Melanated Rhapsody
 
About the Author

 

We can’t tell you much about the Author because as his name implies he wishes to remain Anonymous.  He is also known as the unapologetic observer.  His words whether poetry or prose are reflections of all that he sees and has experienced.  It evolves as he evolves. He is also known as Afewerki (Golden mouth one who never says bad things).

 

What we can tell you is that he is a Black man, born of a parent from the East Cost and a parent from the West coast.  He is an Afrikan born in the United Snakes of Amerikkka.  He ended up being born under the Virgo moon under the peach trees in the south.  He has lived many lives.  He grew up middle class and then watched the drug scene put him in the ghetto.  He found the church to get through the pain as his family was too dysfunctional.  He has always had a quest for truth and that has meant that he has had to ask questions and admit the answers. 

 

He is college educated and has traveled the states and the world.  He has had many occupations.  Entrepreneur, Wall Street Banker, Promoter and the list goes on.  He is every ‘Black’ man.  He has acted and performed on the stage.  He has sung in front of many famous and infamous.  He has freestyled with platinum hip hop artists.  He has jammed with the Soul, Funk and R&B greats.  He has performed in the Olympics.  But he would give all that up for the liberation of his people.  He feels like Tupac in that he is battling the Black Panther and Pimp that is inside of him.  He writes as a means to purge the mentacidal manure in his brain.  Call it a lyrical enema to release the psychological leprosy that is in us all.  He writes because he owes his people and his ancestors.  He does not write to entertain as much as to inform and educate.

 

Anonymous says that he is unapologetic because he does not censure what he writes.  Whether good or bad, it is what must be said.  He has made his mistakes and will make more, but he always remains focused on the Black peoples’ liberation.  He only tells his readers this, “Whether you are offended or pleased by Melanated Rhapsody, don’t blame the messenger until you have dealt with the message”.  For if a sick man is vomiting, it solves nothing by pointing and chastising him for the vomit residue. 

 
 


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