E-40 and the Warriors for ESPN!!!!!!!!!! LINK IN BIO. Baby’s first ESPN piece ;)
@e40 is a regional hero and those kind of stars fascinate me. They’re the reason why hip-hop fandom is so deep, unique, and so bigger than just what you used to read in Rolling Stone. (No disrespect to RS — of course). I didn’t grow up with his music but as I wanted to get deeper in our culture — some of the blackest art doesn’t come from New York to be honest — 40 is an artist who I gained an understanding of and an appreciation of. This piece is a labor of love!!!!! @jstnmchl and I worked on this for a month!
I debated for several months whether to post this story, but I have never known to be scared of anything and I think I want to: A few months ago, a writer who I used to respect, took my real kindness for weakness and tried to tell me that I had to write for my community more (whatever that means) and not become some token writer. As if I could ever not shine the brightest anywhere that I go. I’m here to say that I can do whatever; I can tap into whatever. I am comfortable dog!!!! Lenox avenue to Canal St to Flatbush Ave!!!! Everything I do will be great and Black. I am Tupac meets Tiger Woods meets Kobe meets MLK meets Eric Adams meets Doreen meets Greg Tate meets Lawrence Burney! I believe there is a world for Black men to be themselves, to go into any space and be who they are, to be class conscious to love themselves, to love people. I’M A NUTSO, KLEPTO. THERE IS STAGES TO THESE WAGES! Dont disrespect me!!!! LINK IN BIO!!!! (okay back to showing mystery and humility)
In June, I traveled to Chicago to spend a night with Mr. Playboi Carti — hip-hop’s leading innovator — to try to find, even if its complicated, what is beneath all of the radical rage, energy, and showstopping charisma. Link in bio. Thank you @dscott@ericrennerbrown@yadownwithrmm
makeup by my homie @schuperb btw ❤️❤️❤️🫂
I interviewed D-Wade for CR Fashion Book about the transformation of fashion in the NBA, the “Big 3” era, and his unique family. Link in bio. Thank you to my editorial director — the brilliant and impossibly chic, @natalieshukur .
EIC: @carineroitfeld
Fashion: @jasonbolden
Photography: @okrichie
For The Guardian, I wrote about Drake, how he lost a core part of his fanbase: women, and much more. Link in bio. Thank you @clovito for the quotes and thank you @owenmyers for reaching out!
Went to Donohue’s Steak House tonight. Try to make it there before it closes in June. One of the best vibes and best steaks/burgers we have in New York.
I went to the Keith Haring: In the Street Exhibit and wrote about it for @essesmag . Thank you @matildalinberke@taliesinthomas Larry Walsh and Harif Guzman. Link in bio!
Sabrina Carpenter went viral on Twitter for performing her song “Manchild.” I wrote about female pop stars attacking the patriarchy, hetero-pessimism, Ms. Carpenter herself, limits of performative feminism, but why it still works and why it matters and much more. Link in bio!
I wrote about the beef between Mets fans and Yankees fans online, how it mirrors the beef between NYC nativism and NYC transplants, my complex relationship with transplants, and much more. Link in bio.
If she don’t put it on then I make her change clothes/If you ain’t do it from the heart then what you did it for! Rocking Jordan 3’s my brother sipping lean!!!!! Got an iPhone 15 and 16!!!!!!!
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE x XAVIERSOBASED x STORY AND INTERVIEW DONE BY YOURS TRULY! LINK IN BIO! I would say Xavier is the future but he is already here!
