, make sure that you think about your own situation and leave us some bread crumbs or something for those people that are gonna come after you. That was today's episode of Tweet Turns. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope it was inspirational and it's got you keeping your head to the sky, whether it's a matter of being optimistic about the future or maybe even reminiscent on the past, or if it's got you keeping your head to the sky so that you can look out for things falling from it, there are rich people put up there.
So do me a favor, head on over to your favorite mode of social media and look me up at HEVET. That's at H-E-E-V-E-T-E, or just look for the hashtag Tweet Turns. Have a great day and I'll see you back here again on Thursday.