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A Multi-Media Creative Conglomerate of Me (Branden J Johnson), Myself (Kinte Shakir), and I (Native Zim) creating a Social Media eGallery space for Fine Art & Internet Content Curation.


R E D A C T E D: The One Who Wasn't
You are only alive Due to the kindness of my heart

Native Zim
7 days ago1 min read
R E D A C T E D: Not-So-Friendly-Fire
When one plays on a football team, you enter a spiritual contract; looking out for one another... You violated. You set me up to get injured multiple times in our senior season. You even did it knowing you would be recorded doing it. You did it against someone of your own race; siding with those doing an influence operation against someone of your own race. I see metal projectiles flying through the darkness of the night; in my dreams. Those metal projectiles engraved with yo

Native Zim
Apr 271 min read
Unrequited Love: The Beauty In The Dark
Even at it's photonic level... Even light doesn't have the ability to reach the ends of my love for you. Even in the darkness of dark matter... Even as the photons of light fizzle into nothingness, My love for you never changes.

Native Zim
Mar 61 min read
Law of Reciprocity: Male to Female Energetic Balance
Men operate in an energy surplus. Women operate in an energy deficit. Economies and industries are built from the labor of men's energy surplus; just as men's relationship with women. A large demand for a large supply. A supply so large it can become a dangerous source of energy for the male ego. One of the reason a woman's energy deficit is not just important but necessary. The feeling of a man's energy being drained in a sexual relationship with a woman is the balance. Wome

Native Zim
Feb 211 min read
R E D A C T E D: The Allegiance, I Pledge
I do not have an allegiance to skin color. I do not have an allegiance to emotion. I do not have an allegiance to perfection. I have an...

Native Zim
Feb 8, 20251 min read
R E D A C T E D: Evaluation
You overvalued what you gave to me... You held me accountable to an inequitable evaluation... That's why I undervalue you.

Native Zim
Feb 8, 20251 min read
The Empire Strikes Back
The false sense of urgency is most jarring, perplexing, and disturbing; a momento of a dark time in Human History. Detention Camps are...

Native Zim
Jan 30, 20251 min read
Victorious Kings
https://youtu.be/Im1WklU_CSg?si=WdtpHWfizQkeVZTc "You're not the king just because someone said so." "You're not victorious just because...

Native Zim
Nov 30, 20241 min read
R E D A C T E D: Quotables
If your ego is where it's supposed to be, then the truth can't knock you down.

Native Zim
Nov 25, 20241 min read
Road To R E D A C T E D: The 6th of November
I'm not waiting 4 more years...

Native Zim
Nov 7, 20241 min read
Congolese Humanitarian Crisis Logistical Nightmare
It's logistically impossible to provide sufficient aid for this humanitarian crisis.

Native Zim
May 18, 20243 min read


The eTrix Revolution: The Battle For The Consciousness Of The Masses Part 1
The matrix is a system, Neo. The only limit is the one you give it.

Native Zim
Jan 7, 20241 min read


Final Evolution of Art
I am the Final Evolution.

Native Zim
Jan 4, 20241 min read


The eTrix Revolution Preview
In a world ran by ego, security of one's own consciousness is paramount.

Native Zim
Dec 31, 20231 min read


F R E E M A R K E T 🛸
You can buy and/or sell whatever you want;

Native Zim
Dec 9, 20231 min read
My Beef With 12
We are a Young People We are Prisoner’s Of War We are an enslaved free people There is already a system that oppresses us on paper....

Native Zim
Dec 8, 20231 min read
My Beef With Love
Love is the adoration of the unknown… The romanticized idea of what could be… An unrequited effort to actualize what is personally ideal…...

Native Zim
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Los Santos Expellos
Now they gotta rename the city in GTA V.

Native Zim
Nov 4, 20231 min read


Spooky Season Storytime: Ghost Of Mine - Part 3
The reflection and refraction of light is easily perceived when the world on one side of the glass is dark and the other has light.

Native Zim
Oct 3, 20231 min read


Spooky Season Storytime: Ghost Of Mine - Part 2
As I cross the threshold into moonlit darkness, I feel a sense of relief.

Native Zim
Oct 3, 20232 min read


Spooky Season Storytime: Ghost Of Mine - Part 1
It’s a straight road back to the dorm
I didn’t anticipate any static…

Native Zim
Oct 3, 20231 min read


Spooky Season Storytime {Songs Of Zim}: Ghost of Mine (Verse 2)
If only if only
My Art Opps cried
The power in me was
Greater than the power in he

Native Zim
Oct 3, 20231 min read


Spooky Season Storytime {Songs Of Zim}: Ghost of Mine (Verse 1)
A zone where a problem is one solution away from becoming a miracle; one mistake from becoming an obstacle.

Native Zim
Oct 3, 20231 min read


Spooky Season Storytime {Songs of Zim}: Ghost of Mine (Intro)
Ever since the last moon of the new millennia, I felt like someone was watching me at all times.

Native Zim
Sep 30, 20231 min read


Indeed; nice guys finish last
The entitled sentiment is not to glorify being a bad person; it is to balance the energy within.

Native Zim
Sep 30, 20231 min read
I Can’t Get Married.
My ring finger broken… Heart machine broke… Ice cream machine broke… And still I take a toke…

Native Zim
Sep 2, 20231 min read


Invest In Yourself
These days... monetary support is hard to come by. If we talkin bout me... I waited years. I knew I would have to invest in myself,...

Native Zim
Aug 26, 20231 min read


W v W Rivalry Saga: Choppah Down
I never drank the punch. After winning a championship in football and wrestling back to back, I didn’t believe there was anything I...

Native Zim
Aug 4, 20232 min read




Freeze Frame Kobe Meme 4
2009 Junior Year US MidAutumn Afternoon/Evening Football Practice Field *The field’s gradient centers burnt sienna clay/dirt in the...

Native Zim
Jul 17, 20231 min read


E D G E B L I T Z🛸
I never had a problem showing Blitz. I didn’t feel like I had to hide it. The Offensive Tackle ain’t quick enough to get off the line of...

Native Zim
Jun 27, 20231 min read





Native Zim
Jun 19, 20230 min read


An Opportunity For Change
Future... On this 19th June day of the year 2023, I reflect on Mother Africa and her neighbors. Saudi Arabia has a vision, metaphorically...

Native Zim
Jun 19, 20231 min read




Gratitude Is An Attitude
This is a "Man's Man Conversation;" still for everybody to view.

Native Zim
Jun 15, 20231 min read


A Glimpse of the Future 🛸
Apple has done it again. Wouldn't this be a dope sponsorship opportunity? Apple x Native Zim A 'n Z Seems pretty complete to me...

Native Zim
Jun 7, 20231 min read


Hiding Pain Is The Root Of All Evil
I think this series is interesting... I learned a lot just from watching celebrity therapy sessions. 1 main thing I learned is anyone can...

Native Zim
Jun 6, 20231 min read


50 Cents of Inspiration
Circa 2007, A glimpse of culture; inspirational to me as a kid. I was never satisfied with suburbia. I’m not saying there is anything...

Native Zim
Jun 5, 20231 min read

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