Culture Writing Clips

Music 🎺🎶

Above the Rim at 30: Warren G and More on Making Hip-Hop’s Best Film Soundtrack - SPIN
The Unsung Hook Singers of ‘90s Rap Classics Speak - Okayplayer
Martha Reeves Takes L.A.: The "Queen Of Motown" Shares Memories Of Smokey Robinson, Her Solo Career & Finally Receiving A Hollywood Star - GRAMMY.com
What Happened At The Black Music Collective’s Recording Academy Honors 2024 GRAMMY Event - GRAMMY.com
30 Years Later, the Full Story Behind the Forgotten First Song of G Funk - Okayplayer
Changing the Game: The History and Future of Hip-Hop in Games - Game Informer
The 17 Greatest G Funk Songs - Okayplayer

Games and Internet 🎮⌨️
Why There's No Room for Suburbs in Open-World Games - VICE
Changing the Game: The History and Future of Hip-Hop in Games - Game Informer
Abubakar Salim talks his first game, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, an Afrofuturist platformer - Epic Games Store
Upcoming survival bonanza Nightingale shuffles its biomes with the turn of a card - Epic Games Store
How YouTube Dating Shows Are Changing the Way We Hook Up - The Daily Beast
The Grand Theft Auto III  Radio Commercials Are Still Awesome - WIRED
A Love Letter to Grand Theft Auto’s Best Side Stories - WIRED

Travel and Sports ✈️🏀
The 50 best cities in the world in 2024 -Time Out
There were the Negro Leagues, and then there were the Black Fives - CBS News
A whole new ball game: women’s basketball in Africa and beyond - Selamta: Ethiopian Airlines magazine

Film and History 🎥
“A Father Hurts Too”: In Conversation with Michael Brown Sr. - PBS Independent Lens
How Soul! Paved the Way for Black Cultural Programming - PBS Independent Lens
American As the Blues: Lynching in Film & TV - PBS Independent Lens
How Two Chicago Auto Mechanics Founded America’s First Black Owned and Operated Airport - The TRiiBE

Opinion and Essays 💬
Playing Devil's Advocate with Respectability Politics, Newsweek
Don't Be Surprised When Black Cops Abuse Power, Too, Newsweek

Misc
Profiled by Riverdale Quad alumni magazine
WGN Radio Podcast appearance talking about the Black Fives Era of basketball [starts at 5:48]
Co-Authored white paper on the state of celebrity and athlete giving
CIRV'N IT RAW: Ep. 35 - Ade Adeniji: The Unsung Hook Singers of '90s Rap Classics, Top 5, + more [Apple Podcasts]