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Jon Batiste performs onstage wearing a gold suit, smiling as he plays a black Steinway & Sons grand piano against a colorful festival backdrop

A Review: Jon Batiste’s Evolution, From New Orleans Tradition to Modern Innovation

Jon Batiste (Grammy-Oscar Award Winning Musician’s latest album, “Big Money,”)  stands under the red stone cliffs of Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, melodica in hand, watching the late-afternoon light settle over the canyon. In a moment between soundcheck and showtime, he smiles and says, “It’s an unusual artifact. You can’t hold music.” The line has the […]

Kendrick Lamar wearing a black blazer, dark shirt, and tinted sunglasses stands in front of a grey Spotify-branded backdrop, posing confidently for event photos

The Hold-Up: Inside the Delayed Kendrick Lamar × South Park Comedy Project

intro The live-action comedy developed by Kendrick Lamar in partnership with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone has been one of Hollywood’s most intriguing projects since the moment it was announced. Conceived under Lamar’s PGLang banner and Parker and Stone’s Park County, the film promised a collision of artistic worlds rarely seen on […]

A small structured handbag woven entirely from dark indigo Japanese denim. The bag features a tightly interlaced basket-weave pattern, creating a sculptural, textured surface. It has a rounded rectangular body with softly curved edges and a matching woven top handle, giving it a cohesive, artisanal appearance. The silhouette is compact, minimal, and architectural, photographed against a clean light-grey background

The Luca Woven Mini Bag: An Essential

The Luca Woven Mini Bag emerges as one of those rare accessories that feel discovered rather than designed, as though it existed before someone decided to introduce it to the world. Made from 100% cotton deadstock Japanese denim, the bag expresses a kind of quiet authority rooted in technique, materiality, and intention. It carries the […]

Joe Budden speaking into a studio microphone with overlay graphics announcing “Jay-Z, Nas, and Joe Budden Featured on New Big L Album,” featuring circular portraits of the three rappers and an image of Big L in white, set against a dark background

The Joe Budden Network Dissects Big L’s Likely Posthumous Album

When it comes to rap commentary, few circles spark as much spirited debate as The Joe Budden Network. In their latest episode, the crew turned their focus toward one of the most anticipated and emotionally charged releases in years — the posthumous Big L album, a project featuring a who’s-who of hip-hop royalty, from Jay-Z […]

Stanley Perfect Pour Over Brew Set in classic Hammertone Green, featuring a stainless steel pour-over dripper, reusable metal filter, and matching insulated mug, displayed outdoors on a rock near a campfire with a warm tent background

Stanley’s Pour Over Brew Set: The Art of Durable Brewing

the pour-over revolution goes rugged For over a century, Stanley has been synonymous with durability. The brand’s vacuum-insulated bottles have kept generations of workers, soldiers, and explorers caffeinated through the world’s most punishing conditions. Now, Stanley is turning its unbreakable design ethos toward a new frontier: the art of pour-over coffee. The Perfect Pour Over […]

Rich Paul x New Balance 2010 sneaker photographed in plum-brown suede and tonal mesh, showcasing its ABZORB midsole cushioning and minimalist “R” branding on the tongue, styled on a reflective marble surface under soft studio lighting to highlight its luxury texture and layered craftsmanship

Rich Paul’s Signature Elevates the New Balance Abzorb 2010

When a sports agent becomes a luxury tastemaker, something profound happens to sneaker culture. Rich Paul—best known as the founder of Klutch Sports and the manager of LeBron James—has transformed his influence from the boardroom to the boutique. His latest collaboration with New Balance, the 2010 silhouette, redefines what it means for sports and style […]

Black-and-white photo of rappers MAVI and Niontay standing in front of a corner store called “Red Sea Grocery II,” with a white BMW parked beside them, taken from the “Jammers Anonymous” music video

MAVI & Niontay Make a Diabolical Duo on “Jammers Anonymous”

the underground When MAVI and Niontay link, there’s no gimmick—just pure rap chemistry. Their latest track, “Jammers Anonymous,”captures two artists locked in a rare creative sync, each sharpening the other’s flow until it cuts through like glass. The result is what both have built reputations on: dense lyricism, reflective but unflinching writing, and a shared […]

Digital illustration showing hands holding a smartphone with Tinder’s “Chemistry” feature displayed, surrounded by glowing icons of a coffee cup, mountain, skyline, and nature trail, symbolizing AI-based lifestyle photo analysis for personalized matchmaking

Tinder’s “Chemistry” Experiment: AI, Intimacy, and the Future of Dating Apps

Tinder has never been shy about reinventing digital romance, but its latest experiment—an AI feature called Chemistry—takes matchmaking into the camera roll. Currently being tested in New Zealand and Australia, the feature allows users to grant Tinder’s artificial intelligence limited access to their phone’s photo gallery. In return, the algorithm studies their pictures, lifestyle moments, […]

Painting by Salomón Huerta depicting a sliced peach placed beside a small black revolver on a minimalist gray tabletop, symbolizing the tension between nourishment and danger from his Unspoken Ritual series

Salomón Huerta’s “Unspoken Ritual”: The Subtle Weight of Intimacy

There are few painters working in Los Angeles today who handle memory with such quiet precision as Salomón Huerta. His upcoming exhibition, Unspoken Ritual, opening at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Beverly Hills, is not just a continuation of his painterly journey—it’s a deepening of it. Known for his incisive portraits and meditative exploration of […]

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