Reflecting on our brother, Praverb the Wyse, in the back of my mind today. I've said before, but he still inspires me in his absence; gives me something to aspire to with how he carried himself and brought light to others. Over the years, we’d spoken on e-mail and social media countless times and I always knew that if I made a suggestion, shared a vision or championed an artist, he would go to great lengths to carry that vision forward - whether I knew it or not. To me, that made him twice the man I ever was, because I always shy’d away from things, and I knew he was a torch-bearer for ideas I’d leave lost in a notepad. I am sorry that he didn’t hear that from me (more) directly; it’s a reminder to celebrate the people behind the scenes that work tirelessly and selflessly to advance a culture that can be so thankless at times. I honor you only by becoming more like you; staying inspired, and by paying it forward for those to follow behind me/us. As he humbly once told me, "It will get better fam..." Rest In Peace, Earl Patrick McNease aka Praverb The Wyse... you are missed.
