Lena On LA

from AdWeek Lena Waithe on Why LA Was the Perfect Place to Make Her Dreams Come True The prolific writer, producer and actor’s first feature film is debuting next month By Lisa Lacy Lena Waithe moved to Los Angeles from Chicago in 2006.Photography by Lelanie...

QUEEN & SLIM Soundtrack

from Variety ‘Queen & Slim’ Soundtrack Features Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, Ms. Lauryn Hill, More by LATESHA HARRIS CREDIT: UNIVERSAL PICTURES The soundtrack to the highly anticipated film “Queen & Slim” will be released by Motown on Nov. 15, it was...

Grimy Punk Basquiat

from artnet Basquiat Designed an Album Cover for a Grimy Punk-Ska Band 35 Years Ago. Now, a Limited Edition of the Album Is Being Reissued Basquiat’s 1984 design for the cover of The Off’s First Record. Originals of the record regularly sell for thousands...

The Corn Is The Key

from the New Yorker America’s First Taco Editor Says That Burritos Are Actually Tacos By Helen Rosner Twenty-two years ago, Texas Monthly, the venerable “national magazine of Texas,” published a ranking of the state’s fifty best barbecue joints. The magazine...