When Did I Fall in Love with Hip-Hop? A Reflection on Love and Loss

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Celebrating Love & Life

Today was a beautiful day—a day of love. My mother threw a birthday gathering for my niece, Leona, who just turned 18! I am so proud of her and grateful to see her reach this milestone.

Amidst the celebration, I found myself thinking about love.

Why Does Love Hurt More When It’s Gone?

We don’t talk about love as much as we talk about hate—probably because hate is louder and demands attention. But love? Love exists in the quiet. It’s everywhere. The fact that children are born, that life continues, that people come together and form connections—all of this is proof that love exists.

But what hurts more than love existing? Love being lost.

The problem with love is that you rarely realize its full weight until it’s gone. It spreads through your life so quietly, like a subtle secret, until one day, you feel its absence.

The Love Affair with Hip-Hop

One of my favorite moments from the movie Brown Sugar is when Taye Diggs asks, “When did you fall in love with hip-hop?”

I don’t know when I fell in love with hip-hop. I don’t even know how it happened. Hip-hop was different. Honestly, I was so stuck on R&B that I never gave hip-hop a fair chance.

People told me R&B made more sense. They made me feel like I was wrong for choosing hip-hop. And somehow, I started ignoring my own wants, started listening to what others thought was right.

And then, hip-hop moved on.

Hip-hop made choices without me.

Hip-hop told me I was the problem.

Hip-hop fell in love with another.

Losing love is a terrible thing. Have you ever been so hurt that all you could do was cry? And you cried so much it felt hard to breathe? You start questioning every decision, wondering if you should have fought harder or if letting go was the right move.

Love & Security: A Woman’s Struggle

I think it’s rare for women to feel secure, but if there’s one time a woman feels truly in control, it’s in the presence of real love.

And when that love is taken away, it feels like someone walked away with a piece of your soul.

It reminds me of the poem from For Colored Girls, where she says:

“Somebody almost walked away with all of my stuff.”

She watched them walk away.

She yelled after them.

But they never looked back.

And that’s love lost. It leaves without warning, no notification, no heads-up. And the person who took it? They don’t even know what it meant to you.

Letting Go & Moving Forward

The worst thing you can do is let someone leave while secretly wishing they would stay. Watching them build a life with someone else while you sit in the window watching.

But here’s the truth:

Sometimes, a loss isn’t truly a loss.

Sometimes, people fit better in different places, with different circumstances. And that’s not a reflection of you or your worth. It just is.

Our ego makes us feel like if it’s not us, it can’t be better. But that’s not always true. Maybe hip-hop was never meant to stay.

And that’s okay.

A Message for You

I know that pain. The pain of love lost. But I also know that growth comes after grief.

So, stop searching.

Stop watching.

Stop waiting for what’s already gone.

Grieve the loss.

Process the pain.

And move forward.

Because everything—even loss—happens for you, not to you.

I love you. I’ll talk to you later.

Let’s Keep the Conversation Going!

What’s a love you had to let go of? Whether it was a person, passion, or dream, let’s talk about it in the comments!

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