kendrick & iverson & sza & cooley high & scotch bonnets

stop playing in Black History Month's face

Hello. I’m the author, journalist, producer, and podcast creator Danyel Smith. SHINE BRIGHT HQ is where I overshare about music and culture. It’s Black History Month, and it’s definitely Black History Month daily over here. So far this month, I’ve published a post a day (which is wild). I like doing it, and I appreciate the amazing response: thank you for subscribing to, and for sharing my work. FYI the full SHINE BRIGHT HQ archive is here. And: as your daily (for now!) Black History Month newsletter continues, right now is a gorgeous time to ⤵️

this is always strange to me.