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Social Media Authenticity Is A Sieve. What Can We Do About It?
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The Line Edit: My Mereba Interview, Freelancing And Grammys Predictions
The new column dedicated to answering your questions.
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Group 7 Baddies, We Have A Problem
This TikTok trend that proves just how broken the promotional hamster wheel is. Plus, more tech-tok news to crunch on.
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Is It Freedom If I Can’t Feel It?
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Ode To The Doechii Way
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Life After Death, According to Cardi B
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I was set to cover the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial. I chose peace instead.
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How D’Angelo Made the Slow Burn His Superpower
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Stop Asking Women If Diddy’s Arrest Is Hip-Hop’s #MeToo Moment. Ask The Men.
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How D’Angelo Made the Slow Burn His Superpower
In remembrance of a neo-soul icon. In advocacy of taking your time.
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If You Create, You’re A Creator. Own It!
Why did ‘creator’ become a dirty word?
Oct 3, 2025
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Life After Death, According to Cardi B
The rapper’s highly-anticipated sophomore album, AM I THE DRAMA? grapples with betrayal, vengeance and deads any doubt that she’s fallen off.
Sep 25, 2025
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Even the rich, white men are being censored.
Jimmy Kimmel, Jerry Greenfield, Stephen Colbert. This is not only a suppression of free speech. This is a casual exercise in authoritarianism.
Sep 18, 2025
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The Tea is, in fact, too hot.
The Fyre Fest of dating apps that just set a new low for humanity.
Jul 25, 2025
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Ones To Really Watch In 2025 (Pt 2)
A midyear check-up and check-in featuring my favorite cultural gas.
Jul 16, 2025
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I was set to cover the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial. I chose peace instead.
The decision that changed my perspective on everything related to work, success, drive and rest.
Jul 12, 2025
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Is It Freedom If I Can’t Feel It?
Untangling the threads of Cowboy Carter, Sinners and Met Gala Black Dandyism
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Ode To The Doechii Way
What is it about the rapper that makes her star power so unique?
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