“I lost my parents young. That woke me up. I decided I wasn't leaving my health, or my community's, to chance.” Brotha SHAWT, founder
It started with loss
Brotha SHAWT, born Davante Peters, got serious about his health earlier than most people ever do. After losing both his parents young, he refused to sit back and let the same story write itself. He took control of what he ate, how he moved, and what he put in his body. He lived that change every day, documented the journey, and turned it into a company. In his words, “I felt the necessity to create a business out of my lifestyle so it wouldn't feel like work.”
From the bush to the block
Brotha SHAWT doesn't just pull herbs off a warehouse shelf. He travels the world, walking the jungles and the bush, learning the plants straight from the people who have worked with them for generations. Then he brings that knowledge, and the herbs themselves, back home to the block. Everything we carry is sourced with intention: wildcrafted and organic.
A spot for everybody
Walk into 4414 S. Marsalis and you see exactly who this is for. Your Uncs and your TTs. Elders who have known these plants their whole lives. Everyday folks just getting started. Local stars. Everybody walks out with the same knowledge, the same respect, and the same goods.
More than a store
Brotha SHAWT is an organizer and an advocate, as active in the community as he is behind the counter. What you spend here helps fund the work he pours back into Oak Cliff. When you shop the family, you feed the family. Dealing the goods that's Healing the Hood.
Wildcrafted & organic
Sourced with intention, worldwide.
Take control
Your health, your hands.
Community funded
Your dollars feed Oak Cliff.
For the elders & the everyday
Uncs, TTs, and everybody between.
What the family says
Watermelon was sweet and good but my package came hot and messed up paper was off my tea and the tea itself tasted funny but my black walnut was on point
Customer · May 2026
Great product highly recommend for iron and and health needs all products from the store are great and good customer service every time I visit
Darion Edwards · May 2026
I bought the seeded grapes and agave for making my teas. Great prices and the grapes were so so sweet! Thank you for such great products!
Torace Dunlap · May 2026
I always have a great shopping experience at Tha Alkaline Hour. Everyone is very helpful, knowledgeable and make great recommendations.
Scherolyn Davis · May 2026