I’m not going to lie, I’m not exactly sure of what it takes to qualify for a Nobel Peace Prize, but I’ve been thinking the last several weeks that D-Nice deserves one. Think about it: who has brought more happiness to so many people in such a traumatic time? How many times have you been tempted to throw a computer or tv out of the window, cry, cancel people, expel your kids from homeschool, or to eat a 12th cookie or drink a 5thcocktail — when D-Nice played a set and you felt as though you couldn’t just live to see another day, but that life may actually be good again one day?
Me and my girlfriends have had virtual birthday parties centered around his schedule. Friends and associates send out text alerts when he is on. I check to see if he’s playing more often than I check to see if my daily packages from Amazon have been delivered, or my son checks to see if his stimulus check arrived. I should be embarrassed to admit this; but if D-Nice is playing and my phone rings, regardless of who is calling, I don’t answer (I’m so sorry Auntie). Yes, D-Nice has become the boyfriend that causes you to check your phone multiple times for a text or call.
But, and I hate to talk badly about the man; he done gone too far. Can we talk about his late-night sets, Club Quarantine After Dark? To be candid, D-Nice is being irresponsible. I’m sure that he doesn’t mean any harm. I’m sure that he is doing as he has always done: sharing music he loves (mainly created during easier times) to make this current time a bit easier for us. He probably doesn’t understand how playing fast Prince mixed with Snoop Dogg at 7:00 pm on a Friday evening is very different than playing Slow Prince mixed with Isley Brothers on midnight on a Saturday.
I’ve got friends whom never cry, calling me weeping over a person they haven’t mentioned in months or years; I’ve got married friends wanting to be single and single friends wanting to get married. Folks are coming up with ways to justify breaking quarantine, allowing “that one” to come over even when they can’t account for where he/she has been in the days and weeks before; and folks who are jumpin into dating apps tryin to find “that one” on the quick. Quite frankly, folks are making bad decisions; and D-Nice is 100% to blame. It ain’t right cha’ll. It ain’t right!
But even with all that said, you know if loving D-Nice is wrong, none of us wants to be right!
See you at Club Quarantine!
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You said it Sis. I will turn off NPR when D-Nice fires it up, and that’s sayin something for me, cause I am an NPR groupie! Seriously though, he makes me so happy, and one reason is because all my people from pre-teens to OG’s are listening too and he’s generated so many wonderful conversations amongst us. I hope he never stops!