Alexander
Appearances
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
Ah, Larry. Hello, Beyonce. Hello, Big Ice. Big Gullah Gullah. Big Taylor Port. Cat. My name is Alexander. I am 22. I'm from... I'm from New England, just graduated college recently, data science engineering. Shout out to me. Yeah. Oh, first, I just want to shout out the podcast. You guys are doing really, really cool stuff.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
Shout out to, I've just learned so much about hip hop, particularly like hip hop in the South. I wouldn't call myself a hater, but at least someone who is uninformed, someone who is still like Lil Wayne, I'm sure he's great. That kind of energy, you know what I mean? I've learned so much about, yeah, Lil Wayne and T.I. and all of these other really cool groups.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
So thank you so much just for the information. Thank you for, like, the context. Thank you for the history that you guys have given on black culture and all of these uplifting messages and energy that I can, like, bring to, like, friends who are in my life who might not be exposed to that kind of stuff. Thank you. Thank you a hundred times. Thank you so much. This is very specific.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
Thank you for putting me out to Adri. I really, really enjoy Adri's videos, and I really enjoyed your episode with Adri. I think she's a really great, like, I guess maybe force in, like, the hip-hop online sphere. So thank you for that specifically. Yeah, thanks a lot. As far as my advice, yeah. So, like I mentioned, graduated recently-ish. I've been struggling to find a job. And I...
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
I've been doing what I can while I can. So, like, I'm at home. So it's like, all right, how can I build skills? And then how can I try to build community where I'm at while I'm still here? So I had an idea recently to try to start trying to – sorry. I wanted to – I had an idea for a community project that I wanted to try to start in my neighborhood.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
And I finally got to the point where it's like, all right, time to stop theorizing and, like, actually start going outside and talking to people. And I just got hit with that wave of –
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
don't do that like just like internally that kind of apprehension and fear so first maybe just would love a little support just like words of support for someone who like has an idea wants to try to bring it to people but just doesn't low-key doesn't have other people around him saying like oh you should do this oh this is a good idea this is really cool um and just is very nervous about like talking to new people and just talking to people who i don't know
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 52 - 40 of 400
whether they're going to be interested or not, or whether they're going to, they're going to like use this kind of thing positively, whatever, all that stuff. But just, just feeling like, like, I'm not sure if I'm ready for this. That'll kind of just that whole fear of a little, a little, a little positive, you know, imagery or, you know, it would be, wouldn't be nice for that.