WHY CORNBREAD?: I call it the Cornbread Sound System. Because when my people were given little—just rations of flour, salt, pork, and cornmeal as ration assistance post slavery (think EBT)—they turned it into life. The Freedman’s Bureau listed those ingredients as survival, but my Brown ancestors in 1800 Macon, GA turned them into sustenance, into alchemy, into memory. Cornbread was never just food, it was resourcefulness, ritual, and survival magic. This sound system carries that same spirit. Speaker building is a costly hobby, but like cornbread, it’s about making something sacred out of scraps, building nourishment out of what’s at hand. This isn’t just a system of sound; it’s a continuation of their invention, their freedom, their flavor. Cornbread is the foundation. So is this.