Ra'Mone Marquis

There are clothes you wear because you like how they look. Then there are pieces that remind you of who you are. The Wings Collection ’26 was created to be the latter. This is the first official collection from Tru Phoenix Apparel, and from the beginning, I knew I didn’t want to create five shirts simply because the designs looked good. I wanted every piece to have a reason for existing. I wanted the collection to tell a story. And more importantly, I wanted that story to feel familiar to...

When people see Tru Phoenix today, they see a brand. They see books. Apparel. A foundation. A podcast. Music. Storytelling. Different projects carrying different messages into different spaces. I see all of those things too. But I also see where they came from. Because before Tru Phoenix became a company, it was personal. It was built from pieces of my life. My creativity. My faith. My questions. My experiences. My victories. My losses. The lessons I learned willingly and some I probably...

Dear Mailbox, We finally made it. Ten letters. Ten conversations. Ten pieces of a story I've carried for far longer than most people realize. Inside you lived grief. Anger. Abandonment. Love. Questions. Regret. Survival. Hope. Some letters were difficult to write. Some were difficult to read. Some were difficult to admit. But all of them were real. For years, I carried these words quietly. Some out of fear. Some out of shame. Some simply because I didn't know what to do...