57: Vern aka Happy Birthday on THE BLOCK (2020)

HARLEM — I met the homie Vern a minute ago. I see him around all the time. I seem to see him once every couple weeks, like clockwork. Usually when the weather gets nicer suddenly, or nice enough to sit courtside or hoop at this lil park I be hooping at. Whenever we link we always torch one and really go in. Like every time it’s like a pod-length powwow. Today (12.11.20) we were goin in, mildly spleed, when he just started going off and I felt moved to set it down. But what we talking about is, all this past week, I seen a wake going on across the street, mad people out, like 50-60 people gathered, lighting candles, pouring up, playing music for a homie who passed. I hadn’t know what had happened, but then in this convo it came up. 5 min - real life consequences of rappers talking crazy on the track / RIP Fluff 7 min - on staying ready / long johns riff 10 min - walking to the store / on beats / how he tryna go in on the track 12 min - “fuck getting inside your head w the bars I’m tryna get inside you BODY” 12:30-14 min - inside the store 14 min - walking back to the park 14:30 - “no one wants to be a nothing” 15 min - how he was raised vs how youngins today raised 17 min - back at the park / on the homie Fluff , RIP 20 min - my lighter died https://twitter.com/stconroe lives in Harlem http://1storyhaus.com