On New Year’s Day, 2024, hip-hip artist Bryce Savoy’s life was irrevocably changed: His biggest fan, his father Bryce Fluellen, tragically passed away at 53 years old. Among the important lessons Big Bryce (as he was known to friends and family) imparted on his son were that everything one wants to do in life is ripe for the taking, and what life offers is not restricted to one lane.

Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Big Bryce attended Howard University where he met Tee Tee from Hercules, California. They fell in love and moved to East Oakland, where Savoy was born and raised. Big Bryce worked as a chef and was involved in the food-justice movement; he did cooking demos for the American Heart Association, and made healthy and accessible food his life’s work until his untimely death. Hi

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