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CultureMonday Notes: Philadelphia Public Art, J Hus & Naira Marley,
Tyrod Taylor's DIALLO luxury streetwear brand debuts the same week J Hus and Naira Marley team up on "Militerian." Conrad Benner's Streets Dept project makes Philadelphia's mural-rich public art scene searchable online.
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CultureWednesday Notes
Kyrie Irving leaves Nike's orbit entirely, inking a five-year deal with Chinese brand ANTA and becoming its Chief Creative Officer. Sam Pollard and Questlove's new documentary examines how the Negro Leagues shaped modern baseball.
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CultureMonday Notes: America's Family Secret, Affirmative Action, Juvenile's Tiny Desk
A Reuters investigation finds more than 100 US lawmakers, governors, and Supreme Court justices are direct descendants of slaveholders. Damian Lillard officially requests a trade out of Portland after a decade of loyalty to the Trail Blazers.
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Friday Notes
The 2023 NBA Draft brought tailoring and Louis Vuitton to the red carpet. Chris Paul's trade from the Suns to the Warriors creates one of the league's most unexpected pairings since Jordan Poole heads to Washington.
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Monday Notes
Pharrell Williams steps into the shoes of the late Virgil Abloh as Louis Vuitton's menswear creative director, debuting his first collection in Paris. Michael Jordan agrees to sell his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets at a reported $3 billion valuation.
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Saturday Notes
The Philadelphia 15 — Black sailors kicked out of the Navy in 1940 for protesting racist abuse — were posthumously exonerated at the Pentagon on Juneteenth eve. The holiday is going national, but local traditions must be preserved.
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Friday Notes "Amapiano, We go show, We go let dem know, na we de run the town"
Asake's sophomore album Work of Art drops, igniting what the post calls the Summer of Amapiano. Nikola Jokic's low-key championship celebration contrasts with Denver's euphoric Nuggets parade, while Minneapolis marks three years since George Floyd's murder.
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CultureThursday Notes: "Strung out on this dusty couch In a big white ugly house"
HomeVestors of America, branded as "We Buy Ugly Houses," targets desperate homeowners with predatory tactics. Three-time Olympic champion Tori Bowie died from childbirth complications, underscoring the severity of the Black maternal mortality crisis.
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CultureWednesday Notes "I got, mental vision, intuition"
Jude Bellingham, just 19, is profiled as a once-in-a-generation talent heading to Real Madrid. Meanwhile NBA free agency looms with Khris Middleton, Bruce Brown, and Dillon Brooks among the top available forwards.
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CultureTuesday Notes: Denver wins NBA Finals, NYC Gig worker wage increase, Increase in text scams
Nikola Jokic is crowned Finals MVP as the Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat in Game 5 to win their first-ever NBA championship. NYC simultaneously sets a $17.96 minimum hourly wage for app-based food delivery workers, rising to $19.96 by 2025.
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CultureMonday Notes
Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat head into Game 5 down 3-1, facing elimination in Denver. A Vox analysis documents how racial discrimination quietly steals measurable time from Black Americans' daily lives.
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CultureSunday Notes
MoMA's "New Photography 2023" is the museum's first group show focused on West Africa, featuring 151 works by seven Nigerian artists. Aaron Gordon's all-around dominance in Game 4 rendered every Miami Heat defensive scheme untenable.