The public belief that Jay-Z was a singularly socially woke/aware artist who represented Black and brown injustice was a narrative as misleading as the idea that Kaepernick’s protest was about the flag.
AN EXCERPT.
Much respect for having
@russbengtson
and I on to represent
@SLAMonline
and the legacy. Hopefully we did the mag and squad justice. As if that could ever be done. 😁✌🏿✊🏿
AND FOR THOSE THAT DID MISS IT...
There’s historical precedence for what DJ D-Nice is doing with his Instagram Live dance parties. It’s yet another example of how black creativity thrives during scary times.
No idea what this man meant to a lot of our childhoods. The skill, the smile, the pride, the personality, the bald head, the gold chain, the love for the game. Everything! RIP Mr. Neal. Forever.
#CurlyNeal
“Jackson’s work is not about scores: rather, he stresses that sports are a self-contained microcosm of society at large.” - Booklist
Two years. And still ahead of the game.
Happy Anniversary.
Best Quote Ever: “[Black people] always have the fucking influence. We’re the reason fashion is amazing. All of these designers can make all these clothes, but until we wear them, that shit is not fly. So why don’t we just make our own? And you know, that’s what they’re doing.”
B/c we sports journalists are able to push any story/narratives/leads we want without owning any truth behind the stories we tell and they sell. Leagues and ownership groups play us like puppets. Plus most of us aren’t really good at what we do.
“What was the message that you got was more the question. I feel like the point is to make people start talking.”
Naomi Osaka on the message that she wanted to send by wearing her seven face masks honoring Black victims of racial injustice and police brutality.