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Damon Young

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About Damon Young

Work

GQ
ColumnistOctober 2016 to present
VerySmartBrothas.com
Founder2008 to present
EBONY
Columnist2012 to January 2017

Current City and Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Current city
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hometown

Favorites

Music

Ghostface Killah

Books

Your Degrees Won'T Keep You Warm At Night

Movies

Hoop Dreams

Television

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Other

27b/6, Sabrina Saunders Mosby, SoulBounce, Mostbeautifullest, The Dating Truth Blog, SAVOY Restaurant & Wine Bar, DopeReads, Krime with Kissy, Michael Baisden Live, Crazy Mocha, Racialicious | race, identity, and pop culture in a colorstruck world, The Root, Dometi Pongo, Amy Joy, Transformers 5: The Last Knight, Ashton P. Woods, BMe Community, Walton + Brown, LLP, Sean Jones, Biz Virtuoso Consulting Group, Chuck Klosterman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Black Weblog Awards, Canisius College, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, SponsorChange, The Red Pump Project, BGM, Yesha, The Turn On Spot, Awesomely Luvvie, CandyAcidReign, theFreshXpress.com, Dr. Goddess, VerySmartBrothas.com, Tonya Tko Show, Nikki Nokes, Jamilah Lemieux, Wyld Chyld Entertainment, LLC, Steel City Scapes, Style & Steel, Lydia Cotton, The Soul Pitt, vitaminwater, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Helena Andrews, Tony Minvielle, Ace Bellucci, Abel Edoka Inspired, Kristian Mercado Figueroa, YOGAMOTIF, Tambra Raye, April Verrett, Megan Monahan, The Real Alicia Nicole, Tristen & CC, Ronnia Cherry, Nye the Songwrita, Eddie Barnz FANPage, Emergent Strategy / adrienne maree brown, Debbie Allen Tribe Midwifery, AMERICAN WOMAN, WitchyRoseh, NPRMichel, Black Solidarity Conference at Yale, Carnegie Museum of Art, 1839, Kris Ex, Pittsburgh Black Media Federation - PBMF, The Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Rahiel Tesfamariam, Teespring, Passing - The Comic, Coro Pittsburgh, Nuong Faalong, YES: Youth Engaged in Science Outreach Initiative, Complex, Shadow And Act, Royal Waistbeads Adornments & Jewelry, Pittsburgh Black Political Convention, OpinionatedMale.com, Aniesia Williams, Steele Ink, Florida A&M University National Alumni Association, Washington DC Chapter, GQ, i am OTHER, Blogging While Brown, Single Mom Defined, KLPR Group, LLC, Dream Cream Ice Cream, New Years Resolution -- Get a Check Up - TheCheckup, (NABJ) National Association of Black Journalists, Solo Journey Productions, Urban Canvas, 720 Records, EBONY, dangerousNEGRO, Hill Community Development Corporation, Small Press Pittsburgh, Lightskinjokes.com, The Hill Review, Grantland, Bev Smith, The Good Men Project, Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Pittsburgh, VIBE Vixen, Essence, Madame Noire, Black Enterprise, Hip-Hop On L.O.C.K., Building Your Brand: How to Grow Your Social Media Platform With a Purposeand more

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Contact Information

Websites
http://verysmartbrothas.com/
http://twitter.com/verysmartbros