This essay explores research and the representation of research as forms of advocacy. The "Mystory" format is particularly useful because it acknowledges the self as central to the interpretive process. Further, it implies a level of introspection and participation, both of which the author considers necessary in liberatory writing. Ultimately, "Mystories" personalize and individualize experiences, in hopes of diffusing metanarratives and objectivity. This genre involves the mixing and mingling of academic discourse, popular culture, and a personal narrative to illuminate a particular issue. In a "Mystory," these three veins of knowledge inform one another. Through a "Mystory" that the author has composed, she describes her first experience conducting qualitative research and its connection with academic discourse and popular culture (hip-hop) using the song "Stand to the Side" by Talib Kweli. Kweli is one of the remaining socially and politically conscious rappers whose music offers an uplifting message to the Black community. Though he is a music artist and the author is an educator, they have the same aim--to be catalysts for change regarding the condition of the Black psyche. This article presents a "Mystory" which helps fulfill the author's liberatory agenda because it does not fit the standard style of writing in academia and validates unconventional mediums (hip-hop and personal narrative) as knowledge sources. By breaking the normalized style of presentation and using music and narrative, some liberation occurs both for herself and, hopefully, for the reader as well.