Culture
For Nipsey Hussle and Rap’s Thriving Middle Class, Staying Close to Home Can Have a Price. By Joe Coscarelli / NYT
Marvin Gaye’s Lost Album Finds Him at the Peak of His Creativity. By Jack Hamilton / Slate
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Identity. By Josephine Livingstone / The New Republic
Discovered After 70, Black Artists Find Success, Too, Has Its Price. By Hilarie M. Sheets / NYC
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ scintillates and confounds at SXSW premiere. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Is ‘Latinx’ elitist? Some push back at the word’s growing use. By Stephen Nuno-Perez and Gwen Aviles / NBC News
Curtis Mayfield’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell. By Jason Heller / The Atlantic
When It Comes to Diversity, These Were the Perfect Oscars for 2019. By Inkoo Kang / Slate
What Leaving Neverland Leaves Out by Ignoring Race. By Jason King / Slate
When hair breaks rules: Some black children are getting in trouble for natural hairstyles. By Janelle Griffith / NPR
Hollywood diversity has improved, study shows. By Andrew Pulver / The Guardian
Teddy Pendergrass Doc to Premiere on Showtime This Month. By Jon Blisten / Rolling Stone
On Langston Hughes’s 115th birthday, read his ambivalent ode to America. By Constance Grady / Vox
Lift Every Voice and Sing ( The Undefeated Mix) Featuring Aloe Blacc and special guests The String Queens / By The Undefeated
The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map. By Paige Williams / The New Yorker
Native Son is an imperfect but mesmerizing adaptation of Richard Wright’s classic novel. By Alissa Wilkinson / Vox
R. Kelly Hasn’t Really Been ‘Dropped’ by Anyone in Music. By Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone
R. Kelly and the Complexities of Race in the #MeToo Era. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Surviving R. Kelly By Willa Paskin / Slate
Black Directors Had A Big Year In 2018 — But Other Inclusion Numbers Stagnated. By Colin Dwyer / NPR
How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity. By Reggie Ugwu / NYT
The policing of black hair in sports. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
What was Michelle Obama thinking after Trump’s inauguration? ‘Bye, Felicia.’ By Allyson Chiu / Wash
Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to Fight Hate. By Adam Popescu / NYT
Roma Is Only the Latest Movie From a Latin American Director About His Family’s Domestic Worker. By Inkoo Kang / Slate
58 Jazz Giants in One Immortal Image. By John Leland / NYT
