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Bobby Shmurda will have to wait another few weeks to find out his fate. His parole hearing has been delayed. The rapper, who has been locked up since 2016 on weapons and conspiracy charges, was originally scheduled to appear before the New York State Board of Parole sometime during the week of August 17. But […]
In 2019, Brooklyn drill was the sound that was set to take over the world. The style, a hybrid of U.K.-style beats and Brooklyn street talk, first gained widespread notice in 2017 with a pair of songs: 22Gz’s “Suburban” and Sheff G’s powerful reply, “No Suburban.” Those tracks were key to introducing a young English […]
Kyrie Irving deserves an apology and that apology needs to be louder than the slander that came his way when news broke he was concerned NBA players headed to Orlando would be pulled away from the social justice movement that spread across America. He thought it was a distraction. Now look at what is happening. Irving’s thoughts were never hidden […]
The soccer world came to a standstill Tuesday when reports circulated that Lionel Messi had informed FC Barcelona he wants to leave the only club he’s ever played for. The ensuing hysteria was predictable since Messi is a 6-time Ballon d’Or award winner and (arguably) the best player in the world at age 33. Here’s what […]
LeBron James might not look like the best teammate when he’s yelling at the Lakers for being out of position or making a key mistake in the middle of a game. But know that’s just James in the heat of the moment and once the game’s over and wine’s flowing a different LeBron shows up. “When he calms down and […]
UK rap and grime are not the same. Though they operate in similar spaces, the two British genres are different entities. UK drill, road rap’s offspring, is arguably the closest thing there is to grime—from styles and flows to beat patterns—but even then, it’s still very much its own stable. So many lazy, uncultured hacks would have you believe it but not […]
Last updated: August 25, 2020 These long, hot, late-summer days have never been without moments of boredom. Factor in a global pandemic that continues to keep many of us in some form of lockdown—or at least without a proper international vacation—and there seem to be more hours in the day than ever before. If you’re […]
Two of Pop Smoke’s alleged murderers, Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers, appeared for a pre-trial hearing on Monday wearing L.A. County-issued orange jumpsuits and medical facemasks in Room 30 of the Clara Shortridge Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. Instead of the defendants entering their pleas, attorneys at the hearing revealed that conflicting records of […]
During the New York Times review of Miami Nights, Jason Zinoman mentioned how you were “a go-to performer for supporting roles,” but that you were “not the focus of his own vehicle, beyond comedy specials”. I thought it was odd, primarily because he didn’t mention Why? with Hannibal Buress. One thing that is a part of this and people don’t […]
In 1948, three years after the Second World War, hundreds of people from the Caribbean migrated to Britain to help rebuild the country. Expecting a warm welcome—considering they were coming to help out—they were instead met with rampant overt and systemic racism. West London’s Notting Hill became the landing place for many because they were […]
