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Scientists call our shared mother-line ancestor “Mitochondrial Eve.” She likely lived in Africa around 150,000 to 200,000 years ago, and her unbroken mother-to-child DNA line connects to everyone alive today.

He Got Game

#bts #spike lee #denzel washington #ray allen

She never knew she was feeding a legend.

She just knew a hungry young man needed to eat first.

In 1991, a 26-year-old Dr. Dre was broke and between record deals in Compton when corner store owner Inez Bramwell, 49, started sliding him a paper bag of pan dulce and a folded note every Tuesday.

She told him, "Eat first. Play after." She never let him pay.

She charged everyone else 85 cents for a soda. She charged him nothing.

Dre lost touch with the block after he made it big. In 2024, he found her again - Inez, now 82, living in a Lynwood duplex, diabetic, and $128,000 behind on insulin bills and back rent.

Dre knocked on her door holding a folded paper bag. He said, "Inez. I ate first." She asked, "And the playing?" He said, "Came after. Just like you said." She covered her mouth.

He cleared every dollar of debt that evening. Then he bought the corner store back and reopened it under her name.

Every Tuesday, pan dulce is free for any kid who walks in hungry.

#dr dre #take care of each other #straight outta compton #do the right thing #help each other

Peabo Bryson

4/13/51 - 6/2/26

#rip #peabo bryson

RIP Peabo Bryson 🕊️

#peabo bryson #rip

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Think happy thoughts

His belief in himself is what drove him and a lot of other people. Having self-confidence is the key in #life

#micheal jackson #king of pop #self confidence #believe in yourself

Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972.

#watts #70s #issachayes #jessejackson #blackmoses #shaft #soulmusic

#watts #70s music #issac hayes #jesse jackson #black moses #shaft #soul music