Frank Ocean‘s Blonde was one of the most anticipated and acclaimed albums of the year, so it was a surprise when it was announced that the album wasn’t submitted for Grammy Award consideration. Though many were disappointed, including Kanye West, Ocean isn’t too concerned. “That institution certainly has nostalgic importance,” he told the New York Times in […]

The Sound

Solo hopped on Twitter and dragged NYT critic Jon Caramanica for filth.

Willow and Jaden Smith sat down with the New York Times to talk not about their music, but to talk about the “weird” things they do, in addition to their current projects. It seemed pretty heavy duty for a 14- and 16-year-old to discuss prana energy, the meaning of art, and what time really is to […]

Television

This is what happens when a major news publication doesn’t hire a Black writer to write about us. New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley wrote a piece that was supposed to be how Shonda Rhimes has changed the landscape for Black women on TV, but ended up being a under researched piece that called […]