We were lucky to catch up with B. Pride recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi B., appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?
I’m from a small town in southeast Missouri with a population of about 500 people. I come from nothing. I was raised by my maternal grandmother, who is from a small unincorporated town in Mississippi. She taught me the basics and how to do for myself. I’ve also been through a few things in my lifetime that have allowed me to develop a callas in which ensures me that nothing can stop me. I will preservere.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
My name is B. Pride and I’m an actor and creator, what’s most exciting about being an actor is that, I get the chance to morph into different characters and bring them to life from the script. As a creator, I love making art, whether that’s Iphoneography or creating graphics. I get lost/focused in taking what’s in my head and making it reality. I also enjoy creating spaces and events such as a my baby called Smokn Vibe. It’s a space/event for created to bring my people together in the culture of cigars and whiskey, to have and engage in great conversation in a dope atmosphere. I’ll be getting ready here soon to kick off another Smokn Vibe event as well as photoshoot. So stay on the look out by following me on social media.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
I would say to this, make sure you seek counseling, find yourself a therapist, do the shadow work, be honest with yourself before and during the process. And just know that healing is a journey and a process of evolution. It is also character building, so remember people will also remember how you left them, whether that’s worse than before they encountered you or exceptionally impacted by the aura and love of your presence.
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
I am looking to collaborate with other actors, writers and producers. Especially of those the likes of our giants, such as Tyler Perry, 50 Cent, I would love to work with some major brands. Altho NIL is primarily focused on athletes. I think actors and creators should be pulled more into those types of deals as well. Most definitely the cigar and whiskey world. I would love to work with and or collaborate with some amazing cigar and whiskey brands.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bpride.life
- Instagram: Itsbpride
- Twitter: Itsbpride
