DESCRIPTION:
Three years before she began writing her New York Times-bestselling book I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying, Bassey Ikpi returned to her native Nigeria to try to piece together a life that had fallen apart. Her career had been cut short by a Bipolar II diagnosis and hospitalization, and she longed to find her way back to it.
 
Nigeria welcomed her with promise. That fall, she created BasseyWorld presents Naija Poetry Slam, Nigeria's first National Poetry Slam competition, and she started getting hopeful. She started thinking about all the things she had wanted to do before she became unable to anymore, and it all felt possible again. The dream of being on television from age 7, years before B.E.T. and Def Poetry Jam. That dream rose from the dead and called her name. And if she could just start again, reroot herself in the first place her heart called home, she would be safe. Connected. Home.
 
But there was another side to her time in Nigeria. The side where she lived in a literal death trap on the 13th floor with no working elevator. Where strangers judged her every move as a single woman. Where it seemed like a good idea to wash down her medication with whiskey and then to stop taking her medication altogether. Where her brain would only quiet at night, not stop, and the loneliness would eat her bones.
 
This is the story of one of the darkest hours of a promising young talent who fled her life in Maryland for the chance to start over. When insomnia and heartbreak caught up with her in Lagos, she had to face the one thing she couldn't flee—herself. 

BIO:
Bassey Ikpi is a Nigerian-American writer and mental health advocate. Her debut essay collection, I’m Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying, was an instant New York Times bestseller. She appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and joined the touring company for their Tony Award-winning Broadway show, and has appeared on numerous stages across the globe. Bassey is an active voice in the mental health community and a pop culture connoisseur; her essays on both topics can be found on platforms including The New York Times, The Root, and Okay Africa. She is also the creator of #NoShameDay, an initiative that normalizes conversations surrounding Black mental health in order to reduce stigma. In short: Bassey Ikpi is a Nigerian-American writer, ex-poet, constant mental health advocate, underachieving overachiever, and memoir procrastinator. She lives in Maryland.

Home Rarely Feels Like This by Bassey Ikpi, Narrated by Bassey Ikpi

King V comes back too the rap scene with another "420 Glo Tape" packed with ambient ominous sounds along with melodic melancholy melodies.

HeadBop (V1ncent)

Militant (V1ncent)

Omens Curse (2 Sides) (V1ncent)

Long Time (V1ncent)

5 Seconds (claritymadeit)

By Myself (V1ncent)

Slide Song (V1ncent)

King V (V1ncent) is a producer hailing from Romeoville Illinois.

Known for his murky, ominous style; King V is known for his work With artists Kashdami, Runna Runna, 1Gleexhi, Kixkdoe & others.


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