Iam that nigga in Paris, standing in the foreground of the Effiel Tower. I have taken that photo once in my teens, then again in my late 30s, and will take it again in my 50s. I have been a nigga in Paris.
I am that nigga in the Maldives, s ntanding on the powder white sand of the beaches that surrender to the iridescent turquoise water that envelope this tiny archipelago nation. I am the only nigga at my resort. I am holding it down for the Culture. I am the first nigga some of them have ever seen, including the Africans who work in the Maldives. I long to return to the Maldives. I have been a nigga in the Maldives.