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Riki Rae

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blackety-Black. showgirl.
there is art in vulnerability.
🔮Tale de los Animales Who Are No More
🎃 Bronx Zoo & Prospect Park Zoo, Sept. 26-Nov. 1

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Clock app been popping off a lil bit, innit? Best of 2026 so far.

(At some point, I might post these as IG reels, or I might not lol I’m not as scared of being perceived over there) by @riksystix

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9 days ago

On the last day of suicide prevention month, I thought it was important for me to be really specific and name exactly what I’ve been going through this past year. Content warning now for those whose hearts aren’t quite ready for this topic 💕

I survived an overdose on November 30, 2018. That overdose was an attempt on my life. I got help. It took years, but I did get better. I thought that phase of my life was over.

This year, I lost my job and it changed everything. I lost not only my primary source of income, I lost my identity. I had been working non-stop since I was 14 years old. Who was I if I wasn’t a provider? Who was I if I wasn’t the person who had my life together? Now, I was a failure. Even when I was an addict, I was a high-performing addict. A failure is something I’ve *never* been. And I couldn’t handle it. So two months ago, I scheduled a note to my friends.

It never got sent. Because this time, something told me to reach out to my community. I asked for help. I cried my eyes out. I raged until I was raw. And every day was still hard. Every day IS STILL a fight for survival. But every day, I reach out to someone and let the pressure off, just a little. To remind me who I am outside of what I do. To remind me that Riki is loved, just as I am — at my worst, at my best, for all the yesterdays and all the tomorrows. And now, appearing weak isn’t so scary anymore. by @riksystix

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17 days ago

es hora de irnos 🐯

This summer taught me a lot, but mostly,

the power in flexibility

and the pivot 😉

There was freedom — in my body, in my expression, in the way I show up as a performer and a human being. Something no amount of dance training or acting classes have ever been able to do. Ya girl felt like she had permission to be silly. Both on stage—

—and off. And I needed that. Because this season of life has been really hard to not feel bitter in.

But these kids, man 🥹 working with them,

in the most beautiful theatre I’ve ever worked in,

chased the jadedness away.

For all the ups and downs of this summer, they were the reason I never had to search very hard for a smile.

And you know…like my boy Danny T says: “Even if you can do it by yourself, it’s much more fun when friends can help. Friends help each other. Yes they do, it’s true.”

Reminder that you still haven’t met

all of the people

who are going to love you yet.

And that’s one more reason to choose to keep going.

Another Daniel Tiger gem: “Notice what happens when you take a minute to calm down and look around? Te diste cuenta? There’s so much to see that you would’ve missed otherwise.”

I had a different idea of what this summer would be. And while I didn’t get what I wanted out of it,

I did get what I needed.

Until next time zoo amigos (sooner than you think)🔮 by @riksystix

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a month ago

touch grass, go outside by @riksystix

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a month ago

cut out caffeine, isolating, and like one other thing I’m forgetting about by @riksystix

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2 months ago

TikTok usually gets more of this journey than IG does. I guess because it feels more personal here. But it felt important to celebrate the non-scale victories, especially as hard as I’ve been on myself lately. So here’s to a successful maintenance phase. Now that life’s leveling out a bit, maybe we can go back to the slow and steady. by @riksystix

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2 months ago

The Kickoff with @darknessrisingproject was everything I needed in this phase of uncertainty, anxiety and burnout. Thank you to everyone who made this night happen, to @itscarlitav for saving a spot for me as one of the official creators for the event, and for the new community I’ve just made. Y’all check them out for more events in the future and ways you can support! taken in New York City by @riksystix

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2 months ago

GRWM to head to @darknessrisingproject The Kickoff TONIGHT! Still not too late to join us on this 90s Escapade 💕 taken in Kalei by @riksystix

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2 months ago

Don’t mind us, we’re just practicing our Bruno Mars background dancers’ routine for NYC Darkness RISING’s The Kickoff this Saturday!

Wellness resources, community and healing in the form of music, dance and joy are all happening THIS WEEKEND as we throw it back to the 90s at Kalei NYC. Get your tickets for this Saturday and meet us there! We’ll be the ones dancing in the middle of the party 🪩

#dance #90s #nyc #darknessRISING taken in New York, New York by @riksystix

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2 months ago

Take it from the girl still hardheaded about it but learning. Leave the house. See your friends. Move your body. You won’t feel like it. But if you make yourself do it, you will be glad you did.

And if you join me at @darknessrisingproject The Kickoff 90s Mixer, we’ll work through it together.

#fyp #nyc #mentalhealth #event taken in New York, New York by @riksystix

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3 months ago

Sometimes the cure to depression is simply getting out of the house. And @darknessrisingproject has got just what the doctor ordered with The Kickoff - 90s Mixer! Join us on Saturday, August 8 at Kalei NYC for an evening blending wellness, creativity, 90s nostalgia, and a space to tap into joy. Come participate in a 90s outfit contest, sound bowl healing, stretch sessions, a panel on Black women and burnout, and see live performances from artists from Wicked and Hadestown on Broadway! Ticket link in my bio! #fyp #DarknessRISING #nyc #MentalHealth taken in New York, New York by @riksystix

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3 months ago

They talking about it’s an “extreme heat wave” in the city and it’s all of 90° 💀 by @riksystix

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3 months ago