Daddy Yankee

Friday Notes: Joel Embiid, Music Release Day and more

For the first time since 1994, all five New York winter sports teams are in the playoffs — on the same Friday that Daddy Yankee's Gasolina became the first reggaeton song in the National Recording Registry.

Black Thought

Release Day: Daniel Caesar, Dinner Party, Black Thought, Joeboy

This week's essential releases: Daniel Caesar's 'Never Enough,' Dinner Party's 'Enigmatic Society,' Black Thought and El Michels Affair's 'Glorious Game,' and a Joeboy deep cut.

Art

Joseph Kojo Hoggar

Joseph Kojo Hoggar, a 2023 KNUST Visual Arts graduate from Ghana, examines the figure of the smoker through paintings that blend African contemporary art with classical art history in The Vanities exhibition.

Culture

Thursday Notes: The Shade Room, "Sweetwater", NBA Play-in Tournameent

The Shade Room and No Jumper, built to serve Black audiences, have become platforms for right-wing disinformation — the latest sign that cultural reach and editorial responsibility are increasingly at odds.

Music

Wednesday Notes: Last Dance' Jordans, Questlove, Black Thought, and more

The Converse x Devin Booker Chuck 70 hits shelves today — undyed canvas, Arizona-inspired license plate details, and a minimalist spirit that makes Booker's signature collaboration more than just a hoop shoe.

Ronnie Fieg

Ronnie Fieg x The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation x New Balance 998 "Broadacre City"

KITH founder Ronnie Fieg teases his New Balance 998 collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation — 'Broadacre City' draws from Wright's architectural sketches and marks the 998's 35th anniversary.

Sneakers

Extra Butter x Diadora 'Giallo 2.0'

Extra Butter's 'Giallo 2.0' is a direct sequel to their first-ever Diadora collab from 2016 — built on pig suede, perforated leather, and a stained glass PVC patch drawn from Italian psychological horror.

Ajamu Kojo

Ajamu Kojo

Ajamu Kojo is a figurative painter and filmmaker living in Brooklyn whose work is propelled by mystery — his scenic art has appeared on Law & Order, Boardwalk Empire, and Vinyl.

Justin Jones

Tuesday Notes: Justin Jones, Aliyah Boston and more

Nashville's Metro Council voted to expedite the reinstatement of Representative Justin Jones just days after Tennessee Republicans expelled him — a swift and historic rebuke of the Republican supermajority.

Art

Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway

Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway draws from the African metaphysical universe to create paintings and performances that interrogate Womanhood, Blackness, and divinity — she performs regularly at the Ouidah Festival in Benin.

2023 Sneaker Releases

Devin Booker x Chuck 70

The Converse x Devin Booker Chuck 70 keeps it clean and considered: undyed canvas, tonal embroidery, and a custom Arizona-inspired license plate that brings Booker's signature style to the Chuck 70's timeless frame.

Sports

Monday Notes: NBA Playoffs, WNBA Draft, Odell Beckham and more

The 2023 NBA Playoffs bracket is finalized with the Play-In Tournament tipping off Tuesday, April 11 — from Bucks at 1 to Bulls at 10 in the East, and Nuggets at 1 to Timberwolves at 10 in the West.