May 21 201935/21/19Broken Leg Syndrome: Why Don’t We Take Meds for Our Mental Health?Aliya S. King41For twenty-five years, I’ve had to work through anxiety, depression and all sorts of mental health stuff. What have…
Jan 10 201881/10/18I Just Celebrated Christmas for the 1st Time in My Whole Entire Life, and I Lived to Tell the TaleAliya S. King30Just a few weeks ago, I celebrated Christmas for the first time. Ever.
Dec 20 2017812/20/17I Quit Drinking Alcohol Years Ago, but Why Can’t I Stop Drinking Soda?Aliya S. King74It’s been almost two months since I drank. I think about relapsing every single day. I want the chill in my hand. I…
Dec 7 20172912/7/17I Hate the Collection of Pills I Need to Take Each Day ... but I Love Them Because They’re Keeping Me Sane (and Alive!)Aliya S. King92There are many things I hate about Crazytown. I don’t like the stigma that comes with living here. The cost of…
Dec 4 20173012/4/17It Took 20 Years to Share My Mental Health Struggles. My Silence Could Have Killed MeAliya S. King87This past weekend, there were reports that Lowell Hawthorne, founder of Golden Krust, committed suicide. Early…
Nov 9 20171311/9/17Daylight Saving Time Is a Depression-Inducing Devil, so Here’s What I Do to Keep It From Keeping Me DownAliya S. King64Greetings from CrazyTown! These are dangerous times for those of us who live in CrazyTown. Let me explain.
Oct 3 20172710/3/17Please Stop Assuming Stephen Paddock Must Have Been ‘Mentally Ill’Aliya S. King93I used to be deathly afraid of being outed about my mental-health struggles. What if I got a speeding ticket and…
Sep 26 2017389/26/17My Battle With Depression (and the Pills and Therapy Necessary to Defeat It): A Coming-Out StoryAliya S. King92A recent Facebook post is the reason for this story.
Sep 18 2017149/18/17My Marriage Is Over. Most of My Friends Don’t KnowAliya S. King63How do you announce that your 10-year marriage is over? Do you change your status on Facebook? Write a cryptic post…
Aug 1 2017Save8/1/17I Thought Day Parties Were Dumb And Too "Millennial" Until I Had One Of My OwnAliya S. King699When I hear the words day party, I instantly imagine women in strapless dresses from Anthropologie and dudes wearing…
Jul 26 2017Save7/26/17True Confessions: I'm Never Saying That Word That Begins With "N" And Ends With "Igga" AgainAliya S. King303Do you still say nigga? I do.
Jul 21 201787/21/17R. Kelly, Usher, Kevin Hart: I Suspected. But What Was I Supposed to Do?Aliya S. King161In the late ’90s, I was working at an urban entertainment magazine. R. Kelly’s career was scorching hot, as it had…
Jun 21 201786/21/17Mobb Deep’s Prodigy and Sickle Cell: What You Need to Know About a Disease That Takes Down the YoungAliya S. King11Forty years ago, Albert “Prodigy” Johnson of Mobb Deep, who died Tuesday at age 42, would likely never have had a…
Jun 21 2017246/21/17The Cosby Trial Reminded Me Why I’ll Never Seek JusticeAliya S. King69I have been sexually assaulted twice in my life.
Jun 13 2017106/13/17Blame It on the … Quaaludes? Guilty or Not, Bill Cosby Still Preferred Sex With Intoxicated WomenAliya S. King17The drug could be injected, liquefied or taken in tablet form. When combined with alcohol, the effects, including…
Apr 21 2017124/21/17‘I Am Something That You’ll Never Comprehend’: Defining the Legacy of PrinceAliya S. King10I still have a hard time processing the idea that Prince is no longer here. Now, I was never a super fan. I never…
Feb 20 201752/20/17VH1’s The Breaks Holds Up a Mirror to the Early Days of Hip-HopAliya S. King11In the late ’90s, I went to a meeting at one of the biggest record labels. I was scheduled to do a quick interview…
Mar 31 2016Save3/31/16Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time Faith Evans Had Faith In MeAliya S. King114Eleven years ago, in the summer of 2005, I was given an assignment: a cover story on Faith Evans. She had a new…
Mar 24 2016Save3/24/16Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time Ex-Drug Kingpin Frank Lucas Wanted To Marry MeAliya S. King165In 2007, I was asked to meet with ex-drug kingpin Frank Lucas as he interviewed writers to work with him on his…
Mar 17 2016Save3/17/16Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Asked Ja Rule's Wife About His Affair With Karrine SteffansAliya S. King350In 2000, I wrote a cover story on Ja Rule for The Source. Ja Rule and his then-girlfriend Aisha, high school…