TK thought the hustle was love. Awards, gigs, bylines, late nights, early mornings. Running until the body says “nope.”

Turns out the hustle was heartbreak. Opportunities dressed as disappointment. Depression dressed as grind. 

This episode drifts through the wreckage: voice notes from the highs, reflections about the lows. And then the crash- burnout, body revolt, the quiet question: was any of this worth it?

With producer Kristen Bennett pressing play on TK’s story, and anthropologist, astrologer, and artist- Dr. Nicole Rawls whispering truth like a mirror you didn’t want to look in, Part 1 sits in that moment when you realize: the hustle don’t love you back.

Welcome to The Secret Life of TK Dutes.

Special thanks: Dr. Nicole Rawls, Kristen Bennett (Producer), Manny Faces (Engineer), Faybeo’n Mickens (Marketing), Pat Mesiti-Miller (Theme Music),  Gabrielle Smith (Art), and Melissa Danielle (Friend).

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