Posted on Jun 8, 2022
Searching for his father and finding his family - a conversation with Nabil Ayers
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What's the meaning of the word "family?"
Is it the DNA you share with a person? Maybe it's the trust and safety you feel when you're around them. Or maybe it's the values and memories you share.
For musician, record label president, and Sonic Boom Records co-founder, Nabil Ayers, this question has followed him throughout his life.
He spent decades building an identity and music career outside of his magnetic yet elusive father's shadow — his biological dad is the jazz musician Roy Ayers, best known for his 1976 song, "Everybody Loves the Sunshine."
Nabil Ayers chronicles his path to finding his own way in the music world in his new memoir, "My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for my Father and Discovering my Family."
Ayers spoke to Soundside host Libby Denkmann about his passion for music, co-founding one of the most iconic record stores in Seattle, and discovering the true meaning of family.
Is it the DNA you share with a person? Maybe it's the trust and safety you feel when you're around them. Or maybe it's the values and memories you share.
For musician, record label president, and Sonic Boom Records co-founder, Nabil Ayers, this question has followed him throughout his life.
He spent decades building an identity and music career outside of his magnetic yet elusive father's shadow — his biological dad is the jazz musician Roy Ayers, best known for his 1976 song, "Everybody Loves the Sunshine."
Nabil Ayers chronicles his path to finding his own way in the music world in his new memoir, "My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for my Father and Discovering my Family."
Ayers spoke to Soundside host Libby Denkmann about his passion for music, co-founding one of the most iconic record stores in Seattle, and discovering the true meaning of family.
Searching for his father and finding his family - a conversation with Nabil Ayers
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To me...family is everything...true family will be there when all else fails. What do I mean by true family? I mean those that I am closest too. I have blood family that are family in name only. But my true family includes those in my blood family that are close to me, my dear friends that I consider family, and then there is my AF family. Family isn't about blood, family is about relationships, love, and mutual respect for each other. A true family member will stand by you when the world is crumbling around you...and you for them. A true family member will take a bullet for you, stand at the door and say not today and will stand beside you even when you have done wrong (will hold you accountable) but nonetheless will stand by you thorugh it all and never walk away.
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Family is more than blood; if it weren't then why would anyone adopt?
Adoption in the US is a billion dollar industry (privatized adoption agencies anyway) and it's rarely child centered. It's usually centered on people who are infertile and expect that the fertile owe them something. Even if they say it's to help kids - it rarely is. I strongly suggest people watch the adoptee creators on TikTok who cover the adoption industry and the trauma that comes with adoption.
Posted 7 h ago
Family is more than blood; if it weren't then why would anyone adopt?
Adoption in the US is a billion dollar industry (privatized adoption agencies anyway) and it's rarely child centered. It's usually centered on people who are infertile and expect that the fertile owe them something. Even if they say it's to help kids - it rarely is. I strongly suggest people watch the adoptee creators on TikTok who cover the adoption industry and the trauma that comes with adoption.
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