This is a poignant statement in regards to NFTs. A main problem of NFTs is that its oversupply exposes the lack of market as well as market value. The NFT of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's first tweet (and the first tweet ever) "just setting up my twittr" was purchased by…

The democratization of financial markets over the past couple of decades has drawn people from all classes, statuses and trades into the robust world of investing. Fifteen years ago, it might have been hard to imagine being able to drop a few bucks on fractional or whole shares of a…

All-female directors. A 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes for the first season. Playwright and showrunner Katori Hall has rendered her Pussy Valley play into a charismatic and au courant small-screen smash called P-Valley that has become a neon-bright spot in the dimmed, unchartered “quarantainment” era. As the sports world…

“It…scared the shit out of me.” F. Gary Gray’s apprehensive admission about directing an Ice Cube comedy expressed a plausible sentiment that ironically could’ve also surmised mainstream America’s discomposure with the rapper’s brazen cultural stature at the time. Picture the scene: Cube, a sociopolitcally-charged N.W.A. alumnus whose music and imagery…

If the 2015 breakout hit “Say It” was your first introduction to Tory Lanez, you were considerably late. By then, Lanez had earned a cult following with a flurry of mixtapes — the most notable being his R&B-hinged Chixtape series. …

And a quick dive into how one song in particular has reawakened hip hop’s interest in the city’s sound. — Blocboy JB’s summer ’17 viral smash “Shoot” was a Trojan horse of sorts. On the surface, it had the appearance of being another club banger coupled with a fly-by-night dance craze that infiltrated airwaves, football fields and maybe even your grandmother’s bones. But beneath the…

Atlanta’s gleaming quality of irony and surrealism are fully displayed in the second (and fittingly titled) Sportin’ Waves episode of Robbin’ Season. Like the beginning of the first episode, there’s a robbery — albeit with unmissable differences. In this particular incident, a main character is a victim of a heist…

Karat 24 is a continuous collection of 24 buzzing hip hop/R&B songs, a few throwbacks, and a few tracks you may have snubbed or didn’t know about, but should. Spreading light and shedding light. Liner Notes -editorial insights, backstories and reviews into a few of the artists/songs that appear on the…

On December 21, 1993, Jodeci released one of the most influential albums in modern R&B, “Diary of a Mad Band”. In contrast to the clean-cut acts of the early 90s, Jodeci’s grittier image and blunt lyricism was the climax of New Jack Swing’s aspirations. As such, hip hop embraced the group’s brand of expression — a sort of “street love” that did not compromise the culture’s machismo. Among rappers in their day, Jodeci was the “cool R&B group to listen to.” And that sentiment has guided a new wave of admirers among current R&B/hip hop acts who continue to sample Devante Swing’s production and interpolate the band’s lyrics.