1. Monday Notes
    Ghana

    Monday Notes

    The Nike x COMME des GARÇONS Air Max 97 drops to just over $160 — Monday Notes opens with the half-price cop alert and rounds up the week's best sneaker and culture stories.

    ·2 min read
  2. Sunday Notes
    Larry Wilmore

    Sunday Notes

    Larry Wilmore and Theresa Runstedtler discuss 'Black Ball' — the story of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA.

    ·2 min read
  3. Saturday Notes
    Pras

    Saturday Notes

    The Fugee, the fugitive, and the FBI — how Pras Michel got caught up in one of the century's biggest financial scandals, plus new books for Black professionals in corporate America.

    ·2 min read
  4. Friday Notes
    Phillis Wheatley

    Friday Notes

    A fresh biography places Phillis Wheatley in her own revolutionary era, while SZA's 'SOS' continues its historic run atop the Billboard 200 chart.

    ·5 min read
  5. Thursday Notes
    Nike Air Jordan

    Thursday Notes

    Debra Lee opens up about BET, motherhood, and using your voice — and a reimagined Air Jordan 4 'Bred' is reportedly on the way for 2024.

    ·2 min read
  6. Wednesday Notes

    Wednesday Notes

    Crypto's original king Arthur Hayes is back after getting busted by the feds — plus the Bodega x BEAMS x adidas 'Easy Ivy' collection arrives this week.

    ·1 min read
  7. Tuesday Notes

    Tuesday Notes

    Omah Lay took the NPR Tiny Desk stage with calm energy and a bright smile, delivering a standout Afrobeats performance for his growing global audience.

    ·4 min read

  8. Monday Notes

    Nigerians are demanding answers from INEC after contested 2023 election results — plus Afro Nation announces a stacked lineup featuring Wizkid, Davido, and Popcaan.

    ·1 min read
  9. Sunday Notes
    Drake

    Sunday Notes

    Drake and 21 Savage drop 'Spin Bout U', Extra Butter teams with Russ & Daughters on a 50th-anniversary PUMA Clyde, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. reflects on 'Finding Your Roots.'

    ·1 min read

  10. Saturday Notes

    2,000 Black skiers descended on Vail as the National Brotherhood of Skiers celebrated 50 years of camaraderie, community, and carving the slopes together.
  11. a ma maniere

    Friday Notes

    The A Ma Manière x Air Jordan 5 lands Holiday 2023—Friday's links cover that release, Don Toliver's 'Love Sick' album, and the week's best new music.

    ·2 min read
  12. Thursday Notes
    Ab-Soul

    Thursday Notes

    Ab-Soul brings raw lyricism to NPR's Tiny Desk, and Lil Wayne drops 'Kant Nobody' with DMX and Swizz Beatz—Thursday's music highlights are stacked.

    ·2 min read