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You might have seen the memes by now. “This guy is rapping in MLA format.” “If mumble rap is a thing, we are calling this clarity rap.” “He doesn’t roast you, he addresses your flaws.” Remble’s rapping style is so distinctive, the internet can’t help but recontextualize it with jokes. He makes the kind of […]
Culture’s biggest night is almost upon us. Tomorrow, June 27, the 2021 BET Awards (8pm EST) will celebrate Black excellence in all its forms. This year’s event will also feature a special tribute to the late DMX that will be curated by Swizz Beatz. The annual ceremony has become known for these exact moments, as […]
Ever since Tyler, the Creator dropped his debut studio album Goblin in 2011, the Los Angeles-based rapper has been a fan of dropping alternate album covers. Many of these covers feature the work of Tyler’s favorite artists. For example, when T dropped Wolf, the deluxe edition featured special art made by the pop surrealist painter […]
If you’re anything like me, you can spend an absurd amount of time running back one-liners from a dope character on a series that may have nothing to do with the actual plot. That’s been my relationship with Tristen J. Winger, aka Thug Yoda from HBO’s Insecure (which is ending with its fifth and final season). The […]
CC Sabathia hasn’t pitched in a major league game since 2019, but if you want to see him playing ball these days make sure you check out the softball fields of Manhattan. That’s where you can find the former Yankees ace—looking way different than he did during his 11 seasons in pinstripes—crushing slow-pitch softball and […]
Other fighters merely adopt taekwondo; Skylar Park was born in it, moulded by it. And that’s not even hyperbole. “From the very beginning, I was crawling on the mats… I first put on pads and stepped into the ring for competition at two years old,” the 22-year-old tells Complex. The Winnipeg native was born into […]
Sue Bird is WNBA royalty and in the middle of her 18th season, with 11 All-Star nods and four titles on her resume, she is uniquely qualified like few other individuals to offer up an opinion on just about everything related to the league that’s celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Including some Twitter beef […]
There’s undeniable strength in SZA’s words. She has a way of speaking things into existence—good or bad. And her manifestations aren’t just for her own personal benefit, either. SZA’s fans, too, have been direct recipients of the positive energy that the universe redistributes her way. As recently as last week, her words have led to […]
Children’s Streetwear Brand | Est. 2014 /// Location: Brooklyn, NY /// Founders: Ivan Rivera & Khrysti Hill /// Website: WeAreLittleGiants.com /// 99designs by Vistaprint Designer: Mikata What’s the inspiration behind the Little Giants name? Ivan: The name comes from our worldview and perspective on children. Our sentiment is that there’s infinite potential and an unlimited greatness in every child. So […]
It’s a full-force bright-skies Saturday when I sit to chat with Curtis Waters about his latest project, Plastic World. He is our generation’s answer to the one effortlessly cool scene kid of the early aughts: the self-effacing wuderkind has a penchant for a very self-aware brand of irony, and grew up in Nepalese culture, which […]
