'Why I Did It.' The creation of The R.K. Foundation
- Deidra J
- May 1
- 3 min read
This didn't start as a foundation.
It was all a dream! - I used to read "Word Up" magazine...
I mean, though those words are from the Notorious B.I.G. they still hit home. We can talk about my visions later though.
Instead, let's pivot over to 2 Chainz, "They ask me what I do and who I do it for...""... and how I come up with this ish up in the studio.." ok, cut cut cut. Thank you, 2 Chainz, I'll take it from here.
So, you're wondering why I created this foundation? For years I have seen so many of our youth with such great potential but not enough spaces where they could be truly seen, heard, loved, and supported. It became heavier and heavier for me. Though at the time I didn't know what I was feeling or what it was building towards.
You know, when you have a purpose, but you keep pushing it off? Ignoring the pull and calling on your spirit?
Yeah, ignoring it became impossible and stepping into my purpose was a must!
I had always been told that I was meant for something great. Being told this and hearing the visions people have had of me, I don't know if I was scared or just in disbelief, because WHO AM I.?. Right?
When I think about it, it had to be a bit of both. I have never felt seen growing up and even into adulthood. I have always felt like a ghost around people. Like my existence was only for me to see. It can become so real to you that you truly feel like a shell of the person you are.
You know who did see me though? The youth around me. My cousins especially my younger cousins and loves of my life, lex and Dani. They were my babies and even to this day I look at them and feel the pride of a mother seeing her babies blossom into the queens they are. My best friend, Maine, I spent many nights over her house with her family. My first real boyfriend Chris (my first love as a young girl). Even bigger for me, MY babies, my nieces and nephews. I have always said if I ever had to name the people in my life I know will ALWAYS ride out for me it'll be them, my babies. They do not play about me nor I about them. For this I am grateful. I share this to say, the youth have always been at the center of my life and my heart.
The pain of feeling invisible throughout life is devastating, even more so when you have no one to teach or show you otherwise. You become a literal shell of yourself. Feeling like life is just passing you by. Closing yourself off to the world and shutting down to the point that your light is so dim you can't see in front of yourself. This is something NO ONE should feel or go through alone.
And this, is when The R.K. Foundation was pulled into this reality. I could no longer sit with this anymore. I knew I was destined for more than I had allowed myself to achieve. I have something to offer and there are people out there that need me to take that first step and then to start running, because they need what we are about to bring.
You are not a ghost. You are loved. You are wanted. You are more than enough and worthy of all the great things coming your way!
We are no longer waiting to be accepted! We are no longer waiting for someone to open their space for us! WE ARE CREATING OUR OWN and everyone is invited to join us!
This, IS, The R.K. Foundation!!!
Get your sunglasses ready, because our lights shine bright over here!
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