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Predictions (And Now Thoughts) on Drake’s “Omertà” and “Money in the...
Hi. I'm buzzed. I also shamelessly peeped the lack of content surrounding Drake's very-recently announced two-song drop in celebration of the Toronto Raptors NBA...
Joseph Allen, The Suspicious GCU, And “Good Energy”
Note: If you're just here for my take on the strange involvement of Grand Canyon University in Joseph Allen's audition, scroll down to 'The...
College Cheating Scandal, Selective Colorblindness, And, Of Course, Not ALL White...
Note: This piece does not delve into details of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. Here is a good article for that.
To the Daily...
Media
“Toosie Slide” and Drake’s Push For Millennial Michael Jackson Status
Black leather gloves no sequins
I wrote this nearly 4 years ago about what Drake and Kendrick Lamar...
Donald Glover is a Folk Artist
The scope of a Childish Gambino song can be as focused as a simple love song, or as vast as the known...
645AR and How Rap Lyrics Became Middlemen for Vibes
In 2020, grimy Buffalo rap crew Griselda managed to bring the mainstream to them. Their January performance of "Dr. Bird's" on Jimmy...
Sports
How NOT To Run Your Business: James Dolan and The New York Knicks
For many years now, the New York Knicks have been a model of dysfunction and poor management. Most of it can be traced to...
Will LeBron James Play Into His 40s?
Adapted from Kai Hsu's Quora answer of the title question
At the time of writing this, LeBron is 34 years old and will need six...
Manchester City, Golden State, And How Transcendent Teams “Improve”
73-9. 100 points. Results like these are generational, rarer even, in the NBA and English Premier League. When dealing with teams like today's Golden...
What They Say
What They Say: Nigerian vs. Ghanaian Jollof Rice
I am an Ethiopian-American. I have many West African friends. By default, they feel themselves waaay too much to begin with. But get a...
What They Say: Paul Pogba vs. Arsenal was…
Manchester United drew with Arsenal 1-1 at Old Trafford today. Though the Red Devils dominated the match, Giroud's late finish left a bad taste...
What They Say: #WomenWhoVoteTrump Is Heated
What appears to have been started as a trend mocking women who continue to support Donald Trump, the discussion under the #WomenWhoVoteTrump trend has...