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Greetings! I’m Lauren Wesley Wilson, CEO of ColorComm, and I’m excited to welcome you to the What Do You Need weekly column. Every week in April, I’ve been featuring my favorite parts of my debut book, What Do You Need? This week’s topic is an excerpt from Chapter 3: The People We All Need. The People We All Need […]
On a trip to the Brooklyn Museum to see Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys (whose musical, Hell’s Kitchen, was just nominated for a Best Musical Tony), you’ll see not one, but two single portraits of the couple from famed artist Kehinde Wiley. He’s also the man behind the […]
The 20th anniversary of Mean Girls, the cult classic that still resonates with audiences today, marks a significant milestone. This film, released in 2004, deftly combines humor, sharp social commentary and the unforgettable chaos of high school life. Among its iconic moments is the cafeteria scene, where the cliques of North Shore High are introduced, […]
Social Change Fund United, an organization co-founded by NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul, has announced that $230,000 will be granted to two new entrepreneurship-centered programs based in Los Angeles and Chicago. The non-profit’s latest strategy will target the cities’ youth to fuel economic opportunity in minority communities. The new initiative signals […]
Sometimes, you just want to take things slow. In this case, though, we aren’t talking about relationships but the way you experience a destination while visiting. Luxury train travel has risen in popularity as a means of taking in the views and surrounding landscapes of a place. It’s also an excuse to treat yourself in […]
Tony Award winners Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out) announced the contenders for the 2024 Tony Awards this morning, and there’s lots to smile about. Hell’s Kitchen, a fictionalized account of singer-songwriter Alicia Keys’ teen years featuring her music, received a nomination for Best Musical, along with Illinoise, The Outsiders, […]
Madlib is a legend. You’d be hard-pressed to make a list of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time without writing down his name. He’s no slouch in the rapping department, either but he prefers to use the name “Lord Quas,” or “Quasimoto,” when he grabs the mic. Well, he did. Madlib is currently involved […]
The music world is still processing the death of Rico Wade. The producer was considered by many to be the cornerstone of the Dungeon Family, and the music that allowed the collective to transform hip-hop in the 1990s and 2000s. Wade died from heart failure at the age of 52, but his native Atlanta is […]
Westside Gunn doesn’t play around when it comes to music. He’s one of the hardest-working rappers in the game, and he has the catalog to prove it. Gunn has dropped 10 projects in the last four years, both as a solo artist and with other members of Griselda. He doesn’t need to rely on hype […]
JT really stirred up more rap beef in 2024. The City Girls emcee dropped her solo single “Okay,” and fans have been trying to figure out who she’s targeting. “She ate crab legs, now her whole tooth missing,” she rapped. “Cheap a*s veneers, you stay talkin’ sh*t.” These lines are so specific that fans have […]