In Weezy's Footsteps

I’m about to give this blog a serious jumpstart and you all have Lil’ Wayne to thank (or blame) for it.

I suppose I should begin by apologizing. I have no been the best blogger I can be. I’ve gone days and even weeks without writing or posting. I’ve withheld stories and other material from you simply because I felt as though I didn’t have the time to write it all down and/or type it all up. I’m telling you, I experience five to ten ridiculous, bloggable moments on a daily basis here, and the fact that I’ve only been posting weekly or biweekly is downright shameful.

I decided to make a change when I was struck with a moment of clarity while watching VH1’s Behind the Music on Lil’ Wayne aka Lil’ Weezy the other day.

For those of you unfamiliar with Lil’ Wayne, he is a hip hop artist in his mid-twenties. He’s been writing since he was 8 and had his first album out when he was 12. He is covered in tattoos from head to toe and has long dreadlocks and diamonds in his teeth. He is very energetic and very arrogant, proclaiming himself to be the best rapper alive. Needless to say, he is a super duper star and a personal hero of mine.

Anyway, besides inspiring me to cover myself in tattoos and fill my own grill up with diamonds, Weezy’s work ethic blew my mind. This guy records a song or two every night. Every single night. He has a recording studio built into his tour bus and even on days when he’s been traveling and performing all day he’ll stay up into the wee hours of the morning making music.

Because of this he has put out unheard of amounts of music in the past few years. I don’t know if it’s still the case, but I remember that, during the year before I left to come to Zambia, if you flipped to one of Richmond’s two hip hop stations, 75% of the time the song playing would either be Lil’ Wayne’s or would have him featured. And I think that may be a conservative estimate.

So, Weezy has inspired me to step up my game and start putting out more material. If he can put in the work after a long day of traveling and performing surely I can do it after a long day of cleaning up chicken poop and reading with my girls. For the next few weeks I will be writing a blog for every single day. Some days the Namumu internet acts up, so I may not be able to post every day, but if I miss a day I’ll post two the following day. If I miss two days I’ll post three the following day. And so on. Some posts may be brief and some may be boring, but I’ll get one out for every day.

Oh, and following in Weezy’s footsteps I will henceforth be referring to myself as the best blogger alive.

That is all. I hope you enjoy…