The Black Storytellers' Project (BSP) began with the research question: "How can Black folx cultivate storytelling as liberation?" I created an ethnographic project (2021) to cypher with (interview) 18 folx across the Deep South, Southern California, NY and the Midwest. Each person was born within the critical influence of Hip Hop. Why Hip Hop? Because we are rooted in various modes of storytelling and are sandwiched between caring for our parents and raising our children – biological and Village. We are bridges. 

Since 2022, the project has expanded to work not just with Hip Hop ascendants, but all generations of Black folx individually, as well as family clusters. Additionally, in 2023, I began recruiting folx in Southern Africa to add and connect our Diasporic quilt patches. Our collective finding is this: Black Folx Are Rich. Not because of fiat notes, but because of our stories: our ability to speak them, breathe them, cry them, dance them, digest them, balm them. The BSP reconnects folx and disrupts global anti-Black ideologies and institutions.

With the BSP, I created the #BlackFolxAreRich® brand as a public-facing avenue for this work – community galleries, writing workshops, retreats, merchandise, and charitable activities – in addition to publications in academic outlets. I will continue to curate such spaces for us to tell our stories. If you're interested in contributing in any capacity, let us know! It takes less than 3 minutes to fill out this Google Doc and someone will connect with you shortly.