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Back in 2019, Diallo Riddle owned the summer. At that time, he had both Sherman’s Showcase and South Side on two different channels at the same time. It was a testament to the hard work he’d been putting in, and I was glad we got to capture that time. Yassir Lester is on his way to owning summer 2021, […]
Music releases continue to pick up as we head into the summer. This week, Polo G and Lil Wayne teamed up for a melodic new record “Gang Gang.” Roddy Ricch has returned, dropping “Stunnaman” with some help from Birdman. And Kirk Franklin and Lil Baby joined forces for the gospel-infused anthem “We Win.” Latto, 42 Dugg, […]
Twelve years is an extraordinarily long time to remain culturally and commercially relevant in pop music, something Justin Bieber has managed to accomplish since his arrival with My World in 2009. Tastes change, trends change, and—for better or for worse—the people surrounding a superstar’s accent to music royalty change. That being said, exceptions persist. One […]
Back in March, Gunna posted a photo to Instagram posing in front of a cream Corvette C8. The rapper’s colorful patchwork jacket covered in triangular swatches of patterns like florals and red houndstooth complete with a large red “M” on the left chest was the perfect contrast to the toned-down paint job of the expensive sports […]
There’s a certain sense of poetic symmetry for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. Long before he tumbled down the rabbit hole into the world of comic book adaptations and superheroics, the famed director got his start in 2004 with a highly well-received remake of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Now, 17 years(!) later, […]
Remember when we had a president that cared about sneakers? Obviously they were not as important as his political leanings, but important, nonetheless, to folks like me. Though the occasion was rare, seeing Barack Obama in a pair of cool sneakers engaged an area of my mind that I don’t think I expected a politician […]
Raheem Sterling is having a big year. His Manchester City team just won the Premier League title for the third time in four years, and the season saw him become just the third player to tally 100 goals under club manager Pep Guardiola. He’s also just made official a longtime-in-the-making boot deal with New Balance. […]
Whether you love or loathe the concept of the Play-In Tournament—I tend to side with LeBron James on this one—the NBA’s new wrinkle debuts Tuesday and hopefully it delivers some desired drama. Featuring the two most successful franchises in NBA history, a pint-sized scoring champ having a career year, the polarizing triple-double king, the likely Rookie […]
During a recent conversation with Amber Stevens West, who portrays Whitney on the new Starz series Run the World, my ‘90s-Black sitcom-addicted brain had to ask what it was like working with Yvette Lee Bowser. I imagined that the quartet of Black women that lead Living Single understand the importance of Bowser executive producing another series focusing on […]
One of the most important songs of the SoundCloud rap era was recorded next to two bunk beds at a porn star’s house in Florida. It was early 2016, and Ski Mask the Slump God’s rap career hadn’t taken off yet. He had bigger things to worry about than music, though. He didn’t even have a place […]
