Culture

Rap Sh!t Season 2 Is About Making It in a Misogynistic Music Industry // Harper’s Bazaar

Hanifa’s Impressive Bridal Debut Offers Exquisite Options For Modern Brides // Essence

MC Lyte and Dream Hampton Want To Remind You That Women Shaped Hip-Hop // Elle

Run The World’s Bresha Webb Saw Herself in Renee // Elle

Fe Noel’s Brooklyn Boutique Is An Ode to Brooklyn // Vogue

June Ambrose Redefined Hip Hop Fashion. Now She Wants Her Own Fashion House // Okayplayer

Beauty & Culture Writer Tembe Denton-Hurst Shares Her Top Skin, Make-Up & Haircare Picks // Fashionista

These Are the Most Impactful Black-Founded Beauty Brands of the Last Decade // Byrdie

How Charlese Antoinette Jones Became Black Hollywood’s Go-To Costume Designer // Okayplayer

Nikole Hannah-Jones Hopes You Have a Red Pill ‘Matrix’ Moment With ‘1619 Project’ Docuseries // Okayplayer

Somewhere Good Is A New Social Media App Built Without Likes or Followers // Okayplayer

How Professors Are Making A Case For Hip-Hop In Academia // Okayplayer

Dan Perlman on Creating Season Two of ‘Flatbush Misdemeanors’ // Okayplayer

How Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sisters Reclaimed Their Family’s Narrative With ‘King Pleasure’ // Okayplayer

Ari Lennox & Summer Walker: The Yin & Yang of R&B // Okayplayer

Fashion

How The Morning Show Depicts Its Powerful Black Women Through Style // Essence

I Can’t Stop Thinking About Tina’s Style On Minx // Essence

How Daryl Layson Went From Struggling To Make It In Fashion to Managing Virgil Abloh’s “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund // Fashionista

Football Star Samuel Umtiti Is Ready For His Fashion Era // Vogue

What Does Law Roach’s Retirement Say About the State of the Fashion Industry? // Okayplayer

André Leon Talley Is A Testament To Black Southerners’ Impact On Fashion // Okayplayer

Remembering Virgil Abloh: The Savant Who Remade Fashion // Okayplayer

Pierrah Hilaire On Going Viral Teaching Her TikTok Followers About Black Fashion Brands // Okayplayer

How My Mom’s Unapologetic Style Helped Me Find My Own // Nylon

How a Black Entrepreneur Navigated the First 90 Days of the Pandemic // Okayplayer

Fashion Image Architect Misa Hylton Sheds Light on her Legacy // Hypebae

Music

Baby Rose On Turning Life Lessons Into Her Most Honest Album Yet // Harper’s Bazaar

How Blk Odyssy Brought Together Bootsy Collins, The Alchemist & More For ‘Diamonds & Freaks’ // Okayplayer

Ari Lennox Dreamville’s First Lady Isn’t An Underdog Anymore // Okayplayer

Fousheé Just Wants To Rage // Okayplayer

SIR Wants To Bring Honesty and Vulnerability Back To Music // Okayplayer

Lucky Daye Wants To Be More Than a Modern Face of R&B // Okayplayer

Dawn Richard’s Journey From Bad Boy to Indie Pioneer Has Been A Creative Pilgrimage // Okayplayer

No One Wants Beef With Flo Milli, Gen Z’s Rising Rap Princess // Okayplayer

Yaya Bey Is Creating Healing Music For Black Women // Okayplayer

Ella Mai Isn’t Here To Create Toxic Love Songs // Okayplayer

Ravyn Lenae Just Wants To Create Honest R&B // Okayplayer

Kari Faux Wants To Be a Lowkey Superstar // Okayplayer

Amindi is Back For the Very First Time // Okayplayer

Mercury Rose Up in Atlanta’s Indie Scene. Now She’s Touring With MIKE and Na-Kel Smith // Okayplayer

How Joyce Wrice Channeled Her Favorite ‘90s Pop Singers To Create Upbeat, Experimental ‘Motive’ EP // Okayplayer

KenTheMan Is Houston’s New Problem // Okayplayer