Say It With Your Chest: An Interview with Incense, Trap, & Yoga

[divider type=”space_thin”]It’s taken me into my mid-thirties to fall in love with t-shirts. I blame that on a few things.1) Adulting is a lot more tolerable with a fresh v-neck cotton blend, and2) We out here in a time of I-gots-zero-left-to-give-so-you-gonna-get-this-message-without-me-saying-it-even-if-it-breaks-my-bank.

We have come a long way from the tight, unbreathable, crew neck summer camp/family reunion tee days and I am here for it. Lemme get my t-shirt and hoodie with some representation, subliminal side-eye and intersectionality, please. If you’re anything like me, then you need to jump online for one of the newest and hottest additions to this side of the hoodie rocking game and that is Incense, Trap, & Yoga. You read that right. Incense. Trap. AND. Yoga. I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting ‘home girl’ style with ITY’s creator, Stephanie Rhythm Keene, to talk about her business, representation and to gain some style input for opening night of the Black Panther movie (cause I’mma be Coming to America/In Living Color/Easter Sunday fly, boo). Black Nerd Problems: Okay, first and foremost, give us the lowdown on the site name. Where did Incense, Trap, and Yoga come from? Incense, Trap, & Yoga: The name originally came from a playlist. I’m a bit of a playlist aficionado and I had a play list that was called Incense, Trap, and Yoga. A lot of my playlists are as much of a vibe as they are for their intended purposes. The purpose of the playlist was…