Let me tell you how we got to this point and draw the Really Black conclusion. In the fall of 2014, I met the Byrd Brothers, Darrell and James F. Byrd Jr., Black McDonald’s franchisees at a Memphis Grizzlies basketball game. They told me that they had eight (8) McDonald’s stores, four (4) each, and McDonald’s was forcing them to sell four (4) stores, two (2) each, to Fred Tillman, who’s White and at that time was the largest McDonald’s USA franchisee.
360NFT the first Black owned music NFT platform, powered by Trapchain, Inc., has collaborated with indie music artist Willie Taylor to drop his first NFT for his music project, “Wright My Wrongs.” Taylor first gained notoriety from MTV's “Making the Band 4,” when selected by Sean Combs for the band Day26. 360NFT’s November 26 launch and debut NFT release commemorates the band’s popularity and success. Three NFT's will drop at noon, for 24 hours, with NFT art by Israel Wilson.
“My journey of becoming who and what I am required a recipe; sustaining growing pains, experiencing the good, the bad and the ugly. It also requires fixing one’s mess; your inner self- release negativity, hurt and the unfairness that you will go through only sours your attitude, drains your energy, and limits your creativity."
“I am honored to accept this assignment to the Illinois Appellate Court and so grateful to Justice Carter and his colleagues on the Supreme Court for their trust in me,” Judge Hauptman said.