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Your Favorite Rapper Will Fade Away Some Day — and That’s Okay
The best emcees never fall off, but that doesn’t mean they stay hot forever
A Definitive Guide to the Modern Bro, From Ironic Rap to Mega-Woke
White dudes think they see themselves in me. They have no idea.
Jay-Z Is About to Redefine What a Man’s Fifties Look Like
Shawn Carter has rewritten the playbook and outgrown men twice his age. Does a billionaire have anything left to prove?
Parenting Tariq St. Patrick From ‘Power’ Isn’t Rocket Science
What would you do if this criminal were…
Frank Lucas Told Me Not to Forgive Anyone
So I never forgave him. Asked to say some kind words at his funeral, I respectfully declined. Here is the eulogy I should have delivered.
The LEVEL Man: An Introduction
The whole point of the come-up is to challenge yourself. We celebrate…
Jordan Peele’s Thirties Were Insane-and He’s Just Getting Started
The writer/director turned sketch…
When You’re 29 and Have a Broadway Sensation
With the incendiary ‘Slave Play,’ Jeremy O. Harris became…
‘Watchmen’ Is a Revolution — So Why Are the X-Men Still Afraid of Blackness?
The show is an…
Letter From the Editor
A note from me to you