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Prison Pens & Publishing Dreams: One Man's Journey to Creative Freedom
Have men lost their way in modern society? This raw conversation with Bolderhead explores the troubling shift away from male responsibility and accountability, contrasting it with the rising leadership of women who increasingly serve as breadwinners, protectors, and homemakers simultaneously.
From behind prison walls comes a perspective rarely heard in mainstream media—a man reflecting on fifteen years of incarceration and the transformation of his mindset from self-centered thinking to understanding the ripple effects of his actions on victims, families, and communities. This powerful testimony from Bolderhead reveals how finding purpose through creative writing and media production has provided direction and meaning during confinement.
The dialogue delves into authentic storytelling and the responsibility creators have to portray realistic consequences rather than glorified criminal lifestyles that mislead young viewers. We hear about a growing publishing company signing new authors, completed books awaiting release, and television projects in development—all orchestrated from within the prison system.
Most compelling is the heartfelt advice offered to young men: value education, consider long-term consequences, seek guidance from respected mentors, and understand that decisions made at fifteen can still impact life at forty-five. The conversation closes with a profound realization that material wealth means nothing without genuine relationships and that having a vision larger than your current circumstances provides the motivation to overcome any obstacle.
Listen in and challenge your thinking about manhood, responsibility, and what constitutes true success in a world that often measures worth by the wrong metrics.
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Speaker 2:Yo.
Speaker 3:Top of the top. What's the word?
Speaker 2:Boulderhead, Top of the morning, top of the morning, how you feeling.
Speaker 3:Feeling good. You know, feeling great. Today it's a beautiful day outside. You know, looking forward to getting the day started, going on a hike with my dog.
Speaker 2:Okay, you got high energy early in the morning. Man, I like to hear that man?
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, definitely I'm up 5 am every day, man.
Speaker 2:Okay, I'm up at 6, so I had to run around, do a few things, so starting the day.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 2:You know, it's crazy, uh, I had a conversation last night, right, okay, about what, what it takes to be a man and what I'm, what, what I'm seeing with the young guys. You know I've been going for 15 and a half years, so you, I'm seeing a lot of the young guys come in and it's like men being responsible. Is not there, no more. Men standing on their word is not there, no more.
Speaker 3:Yeah, lack of accountability is something we are dealing with in the modern day era.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's like he was telling me he was like yo, the women out there, like they're the ones that's really doing things. And I'm like how did it change? How did it go from the men being the protectors and being the breadwinners to now they sit on the couch playing video games and you got women out there making a living, taking care of the home and being the protector? All in one, they're being the ones that's responsible. And, you know, I feel like the solution comes. We're the only solution to our own problems. And when we start coming together and we put our petty egos to the side and we come together and strengthen each other with that positive thought, that positive reassurance of what we got going on, and when you're able to do that, when you're able to come and say you know what, elliot, I'm going through something right now and I need your advice, you know we need that more often.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2:And men being comfortable with not knowing. But you know a lot of people deal with the egos and they're dealing with, you know, not wanting to feel vulnerable, not wanting to be perceived as weak. So now they take that and they show their weakness by not showing that strength in those times of need and being okay with not being okay.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I could definitely agree. Somewhere along the way men have lost the leadership role and it has been assumed by women. You know women have been on their P's and Q's out here in society. You know taking care of responsibilities and getting to the bag. You know they're stepping up in the field of creativity and just responsibilities in general. You know what I'm saying. I definitely tip my hat to the women out there, all the single mothers taking care of everything and doing what they got to do.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm inspired. I'm inspired more by the women out there than the men, like, because they really stepping it up, like one of my daughters she's 27 and's getting a house built from the ground up and it's like, wow, like you're really out there, you're really doing things that people twice your age is not doing. They're not even thinking about doing.
Speaker 3:Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2:Like and I always.
Speaker 1:This call is from a federal prison.
Speaker 2:You got some of the good men that's doing it, but you got so many more women doing it, man, and you know I always like to show praise to them and show my appreciation for our beautiful black women.
Speaker 3:Absolutely, Absolutely. So what are some of the things that you that you're working on currently? You know I'm saying let the people know what you got going on with the books. I know you got Black Soul by Andre Collier. I've been shouting that out, you know, pushing that heavy on Instagram and Facebook. So is there a part two coming?
Speaker 2:Oh, part two is out right now on Amazon and Barnes Noble. I got I'm in the works. I just signed a new artist, a new writer. He's amazing. He's out of the Bronx Tosh Baller, he's out of Cortland, cortland Ave. Then I got Rich Roberts Confession of a Brooklyn Jack Boy. So that's more of a. That's more. It's an urban novel, but it's more like an autobiography Not mine, though, so let me make that clear.
Speaker 3:So when you say you signed them, you signed them to your multimedia company, my publisher.
Speaker 2:yeah, so he's working on part two of his book, so those will be in stores before the year's out. But I'm just working on. You know I got 12 books complete. So you know I'm just typing everything up, putting the book covers in order, getting everything in order, so now when it's time to release, they can just go. But as far as writing, I'm doing movies and I'm working on actually a television script like a series. Okay, me and John DeGroat out of Stapleton, we're doing amazing things, man, and you know all the obstacles we navigate around them and we make it happen. So you know, definitely you can look out for that soon. And you said your partner is John.
Speaker 3:DeGroat with that. Yeah, he's in the feds too, you know. Definitely you can look out for that soon.
Speaker 2:And you said your partner is John DeGroat.
Speaker 3:With that, yeah.
Speaker 2:He's in the feds too.
Speaker 3:Nah, he's home, he's home, oh, okay, okay, okay. So that's your partner in the streets.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so with the series. So you know, I'm working with a few other people. I got another project project in the world, which is big, but I really can't get into that because it's uh, it's a part two of a hood classic and it's not. It's not, you know. You know you see a lot of part twos and it's like, oh, that's a cheesy remake. Nah, like everybody that's reading it they're like holy shit, like they're amazed by what I was able to do with it. And you know the main cast they got killed off in part one, but the supporting cast they back and you're able to see their life now. So it's amazing, but again, I can't really talk about that right now because I'm basically negotiating something now. So it's amazing, but again, I can't really talk about that right now because I'm basically negotiating something. So I'm just hold up on that and you're gonna be the first one to know, like yo, this is what's going on.
Speaker 2:This is what I got going on and but, um, I'm excited about that project, the project with John. I'm excited about that. I got you know every day, every day, all day. You know this is what I do.
Speaker 3:So is writing something that you started throughout the course of this bid.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I used to take it serious. Yes, you know I always like to write. You know, I've been I've been coming to jail since I was young, so that used to be like when I'm bored, you're sitting in the cell and it's just like, let me do something. You've read all the books that they got and it's like when you start looking at certain books, you're like dude's getting paid to do this, like. So you know, I really started taking it serious actually a few years ago probably, like 2017, 2018. I'm sitting in here and it's like I need to put my mind towards something that's bigger than myself. Yeah, and then I started putting together. Like now I don't have a purpose, like you know, I this call is from a federal prison, I think a lot of people.
Speaker 2:Their mistakes is they lack purpose. They wake up in the morning and it's like I'm just going to work, they're just going through the routine of it, but they don't have a purpose. They don't have a purpose that encouraged them to. Even when the obstacles come, they're able to navigate through them because I have a bigger purpose and my purpose is that strong to where, like I, can overcome anything. Nothing can get in my way.
Speaker 1:Yeah definitely.
Speaker 2:So, you know, I look at what 50 Cent is doing, I look at what Tyler Perry is doing right now and it's like they feeding a lot of families, they giving jobs to a lot of people, they encouraging people with their words, they encouraging people with their words, they encouraging people with their actions, and it's like that's amazing. So when I think about where I want to be at, I want to in a creative space, I want to be somewhere in between, like I don't want to be all the way hood gangster, like where 50 is at as far as the content that he's releasing, but then I don't want to be where Tyler Perry is.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I get it. You want some type of a balance.
Speaker 2:The balance. So you know, and that's what I'm working for and that's a lot of my work, that's what it's working for. I deal with a lot of like. I try to put a lot of like historical aspects into my writing, because now it feels more authentic.
Speaker 3:Yeah, definitely understood.
Speaker 2:You got, you got. When you have like a 15 year old kid that runs his whole neighborhood and he's like a drug Lord at 15 is like it's not realistic. That's not, it's not real.
Speaker 3:Nor is this something that you should be. You know, preaching to the youth, huh. Nor is this something that you should be, you know, preaching to the youth, uh-huh. Nor is this something that you should be preaching to the youth.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because they're thinking that oh, I've just seen that on TV, I can do that, I can go shoot up a block and get away with it, and there's no consequences behind it, and that's not cool, there's no consequences behind it, and that's not cool. So then you know, they got that added with the video games and they feeling like it's like they run around playing Call of Duty. But this is real life, this is not. You don't get a do-over, you make a mistake and that mistake can cost you the rest of your life.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's it, it's over. So we're approaching the 11-minute mark here. I got two questions for you and I would like for you to close it out with these two questions what's your mentality now, you know? How have you grown since you've been incarcerated, and what's your message to the youth that you would like to leave closing out the interview.
Speaker 2:Okay, my mentality changed, because now I value life, you know, in all its forms.
Speaker 2:Before it was just like all I thought about was me, but now I'm looking at my actions and seeing the effect that I have on so many other people. I'm looking at my actions and seeing the effect that I have on so many other people, not just my family, but victims and their family, and the things that you know have long-lasting effects, lifelong effects. That that, that, that, that like that, inspires me to do good Because of all the bad that I've done. And for the young boys, it's like you have to have a vision right and know that this is the path I'm going and I'm not listening to what everybody say. Sometimes I might have to be alone because everybody's doing this, but that's not right. You know, take responsibility, because what you do at 15, you're not realizing that you'll be 45 years old still dealing with the consequences that you made when you was 15. Still dealing with the consequences that you made when you was 15.
Speaker 2:Think about the consequences of your actions, not just for today or tomorrow. Long term and, you know, be comfortable with going, sitting down and talking to somebody, be comfortable with change, be comfortable with something different. And if everybody's saying you should wear this. Think about, hold on, is this really a good outfit or is this really what I want to do? Do I really want to be a gangbanger? Do I really want to leave out of school like everybody that I talk to in here? Right, they be like they wish they would have stayed in school.
Speaker 2:Why? Because all the people that are successful went to school and succeeded the ones that with the so called nerves is the ones that's running these companies now that they're going to work for. So it only makes sense like to do the right thing now, because the things that you do now is going to affect you. You know the relationships that you build now have a long-term effect. Your actions have a long-term effect, and just be mindful of that. And you know everybody's dealing with their own personal issues. So you know it's really no one-size-fits-all, you know, but just get that one good individual, whether your uncle, your father, the next-door neighbor, and sit down, and somebody that you respect, somebody's opinion that you respect and be open to listen to what he's saying, because I used to always not want to listen to the older guys.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like they say something, something, and it's like, yeah, I hear you, but you don't have the Benz, you don't have the nice car, you don't that's what I want. Yeah, yeah, I was just looking for the materialistic things. But they had their family, they had their freedom, they had their ability to get up in the morning and eat and drink what they want.
Speaker 3:They had the most sentimental things that you valued.
Speaker 2:The one that's the value, the family, the love, because when you take all the money away, what you got left?
Speaker 1:Relationships.
Speaker 2:Because you can be rich and lonely. I'd rather be poor with loving people around me than rich and lonely, because you can't buy genuine relationships. You know, and a lot of people they try to do it, they try to get money so they could buy people and buy relationships, but that's not going to last. That's not going to last long, that's going to be over. And then what? Now you messed up all your relationships trying to chase after this money, and now you're lonely around a bunch of people that don't care about you. And what did you do it for?
Speaker 2:Well, what I want to, uh, what I want to explain to you too, right, is the bigger vision. Right, okay, I see you going through what you're going through, right, absolutely. But what helps me get by in here and what has me able to do? What I do in here is having a vision that's bigger than myself. Yeah, having a purpose that's bigger than myself. Having a purpose that's bigger than myself.
Speaker 2:So, you know, with the publishing company, I got that going on. I got the media company going on. I'm developing a series, a television series, like I'm working on that. So, regardless of what's going on in here, I have a bigger vision. So it doesn't matter if I got $2 in my pocket or I got $200,000 in my pocket. The vision still remains the same, absolutely. So the bigger vision I want you to see is that you have good men, positive men, that support your platform. And you know we salute you, I salute you, and that's content for the broader world. And you have to be able to translate that content into dollars, and that's easier than what you really think.
Speaker 2:But, your vision has to be there, so you can see all the possibilities as they arise.
Speaker 3:Yeah, definitely no. No, the vision's there. The vision is grand. You know, trust me, I'm pushing forward and making incredible efforts every day. You know I just broke a huge story about Summer Jam backstage. You know there was a brawl backstage Summer Jam with the Dream Chasers. I'm the only one that with the footage. You know I broke that. You know I'm breaking bigger and better news every day. So you know I'm working. It's just and it's my passion. So you know I'm always going to push my greatest effort. But you know it comes with its ups and downs, its struggles.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. And a lot of times you got to the hate is going to come and you got to know that and you got to step on that and you got to know that people is always going to try to bring you down. Misery loves company. Misery always likes company. So once you understand that, you're able to navigate through the treacherous waters easy.
Speaker 3:Yeah, most certainly.
Speaker 2:They locking us in just now, oh man.
