Hey Dude, what are you doin’?

Now bare with me and keep in mind that I am not only a solo contributor to this project but I am also a single mom of 5, full time EMT, recently recovering from surgery. I also have crippling anxiety due to PTSD, ADHD and autism; I like to call it ‘Triple A’. Me and my mental capabilities are cool like that. So if my post aren’t as uniform its because I’m a party of 1.

Feb 2022

I started an NFT collection called Pussy Face with vulvas as the face of women. It was a flop on Twitter. No engagement really so I took it to TikTok and when I say they FLAMED ME!!!! Lmao I woke up to so many mean comments lol so I re-thought my concept. As I lit my spliff and took my pain meds I pondered. I sat my lighter up-right in the window and my ADHD went in to hyperdrive.

During my morning wake and bake session, I am doodling on my iPad (not the newest version) with my first generation Apple Pencil and I created ‘The Lighter’ . As perfectly as the lighter came out, I could have sold ‘The Lighter’ as an NFT alone, possibly… probably… maybe 🤔.

Afterwards I created some lighter art that you will see in my collection. Then I heard the song Girl Blunts by Leikeli47 on TikTok and had an epiphany…

Blunt Gurlz!!!

Now Blunt Gurlz is the concept of saying what you want/need and standing on it. I want clean water and energy, I want adequate health care, we need housing for the houseless. I want change now for a better tomorrow.

I Want A Piece Of That Fkn Land!

I DON’T wanna have to play for basic needs!

Jan 2022

Now I have been creating things and making art for years now. I remember building a robot in 5th grade and modeling a SFH with a garage out of popsicle sticks. Creating new things especially out of other things is what I do. So when I learned about NFTs I got on RiRi’s internet and researched and researched. I can finally make money for my art, for what I can do.

The part I hate most about life is telling people about me, I have a girlfriend that can attest to that. I hate, Hate… HATE talking about myself i.e. marketing me. It’s like I tried to stay in the background with my head down all my life and now that I have something to offer the world you want me to talk about (gulp) me…

I almost gave up on the whole damn thing, I convinced myself that people needing to be in the spotlight are just pompous asshats and I’d rather no one knew who I was.

I was never the popular kid, thanks to childhood trauma I’m hyper-independent so I don’t ask for help, I’m also introverted so networking is a struggle. I cringe at the thought.

But here I am…

Hello my name is Rakiya aka “Sunni with an Eye” and I am the owner of Sunflower Reign, LLC. I have been in business since 2020 and my focus is sustainable living for the houseless and low income. This project was birthed in 2016 when the mayor of my city had the police round up all the houseless peoples’ belongings and discarded them and displaced them from their camps. I attempted to raise money for the houseless to get tiny homes but to no avail. The money I did raise helped feed groups of houseless people a few times between summer 2018 and 2019. Admittedly I jumped into getting a business with a goal in mind yet no help, no plan and only personal capital. Remember, childhood traumas, don’t wanna ask for help. Too afraid of rejection I allowed my insecurities to grow and my small business went from a few customers here and there to nothing at all.

“Boy, I got a real plan… I just needed the platform”

I am more so the puppet master, the chief of staff, the ghost writer. I have an abundance of ideas and strategies to get the project moving. I know I want to build sustainable homes for the community residents. Start agriculture classes to show community member how to grow a personal garden. Teach people inside and outside the community to compost and grow food. Harness energy for the community using solar power and wind turbines for back up. It’s my intention to start a trust to include members of the community. Start a farmers market to sustain the economy of the community. Add a few extra homes to allow for public rental spaces and so much more.

Knowing this now is what we in the biz call SWOT analysis. I am aware there for I am, on some philosophical shit. Imma get it together and y’all are going on this journey with me. I am now forcing myself to buckle down and get it together. I’m not trying to make millions I’m tryna be a hippie Harriet Tubman and take people to sustainable freedom, financially freedom, generational wealth and peace for years to come. When I eat I wanna make sure others get full too.

~Young Thug