SIPHO THE GIFT

After years of gestation, growth, grief & grace — my new album THIS WAS NEVER THAT drops Jan 30. a mirror of time, love, loss & becoming. pre-save now: hypeddit.com/siphothegift/t… love always, STG

i’m vibrating too high to explain myself.

the intimacy of protecting someone’s name when they’re not in the room

Corporate rule : If the problem is too big, schedule a meeting and make it everyone's problem.

You have to walk around knowing you are that mf while also remembering that you are nobody who knows nothing. Highest levels of consciousness can simultaneously hold both.

how it feels to be self-aware and still repeat self-destructive patterns

You can't dream beyond your level of exposure, that's what travelling and reading more gives you.

You gotta be passionate to see where I be coming from

IT’S BEEN AWFUL … 5/1/26

Saba dropping ‘Care For Me’ at age 23 is impressive

Increase your surface area for luck to hit you. go outside, try new restaurants, museums, events, take new route home, speak to people and ask questions.

Traditionalism in hip-hop must die. Too many great artists get overlooked because ppl can’t let go of what they think rap is supposed to sound like. Make your one-minute songs. Go drumless. Drop hook-less records. Go against the grain. Hip-hop is a nonconformist art form

to do cool stuff, you need to see what other cool stuff people are doing. exposure is so important

Pooh sheisty really woke up in jail stilll signed to Gucci man 😭

Born to be an abstract concept, forced to be a perceivable being

That switch from French to isiXhosa 🇿🇦🐐🕊️ Track ID: Miriam Makeba - The Click Song (Qongqonthwane) 1960

You will be tempted to show that you are doing well, but it is important you resist the urge to perform for an audience that don’t matter. It’s very unnecessary.

That Yasiin Bey clip is so good. "What happens when this thing collapses? What happens when the columns start buckling? Are we not in some early stage of that at this present hour? Where's the message I can use? What's in it for your audience apart from banging the pom poms?"

For our relationships to prosper, we must deliberately and consistently assume benevolent intent in actions, and ignorance — rather than malice — in omissions.

my only goal for tomorrow is to think more beautiful thoughts than i did today

+ cinematography, literature, culinary arts, photography. Art is a spectrum I overly appreciate