It’s about damn time that some real natural fire hits the internet. Rico No Suave of the Rico No Suave Show talks to Munir about her life and the realities of being in entertainment. The interview covers certain aspects of Munir’s life, including a glimpse into her childhood and how she found metaphysics and then Buddhism. She would tell her mom and dad that someday she would become part of the rich and famous. After high school, Munir enlisted in the US Navy. This bold move gave her the confidence needed to leave Waco and make her way into the big, bad world. This she eagerly did. Although inexperienced, Munir began carving her path into life and began studying metaphysics, which gave her a full range of broad and new ideas and a different mindset, unlike anything she had ever known. A friend’s boyfriend visited Munir at home one day and mentioned chanting to her because of the circumstances she found herself in. A young mother and not understanding what depression was and how it looked, Munir sank further into the darkest part of her emotions. At her friend’s suggestion, she decided to try orthodox Buddhism and the chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Jokingly, Munir asked if the chant would go to any type of music. She tried chanting to Luther Vandross. Penning a letter to Earth, Wind, and Fire founder Maurice White Munir, she began studying with a group of Northern California Rosicrucians. Also joining Nikki Michael’s Aurora Astrological Studies program out of Northern California. Later, she studied with acclaimed humanistic astrologer Robert Kimball. Munir would find her way into the intellectual folds of Madame H. Blavatsky, Alice Bailey, the Gidas, the Vedas, Napoleon Hill, and many others.
In the interview, Munir recounts her many trials and errors in living an independently aware life and being a woman of color. The road to now was difficult, beginning in the early military days. winding roads of emotional eruption and disappointment, including her inability to sustain herself or her children for some time. Her knowledge of the industry after growing up in a large part of it. Although Munir was introduced to the industry in her late twenties with her natural country roots, she held onto strict morals and common sense taught to her by her mother. Jokingly, she tells a true tale of how her mother, an independent thinker, carried a 45 revolver made with an ivory handle. They were small and able to easily fit inside of a pocket or purse. As she tells the story she says, you know it was funny now; however, as children, they were perplexed. She recounts her vivid memories of how hip-hop came to be, even joining in on beats being made by Rico with his voice alone.
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