Do you remember when Killer Mike said African-Americans have to be a bigger part of the economic landscape of this country? Your question may be how exactly do we do that? Killer Mike elaborated even deeper by laying a blueprint for us to follow. He stated African Americans:

We should be owners not buyers

We should be a merchant class and not only consumers

We should have and use our political leverage power to broker government contracts on behalf of us

We should have 15 Atlanta’s & not 1 Atlanta

We should be hunting, fishing. shooting & training

We should be focusing on self reliance

Let’s do it. If you had to depend on black owned businesses in your community for essential items would you be able to survive? If not, what does your community need? Let’s start closing these gaps and occupying spaces within our communities.