Wu-Tang Clan legend RZA is the latest to partner with Calm for a project. In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, the god revealed how his partnership with the mindfulness meditation app was part and parcel of his larger world view. “I say meditation is better than medication,” he said to the outlet while explaining that he also practices veganism and meditation as part of a holistic approach to health. “A lot of equations I had to figure out in life came to me through long walks. There was a point when people thought I was bugged out…Right before Wu-Tang had really gathered, I’d walk [on] Staten Island. I’d walk through all the neighborhoods and people would look at me and think I was talking to myself and shit. But I was contemplating. I was calculating.” The “King of the Sleeping City” — narrated by LeBron James — is actually the second project that RZA released in the so-called “mindfulness space.” The first, an EP called “Guided Explorations,” was released in partnership...
Auntie Tabitha is about to help us get the best sleep of our lives! Tabitha Brown , known for her soothing social media videos, has just inked a deal with the mental wellness app, Calm to use her wit to help users get a good night of rest. The new partnership includes, “Slowing Down With Tabitha Brown,” a sleep story co-authored and narrated by Brown for subscribers to listen to for a wind down at night. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tabitha Brown (@iamtabithabrown) “Thank God for that, to be known to be comforting,” Brown told ESSENCE. “Well, it really started because people would start tagging Calm every day on Twitter and saying, ‘You know what? Give this woman a sleep story. We need to hear how to go to sleep. Her voice helps my anxiety. It calms me down,’ and I was like, you know what? That ain’t a bad idea and it aligns with everything that I’m about, just being good to yourself. Because that’s what it is. When you take the time to be calm, that means you...