Culture

Friday Notes: Sports, Jay-z x D'Angelo, 21 Savage

Saban steps away after building Alabama into a dynasty; Jay-Z and D'Angelo's first-ever studio link-up surfaces as a nine-minute jam — a week full of surprises.

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Monday Notes: Fashion, Brooklyn Real Estate, JAY-Z, NBA Playoffs

Ahmad Jamal died at 92, the same week JAY-Z sampled Gil Scott-Heron, Brooklyn speculators targeted Black-owned brownstones, and the NBA Playoffs began.

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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.