Good morning Nashville! ☀️

Back again with another one guest, for another week of black men coming to vent on our platform about how they’ve overcome various mental health struggles. We know that if one man comes here and tells his story, it’ll give another black man more confidence to share his. With that said, let’s get into today’s episode.

A major shoutout to Makayla Renee & Jaylin Guthrie, as they are the reasons behind why we met today’s guest. At their annual “Back 2 School” Bash Event, we took the time to do a small interview with this young man, but realized it wasn’t enough and knew he had more to say. We are excited to

bring to the platform none other than Malik Lea ⭐️, affectionately known as “CfnxBlends” 💈

Today’s guest truly does come from humble beginnings. Malik is a Nashville native, have seen the halls of Gra Mar Middle School & Maplewood High School, but comes to talk about how all those experiences cultivated the man of today. Malik shares with us times of hardship like homelessness, addiction, even jail time has been something he’s experienced … but the young man is making a full turnaround behind how he lives his life. Now, he is a proud barber student and goes by the name “CfnxBlends”. You cannot fault a man for trying, and Malik definitely is making sure that his name is stamped in the city by cutting heads and creating relationships wherever he goes. He’s an humble guy, with an ambition for greatness and self development … take some time to listen to a black man vent today.

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TWO EPISODES IN ONE DAY? I guess that’s how we’re feeling over here at Black Men Vent Too, and we hope that our energy in some way radiates back to you on today. If you woke up this morning, you winning. Complaining won’t do you any good anyways, right? So let’s take life for what it is, enjoy it, and all of us find more creative ways to better enhance our mental health. With that said, let’s get into today’s episode! 🔥

Man! Today’s episode is truly a good one and we are excited to have you tune in to our back-to-back episode drop for this weekend. September is Suicide Prevention Month, and as we advocate weekly for mental health in black men, we knew more was needed from us this month … more episodes, more content, more guests to continue to vent about their mental health here on BMVT.

Presenting to some and introducing to others, one of the great coaches here in Nashville who has served under our MNPS district as well as coaching along side Fisk University legend Kenny Anderson … we bring to the show the father, the husband, the mentor Coach Russell Acklin, Sr. ✌🏽

Coach Russ 🏀 comes to the show to vent about one immediate and thought provoking question … “how do you hug a porcupine?”

Everyone in their life knows that one “porcupine” person … they’re never truly satisfied, always looking to prick at things, and can be tough to handle. We dive off into that conversation with Coach and talk about how men can sometimes be mentally drained behind dealing with the porcupines of life. Whether it be women, kids, the job, car broke down, anything can be symbolic to a porcupine and how it can be hard for a black man, or any man to bounce back mentally. We really unpack this question and more, as we also talk about how we met today’s guest … all thanks to the monthly forums held by the NFL Alumni Fatherhood Organization 🏈

Take some time to listen to a black man vent today. ✌🏽

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In the words of DJ Khaled … “another one”.🔥 We are as always blessed and excited to be a part of you guys new week wherever you may be listening, as we continue to push conversations behind mental health here in Nashville, Tennessee. We stand proudly as first and the only black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee … and are willing to go ANYWHERE, to get the story of black men and mental health on our platform. With that, let’s get into today’s episode!

Thank God for our virtual resources, because as long as we have them at our disposal, we are willing to go anywhere to get a black man’s mental health story on our platform. You never know, we may just pull up in your city with mics in hand! Today … we travel to Las Vegas 🎰 to see what is being done about mental health conversations in the place known as “Sin City.”

Our guest is none other than Las Vegas native, a soon to be Ph.D recipient studying for Curriculum & Instruction with a concentration in Cultural Studies, International Education and Multicultural Education at UNLV … we present to some and introduce to others, Mr. Sean Tory ⭐️

As a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Sean Tory has spend a lot of his life surrounded with children and adolescent youth. The husband and father of three talks about life today, but reflects on the journey with us as to how he got here. Not an easy journey … having experienced loss, homelessness, divorce, & failed relationships, Sean took these lessons and carved out a beautiful testimony from these hardships. Mentally, he vents about what it took throughout the journey … resilience, steadfast praying, grit & determination. This episode is for sure a good one, take some time to listen to a black man vent today. ⭐️

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Let’s turn it up a notch. 🔥 This week, we decided you guys deserve more than one episode, so with that we got two episodes in one week to continue to push conversations behind mental health here in Nashville, Tennessee. We stand proudly as first and the ONLY black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee … let’s get into today’s exclusive episode! ⭐️

Not only do we bring on and stand for black men and our mental health, but we don’t shy away from seldomly inviting black women to our platform as well. Those that listen to us on a regular know that, and today, we surely got a black woman whose story deserves to be on our platform, and in the box office. We have none other than the boss lady herself, Ms. Clemmie Greenlee 💫

Affectionately known as “Clemmie G”, this young lady has been all through the streets of Nashville advocating for our people. After an unfortunate experience of losing her son to gun violence, she took the emotions from that and created a non-profit catered to moms that have been affected by the murder of their sons. Clemmie G vents on the show about what it took mentally to look at her son’s killer eye to eye years later, something that surely could not have been easy. From then to now, she truly shows that God has been by her side this whole time. One can only imagine losing your son, and still having the desire to keep pressing on in life. Guys, today’s episode is definitely a must-listen. Take some time to listen to a black woman vent today. 🙏🏽

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Keep up with everything Ms. Clemmie Greenlee is doing by following her on all social platforms!

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NEW WEEK! NEW EPISODE! We are excited to be a part of you guys Monday morning, and thank you for taking the time to listen to the first and the ONLY black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee. ⭐️ We are the only podcast in the city that really takes mental health to a new level with dialogue and conversation catered to men and what we go through day-to-day. With that said, let’s lock in on today’s exclusive episode. 🔥

A man of man hats, has seen many stages, and have linked alongside many of the most prolific music icons of the last 30 years. You cannot be from Nashville and not know the name Courtney Poe, affectionately known throughout the city as DJ C Wiz ⭐️

We are beyond honored to have C Wiz be a part of our platform as we talk about all things mental health. A native of the city, C Wiz has seen not only the growth of Nashville geographically, but how the city has grown on him after all these years. He states in the show, that he is the LAST of the Nashville DJs … standing strong and still getting booked to venues and events 25+ years later. In today’s episode, DJ C Wiz vents about how his career began, talks to us about his family dynamic, kids, going back down memory lane talking about the New Life Records store, and more. This weeks episode is a good one, you don’t want to miss it!

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We are excited to be a part of you guys new week, coming once again with a new episode. We really are starting to have fun with this podcasting routine. After 3 years, we continue to grow, and impact our community with conversations that are needed from black men to black men as it relates to our mental health. We thank you for listening in on today. With that being said, let’s get into today’s exclusive episode.

Like a good album, this is a “no skip” episode right here. Today’s episode is labeled an exclusive episode because our guest is one of those guys that if there was a Mount Rushmore for most impactful black men in the city of Nashville, he surely has a deserving place within that monument. We are honored to have the “Cashville OG” himself, Mr. Shon Gotti. ⭐️

What doesn’t this guy do? A husband, father of two, an author, business owner, clothing brand owner, an artist, and so much more. He’s seen prison time, witnessed someone life end in front of him, and has experienced the real life of the streets. He vents on our platform about these experiences, and talks about where his mental state was at throughout. Shon Gotti is a humble brother, always willing to work in the community and mentor the young men with much needed wisdom from his story. Today’s episode is a good one, take some time to listen to a black man vent today! ✌🏽

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NEW WEEK NEW EPISODE! We’re excited to have you guys here listening in to the Black Men Vent Too Podcast. Do know that we are a platform looking for black men to come share their story on our platform. Every man deserves a safe space and a safe place, and we take pride in providing that here on our show. Let’s get into today’s episode.

LISTENERS DISCRETION IS ADVISED AS YOU PREPARE TO HEAR TO TODAY’S EPISODE!

We want to provide a much needed disclaimer … because some of the information you hear today may be disturbing. Nonetheless, we bring to our platform today a young man that rightfully so, states he is a “black man wronged by a very well known HBCU”.

Teddy Cooper ⭐️ , an East Jackson Tennessee native comes to vent for the first time and speaks out publicly behind a tragic incident that occurred in October 2024. He comes to vent on our show about how he enjoys being a content creator, sharing with the world his various talents and creativity. Teddy, better known as “Tee Raw”, had his whole day planned out to make content at the bowling alley. Everything as he explains to us went smoothly, until dropping off a friend turned into a nightmare he’d never forget. Arriving at the dorm, and upon entering, Teddy was ambushed by 10-15 students … and gives us every chilling detail behind his experience here on the show. Again … after being turned down by radio stations, news channels, and media, this is the first time Tee Raw has publicly spoken out behind his tragic story. Take some time to listen to a black man vent today.

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Make sure to follow Teddy Cooper on all social media platforms to stay up to date on his journey to justice.

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NEW WEEK NEW EPISODE! We’re excited to have you guys here listening in to the Black Men Vent Too Podcast. One day, we want to be the one stop shop in Nashville for any man, regardless of their ethnical background, to know that we have resources readily available whenever there is a need for them. Whether you’re white, black, blue or purple, mental health is real. And we honor that here every week with our guests on our platform.

With that said … let’s dive into today’s episode!

If you’ve followed us for a while, then you know to not let our podcast name fool you. We embrace ANY man who needs our platform, but we naturally as black men stand for OUR men above anything else. We love to bring a variety of guests on the show, to emphasize how mental health affects us all … not just our culture of men. Presenting to some and introducing to others, he’s as smooth as butter and cooler than the other side of the pillow, we’re excited to bring our guy “Music City Matte” to the show! ⭐️

Matt comes to our platform and vents on the passion he has behind being a father to his two boys. Fatherhood did not start off ideally for Matt, as he talks about being in back and forth custody battles for almost 5 years of his son’s life. A native of Florida, Matt talks about his time in prison and how that 10 year setback made things more challenging for him down the line, especially when it comes to navigating through court processes. Research shows that fathers, no matter the ethicist or racial ground, have made transformative efforts in being present and active in their children’s lives. But for some reason, Matt’s story is like that of many fathers. When we as man are told to “fight for our children”, is this what the fight looks like? Is this what we as men have to endure … just to be in the lives of children we help create? Today’s episode is a good one, lock in and don’t miss it! ✌🏽

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