Tiwa Savage

Friday Notes: Tiwa Savage, NASA, The Roots...

Friday Notes argues it's long overdue to give Tiwa Savage her flowers — a force who has consistently pushed the scales toward equity in the male-dominated Afrobeats landscape.

T-Pain

Release Day: T-Pain, Glorilla, EST Gee

T-Pain interprets Sam Cooke and Frank Sinatra on a covers album, while EST Gee's raw Louisville mixtape and Glorilla's deluxe edition round out a stacked Friday release day.

Sarkodie

Thursday Notes: Hip-Hop at Fifty, Defining race...

Hip-hop turns fifty this year — and Thursday Notes explores the genre's origins alongside the sobering math that a $100,000 salary in New York City is worth less than $36,000 after taxes and cost of living.

Patrick Mahomes

Uristocrat Sports Roundup

The Chiefs restructure Patrick Mahomes' contract to add cap space, while the NCAA Tournament bracket is set and The Ringer breaks down the best picks and biggest storylines for each region.

Lady Wray

Wednesday Notes: Black Americans and the dream of homeownership

The national Black-white homeownership gap is wider today than it was in 1970 — Wednesday Notes digs into how systemic barriers keep locking Black Americans out of America's primary wealth-building tool.

JAY-Z

Tuesday Notes: Race vs. Ethnicity, Just Blaze and Michael Jackson...

Some Black Americans want their enslaved ancestry recognized in census categories; some Jewish Americans want a distinct ethnic designation — Tuesday Notes digs into the government's rethinking of race and ethnicity.

@CARROTS.KR

@CARROTS.KR "We Don't Carrot All" SS23 3/17

Anwar Carrots' @CARROTS.KR capsule lands March 17 — the "We Don't Carrot All" SS23 collection blends Korean streetwear influences with the brand's signature carrot iconography.

2023 NCAA Men’s Tournament

Uristocrat Sports Roundup: 2023 NCAA Men’s Tournament, Nigerian soccer, Lamar Jackson...

The 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket is set — Uristocrat breaks down the best picks, biggest storylines per region, and the Nigerian soccer stars making waves globally.

Ruth Carter

Monday Notes: Mississippi Blues, The Oscars...

The Mississippi Delta is world-famous for the blues and integral to America's civil rights story — Monday Notes explores efforts to tell both histories together at the same cultural sites.

Kith

Kith for The New Yorker

Kith's second New Yorker collaboration reimagines classic magazine covers — a newsstand, dense taxi-filled streets, and quintessential city scenes — on premium tees and hoodies.

Bomani Jones

Uristocrat Sports Roundup: Bomani Jones, Jalen Ramsey, NFL QB carousel...

Bomani Jones and Domonique Foxworth dig into the current state of baseball and NFL's QB carousel on Game Theory, as Jalen Ramsey lands with the Rams in a blockbuster trade.

Burna Boy

Sunday Notes: Burna Boy, SVB, Air Jordan 1 "Palomino"

Sunday's roundup spans Burna Boy, the SVB banking collapse, and the Air Jordan 1 'Palomino' — with culture picks from Harlem fashion editor Aria Hughes.