ms. urkel💜

Please move around 😂

& y’all still can’t fuck with us. Motown, Marvin Gaye, The Big 3, we built the middle class, was the first concrete road in America, top 10 in skylines, strongest BLACK cultural influence, I can go on.

Genuinely asking. What does Cleveland have? Between influence and just our overall culture. Y’all can’t fuck with Detroit like please bffr.

The Art of Loving is just an incredible album and it really helps me when I miss the old yet have to face the new transitions of life.

1. The election of the first Black mayor of a major American city (Carl Stokes) 2. Rock and Roll (Alan Freed coined the term on Cleveland radio and was one of the first to integrate popular music on radio) 3. The second largest theater district in America, second only to BROADWAY (Playhouse Square) 4. Langston Hughes 5. The LeVert family 6. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (ranked by Billboard as one of the greatest rap groups of all time) 7. One of the “Big Five” orchestras in America (the Cleveland Orchestra) 8. One of the top 3 hospitals in the WORLD (the Cleveland Clinic) 9. The team considered to be one of the first fully integrated modern football teams (Cleveland Browns) 10. A university that’s so elite it’s considered one of the “new Ivies” (Case Western Reserve University) 11. Team that integrated the American League, mere weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated the National League (Larry Doby, Cleveland Indians, now Guardians) 12. Jesse Owens 13. Steve Harvey 14. Arsenio Hall 15. Superman was created here (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) 16. The man who signed the JACKSONS to CBS/Epic Records from Motown (Steve Popovich, who later founded Cleveland International Records and released Meat Loaf’s historic album “Bat out of Hell”) 17. The traffic light was invented here (Garrett Morgan) 18. One of the oldest Black theaters in the United States (Karamu House) 19. The election of Ohio’s first Black congresswoman and one of the most powerful Black congresswomen in the history of this country (Stephanie Tubbs Jones) 20. One of the strongest public library systems in America (Cleveland Public Library) 21. The “Cleveland Summit” where Jim Brown organized many of America’s top Black athletes to support Muhammad Ali after refusing the draft 22. John D. Rockefeller built Standard Oil in Cleveland, helping create the modern oil industry and modern corporate America (he is buried here and there are still buildings and parks named after him in this city) 23. The world’s first community foundation, widely credited with pioneering modern civic philanthropy (The Cleveland Foundation) 24. One of the pioneers of open heart surgery (Cleveland Clinic) 25. Performed the first near total face transplant in the United States (Cleveland Clinic) 26. One of the most influential rock radio stations in American history (WMMS) 27. One of the most important aerospace research centers in America (NASA Glenn Research Center) 28. The man widely considered the greatest football player ever and one of the most influential Black athletes in history (Jim Brown) 29. Kid Cudi 30. Tracy Chapman 31. The same billionaire that rebuilt your city is contributing significantly to ours (Dan Gilbert) If you need more, you’re welcome to come to our fair city, go to one of our world renowned libraries and read a book.

To answer: Cleveland has the second largest theater district after NYC, we are the first major city to elect a black mayor, Superman and Freddy Kruger, Halle Berry, The O’Jays. I know yall like to make Ohio the butt of the joke but y’all mamas love the Isley Brothers & Zapp Band

To answer: Cleveland has the second largest theater district after NYC, we are the first major city to elect a black mayor, Superman and Freddy Kruger, Halle Berry, The O’Jays. I know yall like to make Ohio the butt of the joke but y’all mamas love the Isley Brothers & Zapp Band