1. Monday Notes
    Culture

    Monday Notes

    Shohei Ohtani's $700M Dodgers contract is the largest in sports history — deferred across a decade; LeBron's Lakers claim the NBA's first-ever In-Season Tournament crown.

    ·3 min read
  2. NBA Kenya Office Opens
    NBA

    NBA Kenya Office Opens

    NBA Kenya in Nairobi is the league's third African office in less than two years — following Nigeria (2022) and Egypt — as the Luol Deng Foundation unveils a new court in South Sudan.

    ·1 min read
  3. Friday Notes
    Culture

    Friday Notes

    The NBA's inaugural In-Season Tournament final is set — Lakers vs. Pacers — after Haliburton's Pacers oust Milwaukee and LeBron's crew handles the Pelicans in style.

    ·2 min read
  4. Aimé Leon Dore for Drake's FW23
    Aimé Leon Dore

    Aimé Leon Dore for Drake's FW23

    ALD and Drake revisit their collab playbook with a jazz-world FW23 drop — the Expedition Parka, Casentino Fleece, and Chalk Stripe Suit complete the lineup.

    ·1 min read
  5. Thursday Notes
    Culture

    Thursday Notes

    The unicorn-to-zombie arc accelerates as funding evaporates for late-stage startups; Sundar Pichai maps out Google's Gemini strategy and where AI goes from here.

    ·1 min read
  6. Culture

    Wednesday Notes

    Barack and Michelle Obama describe Higher Ground's Hollywood ambitions: not prestige TV, but something else entirely. This edition also covers the week in Black business, fashion, and culture.

    ·1 min read
  7. Tuesday notes
    Culture

    Tuesday notes

    A year after ChatGPT's debut, Big Tech has muscled into AI and Silicon Valley's power map has shifted. This edition captures the week's defining stories.

    ·2 min read
  8. Monday Notes
    Culture

    Monday Notes

    A definitive look at how Silicon Valley's competitive anxieties and deep-pocket bets detonated the AI arms race — alongside Monday's curated cultural briefings.

    ·2 min read
  9. Friday Notes: Beyonce, KAYTRANADA, New Music Friday and more
    Culture

    Friday Notes: Beyonce, KAYTRANADA, New Music Friday and more

    Beyoncé marks the 'Renaissance' film release with 'My House,' a surprise single — alongside KAYTRANADA, New Music Friday selections, and the week's essential cultural briefings.

    ·6 min read
  10. PLEASURES introduces MLB Official Merchandise
    PLEASURES

    PLEASURES introduces MLB Official Merchandise

    Countercultural brand PLEASURES steps into MLB official licensing, translating its underground aesthetic into baseball gear built for people who've never worn a jersey ironically.

    ·2 min read
  11. BKc x Life of Kings
    Culture

    BKc x Life of Kings

    Miles Davis's cool and Langston Hughes's verse set the tone for BKc and Life of Kings' latest collab — a collection that channels late-1950s Black intellectual style into today's wardrobe.

    ·2 min read
  12. Awake NY x Alicia Keys NYC Popup
    Events

    Awake NY x Alicia Keys NYC Popup

    Awake NY brings Alicia Keys to the flagship for a two-day celebration — exclusive product, special programming, and a New York homecoming for one of the city's most iconic artists.