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Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—the worst part of writing books is how often you have to fight to protect the integrity of the work, over and over, an endless amount of times.

This work is a whole spirit vocation thing, so I’m literally not allowed to sit by and let shit that affects the work negatively go untouched. I can feel when I’m being told to hold my center, no matter the cost, and there is always a cost.

It’s why I say I’m loyal to nothing and no one in this industry except the work. I know what Oga God embodied me to do, you get? Disobedience is not an option, so no matter where my career climbs to, whatever I have to set on fire, I will still set on fire.

It doesn’t matter what it risks. It doesn’t matter if it ‘jeopardizes’ my professional relationships, my book sales, my likability, whatever. I’ll be that difficult Black bitch saying too much on social media all day, as long as the work is executed without compromise.