Joe Patterson
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Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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Black Music Month Celebrates: Tina Turner
Her birth name was Anna Mae Bullock, but the world will forever remember her as Tina Turner, the queen of Rock and Roll. Born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26th, 1939, Tina Turner hailed from Brownsville, Tennessee. She was the youngest of three sisters, including Evelyn and Ruby and came from a family of sharecroppers. Tina’s older sister Evelyn later died in a car accident with two of her cousins. As a young girl Tina ended up living with her strictly Christian grandparents after her family relocated. The strict environment of Christianity that she was surrounded by while living with her grandparents played a big role in the duration of Tina’s life. By the age of 11 Tina started singing in her church choir. This move played a big role on her path to musicianship.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Journal
J-Day
When Nicole Moore Macon (Peggy) adopted me in love in 2017, her family also became my family. She has four children: two boys and two girls. Though I already had sisters, I now had more, but I never really had any little brothers before. Now I do and one of those little brothers is Nicole’s youngest son, JR.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Confessions
Music of Life: Childhood
From the day I was born music has been the soundtrack to my life. Music is not only the stories of my favorite artist, but the stories of my life’s most defining moments. Some of the greatest and earliest are the songs that were the soundtrack to my childhood. If I had to list the entire soundtrack to my life as a kid I’d be writing forever, so instead, I’ll just list a few of the songs that tell the story of how my younger life was shaped.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Confessions
Rudy Lee: Code Name “The Cool Mom”
When I was atleast 10 years old I could honestly guess that my older sister Rudy would have been a good mother, she was in training for it for a long time. What I could not have guessed is that she would actually BE a mother. So 20 years later, here she is and per her own account, she is known as Rudy Lee: The Cool Mom.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Confessions
Peggy or Not (Here she comes)
So what do you get when a tall southern white lady from the country decides to adopt a sassy black kid from the inner city? Well, if we’re being technical you have the movie The Blindside with Sandra Bullock and a height role reversal, but if we’re being literal you have the mother who adopted me, Nicole Moore Macon.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Confessions
