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CultureMonday Notes
Jadakiss tells ESPN how NBA legend Sam Cassell earned a cameo in one of hip-hop's most memorable lyrics, a story only possible because Cassell put in the work first.
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CultureFriday Notes
Gucci faces its biggest brand credibility test in September as it tries to reclaim cool after years of slipping, while ESPN plots a streaming future independent of Disney.
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Thursday Notes
Lizzo called the lawsuit from three former dancers 'as unbelievable as they sound,' pushing back on claims of weight-shaming and a hostile work environment while on tour.
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CultureTuesday Notes
A new Harvard study finds elite university admissions systematically favor legacy and wealthy applicants over high-achieving students who lack family ties or donor connections.
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CultureMonday Notes
TechCrunch breaks down why Black-owned news outlets, despite loyal and growing readerships, rarely attract venture capital — a structural funding gap with no easy fix in sight.
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CultureWednesday Notes
Oliver Franklin-Wallis traces what really happens to donated clothes — a global odyssey of fast-fashion waste that ends up overwhelming secondhand markets in developing countries.
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CultureTuesday Notes
Biden established the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi and Illinois, honoring the 14-year-old whose 1955 murder galvanized the civil rights movement.
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CultureWednesday Notes
Ryan Wilson is suing Greenwood and its co-founders after the neobank allegedly withheld a $5 million earn-out payment from TGS shareholders following last year's acquisition.
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CultureTuesday Notes
A newly released live 1961 recording captures John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy at the Village Gate, on the cusp of jazz's avant-garde — and it's essential listening for any fan.
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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.