4:44, APlaybook for Black Mothers Raising Black Sons
3 min readOct 30, 2023
Although our paths will probably never cross; Sean Carter (JayZ) and I grew up in the Marcy Projects during different decades. I lived there during the heroin epidemic. Jay lived there during the crack siege. However, If you think it’s ironic that a board-certified ob-gyn physician and a billionaire emerged from the Marcy Projects, then clearly, you do not understand the magic of Brooklyn. It is the…