Blerd City Is Akron Ohio's Black Geek Culture

For years, we here at Akronhiphop.com have been painting positive images of our people everyday. Now when we say "our people", we mean the entire African American experience here in Akron Ohio. For far too long the "Black Geek Culture" has been under promoted and hardly ever showcased on these type of platforms. With that being said we aim to change that by putting forth a positive effort when it comes to this particular sub-culture within the African American culture.

Let's start by defining what is a blerd & what is Geek Culture. Geek culture includes a range of activities such as role-playing games (e.g., Dungeons and Dragons), science fiction (e.g., Star Trek), comic books, and dressing in costumes (i.e., and a "blerd" is simply a black nerd.

We here at Akronhiphop.com is doing our part when it comes to the culture by showcasing 2 local comic book artists, writers & publishers whose names are Damion Kendrick & Cameron Blakey. Both are co-hosting a version of our YouTube podcast/show titled The Usual Suspects Podcast (Blerd city). Check out the Promo video at the top of this article and then the full episode in the video below. Until next time, have some fun and get something done.

-Hiram Akeem

Check out this quick video