There’s a deeper meaning to Saturday night’s festivities. For those that don’t know, black people used to only be workers at the Cotton Club in Harlem. We either served or were the entertainment at the original club. Even the name of “The Cotton Club” was to represent the people who once owned cotton fields. The best in black entertainment at that time played there on a regular basis. This Saturday is a modern interpretation of The Cotton Club where the grand kids of ex patrons and ex workers now party together under one sound and rhythm. This event is part of this whole “UPTown Renaissance” that has been taking off since 08’. Along with several other movements here in the nation’s capitol, our goal is to truly bring the city together. We are all more alike than we are different, but we’ll never know it unless we interact. So when you support YEBies you’re not just supporting this movement, but you are supporting all of us who are trying to bring the diversity of DC together. Most importantly you are supporting yourself. The things we say or we put together are you. As you build the individual, the community will also grow.
Thanks for taking some of your time to read this and for your continual support. You never know what can come to you on a train ride to VA.
Sent From YEBiPhone
-@YEBies
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