“I’m not a businessman/I’m a business, man” - Jay-Z
Jay-Z and Kanye: Roc-A-Fella Reunited in Opposite Directions
Jay-Z’s “businessman/business, man” lyric off Kanye West’s “Diamonds From Sierra Leone” remix was, in the words of Nas, a “hot line”. Jay-Z was coming…
The Detroit Lions have played a football game on Thanksgiving day every year since 1934, becoming as much a part of the social fabric of holidays as turkey, mashed potatoes, and bad sweaters. The Lions’ 1997 Thanksgiving game against…
The Message
“I remember when New York ran this shit, when Dipset was turnt the fuck up...what happened? I remember when New York rap was the shit. And us from the South...we just did our own thing. But now we…
For obvious reasons, many doubted whether Nipsey Hussle would be able to sell 10 copies of his $100 mixtape, let alone 1,000. Well, it seems he made a quick 100K, so….
On The Evening Jones, I gave him all the…
The NFL is corporate, but decidedly human. It’s masculinity, distilled and commoditized, covered like a soap opera. It’s is big business run amok, but can turn any metropolis into a small, provincial town where the only thing that matters…
Today is my birthday. I enjoy my birthday greatly because that's what the damn thing is for. Never gotta apologize for a good time.
Anyway, on my 30th birthday, the guys on The Morning Jones gave me one of the…