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Marvel‘s latest opus, Avengers: Endgame, is arguably the biggest pop culture event of 2019—and this includes a year in which Game of Thrones comes to an end. The culmination of the first 10 years (and three Phases) of the never-ending story, this three-hour film is said to help close a particular chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. No spoilers, […]
Jamell Demons, best known as YNW Melly, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder on Wednesday, February 13. The 19-year-old Florida rapper turned himself in to Miramar, Florida police for the fatal shootings of his friends Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr.—aspiring rappers who went by YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy, respectively. Since the […]
It was a forgettable Sunday for the Clippers most indispensable players. Danilo Gallinari and Lou Williams probably lost some sleep after disappointing performances in a gettable game for the underdog Clippers in their best-of-seven series with the Warriors. But if you’re not talking about what ultra impressive Clippers rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did against the Warriors, […]
Fifteen years after he made Jesus walk on his 2004 College Dropout single, Kanye West spent the first quarter of 2019 taking listeners to church with his weekly live gospel performance series: Sunday Service. The ultra-exclusive gatherings see the rapper performing hits from his catalog, along with covers of R&B and gospel gems, while backed by […]
Game of Thrones has taken over. With the HBO juggernaut set to conclude one of the most blockbuster, united viewing experiences the TV medium has ever seen in a mere six weeks, every online publication, magazine, blog, medium and the like is publishing takes, predictions, reflections, etc. like a content fire sale. It’s a lot […]
Kerby Jean Raymond lost his mother at age 7. The designer behind the men’s and women’s line Pyer Moss hasn’t made this a secret—his Haitian father’s life as an immigrant and single dad informed his fall 2017 show—but it wasn’t the story he intended to tell when working on the campaign for Collection 2, his strongest […]
On April 7, Netflix tweeted a yellow graphic of the word “Homecoming,” with Greek thetas and sigmas on the O’s and the E, with no context. The streaming platform rarely announces programming without context, but there are some people in this world for whom context is unnecessary, and for whom hyperbole is impossible. One of […]
When friends ask what I think about the Kardashians, my usual response is that I just don’t think about them. Whatever level of consciousness is below that, is where Billy Ray Cyrus resided in my mind—until the end of March 2019. No offense, Billy Ray C. But with the changing seasons come changing allegiances, and now […]
Seven seasons, 67 episodes—and soon to be 73 episodes, after Game of Thrones‘ final-season bows this May. An ensemble comprising some two dozen or more main characters, each belonging to families whose lineages bring with them an inheritance of conflict both internal and external, which informs the story at hand. There’s a reason why virtually […]
Damon Dash wants to be called Billy Pablo the Third. It’s his new name that accounts for the Instagram posts featuring Dash playing a guitar in his recently opened DDS33 studio in Burbank, California. “I have an album coming out; it’s called Billy Pablo the Third. Do you want to hear some music?” he asks […]
