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EAST BALTIMORE | NYT Bestselling Author | @hbo writer | 👻 writer for NBA | @salonofficial | UB Prof | 2024 Gordon Parks Fellow| 2024 James Beard Award Winner
East Baltimore
Joined October 2010
#BlackBoySmile — A love letter to Black families everywhere, because despite what they think or say, we deserve happy endings too. Preorder now, available everywhere on May 17th
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Hip hop is by far THE most intellectual, most calculated , most complex genre of music— nothing else comes close.
Y’all. Yes I looked it up before I shared it here. This is genius. I was today years old….i knew of the knock but the story behind it…😳😳😳
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Never forget that if @Kaepernick7 was addicted to perks, beat women, made a horrible rap album and hid from his children — the NFL would welcome him with open arms. All dude did was take a stand against racism like all good people should and look what it lead to 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️.
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RIP to that young Black pregnant mother was murdered next to her toddler today in west Baltimore. 3 Lives lost.
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This you ?
81 officers have fled @BaltimorePolice this year, outpacing last year. Pay, working conditions, and the anti-policing climate are the primary reasons. BPD leadership must begin to treat our officers as the professionals they are! #500copsshort #cityincrisis @GLFOP @MayorBMScott.
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Big you gotta check how Wink lowkey blacked out after she broke the board
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Woke up at 4 am, cleaned myself up and married my best friend at 6 am .
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First Day of school!! Blessed academic journey to baby girl 🙏🏾
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And you wonder why unarmed black men run from cops🤷🏾♂️— this is what happens when you don’t . I’m guessing this officer was scared for his life .
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Wife off camera crying tears of joy, watching Wink Wink walk down the steps ALL by herself for the first time 🥺🥺
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“Hey D Watkins, how has police and community relations changed in Baltimore since the death of Freddie Gray?”
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Me explaining to my wife that mixing LV and Balmain with Under Armor , New Balance and a Acura key is normal cuz I’m from east Baltimore.
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“How have things changed in Baltimore since Freddie Gray?”.
To our officers at the Harbor tonight:.Protect each other and don't fall into the trap that they are only kids. Some are criminals! Keep the current policies and Consent Decree in mind. If ordered to arrest put the name of the on-scene Commander in all reporting. Mike Mancuso.
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My English teacher at Dunbar told the class I wouldn’t amount to anything because I laughed at a joke— she said I’d die in those projects across the street. Now the same English department uses my writing as a story for inspiration. Thank God for never quitting. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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The world is crazy and stuff is crazy but man this lil baby is just iconic 😭
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Eastside Baltimore . How it started v How it’s Going
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Baltimore City public schools should be ashamed of themselves. The fact that you gotta have a GoFunMe for heat in the winter is horrible. And you wonder why young people reject education.
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The “Boil Water Advisory” was just issued for certain parts of west Baltimore; however, I’m telling all of my family all over the city to boil until we get proper clarity. Stay safe ….
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I LOVE Baltimore— this city has its problems LIKE every other city but there is ALSO so much beauty and people’s inability to see that is not my business or yours if you LOVE this city and work to make it a better place for all.
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“tew. twenty-tew. twenty- tew”— . there y’all go, y’all can leave Baltimore alone for the rest of the day now. 2.22.22.
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BALTIMORE CITY appreciation tweet because you wasn’t there! You was in the county 🥴
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Studies show that the more words you know, the further you go in life— and kids who grow up with books in their homes experience more success than kids who don’t, even if no one reads them. #DWatkinsDay book giveaway is about making sure our children have libraries at HOME!
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Rest up young King 🙏🏾 Praying for your family ::: Baltimore we HAVE to put the guns down 😞😞💔
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Crazy how Black Baltimore and white Baltimore are two completely different worlds — even on Twitter.
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I step away from people and scenes for years at a time only to come back to see older versions of the same people doing the same things. Moral: finish your work , you aren’t missing anything.
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Baltimore's D. Watkins wins James Beard Award for writing about sobriety
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I really did my daughter hair and I’m proud of it. $1500 and I’ll teach you my secret.
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Daily reminder that we’ll be okay— and that Baltimore has birthed some of the most talented artist on the planet— #RIPTomTom
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“Baltimore full of haters! Baltimore too violent! Baltimore negative this ! Baltimore negative that …” they say… . But will they tell that we raised over $60k in two days, in an effort to help my brother get a new heart ?!!! I LOVE MY CITY
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I been in the streets for most of my life, and can confidently say that people just don’t shoot cops. Pay attention
FILED: Day before he was killed, Baltimore detective was to testify before federal grand jury in indicted officers case
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Her name was Shiand Miller, her daughter died by her side —- and she had a son on the way.
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If your representative in Congress voted for the $2000 stimulus, you should get it— if your representative voted against it, then you shouldn’t get it. THAT WOULD SHAKE UP THE NATION.
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2 YEARS of ballin outta control!!! Happy Birthday WINK ❤️🙏🏾
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At age one , my daughter already knows how to hit a brunch , enjoy her Sunday and mind her business 🥺🥺
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Baltimore City’s proposed budget =‘s a clear recipe for failure — if you ever wondered or cared about the city’s problems, or lack of growth, here you go.
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Honored to co-write this book with the great @carmeloanthony !!! West + East Baldamore collaboration 🙏🏾💯💯
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I guess #FreddieGray chased himself and then threw himself in the back of the van , broke his own neck and murdered himself 🤔.
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Everytime an unarmed Black person is murdered by law enforcement, a bunch of Dr King experts emerge.
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How you stand your ground after breaking into someone’s house?.
Judge rules the jury can consider a law similar to Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law when determining if Amber Guyger is guilty of killing her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean:
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At a place in my life right now where I just want to love my wife and daughter— create the art I dream about, cash checks, share the wealth and laugh with with my family and friends until my chest hurts. My bad if I don’t debate you, fight with you or react to your negativity.
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The crabmeat at Safeway on 25th street.
Name a place with tighter security than the Capitol. RIGHT answers only. 😂👇🏽.
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Just a couple of east and west Baltimore hood/ project dudes who got paid to speak in Europe , won fellowships, put out NYT Bestsellers and got nominated for NAACP awards 🙏🏾 @byDVNLLN @KondwaniFidel
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Moving out of east Baltimore — the neighborhood I said I'd never leave
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Random but we taking our daughter on real picnics this summer— it’s gonna be lit. We really gotta basket, blankets , containers and all that 😭
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For those who don’t know, my wife is pregnant and we are expecting an Aquarius baby girl 😇🤰🏽
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A corny dude in the NY publishing industry said ,”D Watkins writes and lives in Baltimore? He probably won’t even live to see his 1st book out, Ha!” . Well, after 2 NYT Bestsellers, the 3rd book is done and I’m still here! 🙏🏾 GOD IS REAL ❤️
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Bulletproof? And y’all say racism is over . .
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Baby girl was showing off last night (ONE YEARS OLD!!!)
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Never forget that the white man on the left killed 20 people and the Black man on the right was accused of selling loose cigarettes. TAKE SOME TIME. and think about that
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The amount of people (Not from Baltimore/ clueless transplants/ nonprofit mouthpieces and the disconnected respectability crew) giving hot takes on squeegeeing is dangerous. You people have no idea, aren’t qualified to comment and are putting those boys/ men in more danger.
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Pro tip : People who, “Don’t ask for much,” normally get nothing. Demand your money, your time and what your effort deserves because people will take advantage. It’s the American way 🤷🏾♂️.
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The most beautiful part of We Own this City was the networks ability to EMPLOY over 5000 locals — many of which were Black men and women with personal survival stories involving the crooked cops portrayed. People who never thought about working in TV are in unions now 🙏🏾.
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How you expect to get love if you don’t show none?.
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"Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.". Nina Simone.
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First I want to thank God— send love to my friends @byDVNLLN , @KondwaniFidel and @ChrisWilsonbalt for their amazing letters of support— and thank the judges, lawyers and politicians who worked on righting this wrong. WE ALL DID IT. My brother is coming home!!!!!
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The whole idea of “urban fiction “ is racist , like no one says suburban fiction.
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I love ALL the calls to action going on right now but I hope yall realize that the work is done when the media isn’t present and the crisis isn’t at the top of everyone’s conversation. The crisis never stops, its popularity just goes through shifts. Work should be consistent.
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Frederick Douglas, Billie Holiday and Reginald F Lewis all have some EAST BALTIMORE roots 🙏🏾.
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I wish the city council took some of that 500 million dollar police budget and added an extra trash day, WE NEED IT — certain parts of this city look horrible and unlike a lot of these cops, clean neighborhoods deter crime.
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Baltimore is sick of the same money grubbing, fake elite , corny , tacky, oppressive, stealing , uppity , clout chasing , crusty, fake church member politicians who are 10000% comfortable watching all of the Black people around them crumble.
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Got my first call sheet framed 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 . Thank you to everyone who worked on this from @AoDespair , @NinaKNoble and George to my PA family and Crafty, EVERYONE—- I’m forever grateful
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