Finished Rick James’ memoir, started Curtis Mayfield’s.
Crazy life for sure. A lot of setbacks before hitting the jackpot. Understandably, he doesn’t mention Dave Chappelle once.
The main take for me is that boredom leads to self-destruction quite easily, regardless of finances. Rick did the three things I told myself to never do:
– Don’t get anyone pregnant by mistake
– Don’t sell drugs
– Don’t do cocaine, ever
It definitely reduced my social circles and opportunities by a lot but, I’m aiming at not dying before 100 and I think I’m on the good foot for that.
Big shout out to his mom. The dude was man child’s poster child, she carried his ass his whole life. His groove, style and sound will always cover it up though. Thank you for them, Superfreak.