Oh the places you will go & the woman you will become! Your hamlet of #Harlem shaped you, gave you confidence, smarts (obviously streets but also book smarts), style (personal style is the best style especially in an environment like Harlem where no one wants to look like anyone else) & it gave you HEART! All these attributes gleaned from growing up in #TheHood during the #PaidInFull era allowed you to go all over the world, to show up & show out unapologetically, peeling layers until one day you get on an international stage & give a @ted on being your most #Authentic self! Through the highs & lows, I wouldn’t trade my journey, would you? Shout out to #The80sLadies my #RideOrDie friends for almost 40 yrs, special ❤️ to #AuntDiane @polyndiane pictured here, tall & slim in a scene of curves but she knew she was that girl!