Music
The Uplift
R&B duo THEY. says their new partnership with the NFL is ‘incredible’
Dante Jones and Drew Love provide the soundtrack for a TV campaign featuring DeMarco Murray, Myles Garrett, Jay Ajayi and Michael Thomas
Culture
Tiffany Haddish and Chance the Rapper make ‘Saturday Night Live’ history
Second time there’s been back-to-back black hosts, Haddish 12th black female host
Culture
Fats Domino and the death of rock
As another ‘Rockstar’ goes on to that heavenly venue, is the genre dead?
Sports
For the culture: Dodgers and Astros should embrace their cities’ personalities in World Series
If sports are a melting pot, why isn’t that reflected in all aspects of the stadium experience?
Culture
On the fifth anniversary of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city,’ California athletes reflect on the epic ‘Sing About Me’
DeMar DeRozan, Chiney Ogwumike and Arron Afflalo remain emotional about Lamar’s most powerful song
Culture
Halftime is game time: An oral history of ‘Drumline’
Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Dallas Austin and more on the film’s legacy and its fictional — but real — HBCU marching band
The Uplift
Rapper Dupre ‘Doitall’ Kelly now wants to do politics and join the Newark, New Jersey, City Council
Member of ’90s group Lords of the Underground says arts and culture can create jobs
Culture
Forty years later, George Clinton’s Mothership is still landing
A look back at the P-Funk — and a look ahead
Culture
O.J. Simpson is a relic in a new culture that celebrates unapologetic blackness
The Juice re-enters American society at its most divided since his ‘Trial of the Century’