As we close out Black Music Month in our season finale, we honor the modern versions of negro spirituals showcased by some millennial hip hop classics.

You can't tell me that the beginning of "Swag Surfin" isn't an altar call to get close to your friends and place your arms around each others shoulders as ya sway in unison, or that "Wipe Me Down" isn't a confidence booster for the person in the middle of the club as strangers circle up to wipe down their shoulders, chest, pants, shoes and don't even get me started about if "Knuck If You Buck" would have been the anthem to African resistance to enslavement.

Listen all the way through to hear more about a bonus song by Kendrick Lamar that had everyone feeling like everything was going to be alright no matter how down we feel.

Black music is and will always be art across genres. Black artists are the blueprint of greatness. And don't you forget it!

Texas was the last state of the Confederacy in which enslaved Black people officially gained their freedom. June 19th, 1865 is that historic day.

Black folks in Kentucky and Delaware were not declared free until December of 1865… months after what we know as Juneteenth.

Are we still free today? What can freedom look like for future generations?

This episodes explores radical ways to embody the energy of Juneteenth in this country as we celebrate the importance of freedom for all Black people across the world.

Listen to "Knee To The Neck": A revolutionary song about the freedom and liberation of all Black people

https://open.spotify.com/track/3mH5ATGzlRqWseIpgT5OEs?si=fefde702851943ff

A truly emotional episode about the heartache and healing that comes from not having a physically and emotionally present father.

Those of us who have these father wounds tend to struggle with trust, fear of abandonment, jealousy, and possessiveness in romantic relationships. Therefore we owe it to ourselves, our lineage and our romantic partners to do this healing work.

Breakthrough comes when we transmute the pain of that father wound to personal power. We have the power as adults, to reclaim our worth and give ourselves all of the things we need. We have the power to re-parent ourselves and nourish our inner child. We have the power to direct the course of our lives now.