About Bruce Goodwin II

Bruce is a sneaker-obsessed pop culture junkie from Queens. He is a proud alumnus of St. John’s University and is currently the Deputy Editor of Cassius. Bruce hails from Complex as a social media guru and honed his sneaker knowledge as an editor at Sneaker News. He is also a Drake and Dipset apologist. He divides his time between watching ‘The Office’ reruns and trying to become the next Hank Moody...or Don Draper.

  The rap world was shocked back in July when Lil’ B and Chance the Rapper announced that they had an album together. Guess what? It finally came to fruition as the project was recently released. The five track mixtape has the odd duo going in over soulful beats somewhat reminiscent of Dipset’s hay day. […]

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Thank you <a href=”https://twitter.com/MaximMag”>@maximmag</a&gt; for including me in your Sept fashion feature. Go pick up your copy today! <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/legit?src=hash”>#legit</a&gt; <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/thismaximlife?src=hash”>#thismaximlife</a&gt; <a href=”http://t.co/2bpxVz62UQ”>pic.twitter.com/2bpxVz62UQ</a></p>&mdash; ZooVier (@fettywap) <a href=”https://twitter.com/fettywap/status/628637736363294720″>August 4, 2015</a></blockquote> //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Fetty Wap had a monstrous 2014 with the banger “Trap Queen,” and the Drake-cosigned “My Way “has pushed him to […]

On Monday night (August 3), the “6 God” proved that anyone who dares to step to him will be dealt with accordingly. To preface the night’s antics, Drake told the crowd “You did it to yourself boy. I won’t let nobody disrespect my city or what I stand for.” Drake’s appreciation for his city extends […]

Kids these days. Michael Jordan hosts a camp yearly to help kids learn the ins and outs of how to truly ball. The camp’s site states “Learn the fundamentals of shooting, dribbling, rebounding, passing, and defense from Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, along with his first class coaching staff.” His Airness’ […]

After promising to deliver his new album Boys Don’t Cry, in July, Frank Ocean let his fans down. Because of his empty promise, Ocean’s brother must’ve known how anticipated the album was and decided to troll the entire Internet. He posted a photo to Instagram of Frank thumbing through old magazines with a caption that […]

With adidas already on Nike’s heels, it might be time for a new head honcho in the sportswear world. In the mind of many execs over at adidas,  a major part of this takeover includes the signing of James Harden. The Houston Rockets’ guard has been offered $200M to sign an endorsement deal with adidas, according to […]

Aside from dating one of the baddest R&B chicks, Russell Wilson finally has something else to smile about. Sports Illustrated reports that on Friday (July 30), Wilson signed a $87.6 million contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks, with a $31 million signing bonus. Even though it’s not as much as some thought the 26-year-old would […]

Apple’s been riding high as of late with the soaring success of Apple Music, but not everyone is too happy with the Cupertino-based company, according to Fast Company. One of the biggest issues in today’s America is gun control, and activists thinks that it starts with removing the gun emoji from the iPhone. New Yorkers […]

  On Thursday night (July 30), Meek Mill was suppose to set the world on fire with a diss record comparable to Ether. With such high expectations, Meek just couldn’t live up to the big moment with his lukewarm response, “Wanna Know.” Unfortunately, as it turned out, nobody really wanted to know who or what Meek had […]

After a break, Verses and Flow is finally coming back for a 5th season on TV One. Tonight’s season premiere of the 30-minute variety show will feature a spoken word performance by poet Rob Gibsun, who’s set to vent his frustrations about being Black in America today. “All patted down: No ganj. No white. No justice […]

With Meek Mill being the fire starter of one of the most publicized hip-hop beefs in recent years, the Philly born rapper shared his story with Billboard. There’s no mention of Drake in the interview, as it occurred before the ghostwriter fallout. Instead, Billboard details how Meek literally started from the bottom. Born Robert Rahmeek Williams, he grew up […]

50 cent hit up St. Louis’ own Hot 104 to drop some knowledge on the goings on in his new film, Southpaw and everyone’s Saturday night Starz addiction, Power. Of course he was asked if La La Anthony’s nude scene in Power was his idea. He jokingly responded that he had nothing to do with it,  and that he’s […]