It’s June 2020, and while I imagine this year looks nothing like anybody assumed it might—and as time keeps on…

This week, month, and year have been exhausting for Black America. There’s always a battle raging somewhere against…

I don’t know exactly when I decided to stop writing about whiteness and focus purely on blackness. What I do know is…

1. Coming off of the high that was the Bounty Killer versus Beenie Man Verzuz Dance Party Jam Session No Social…

In honor of the upcoming Verzuz battle between legends Bounty Killer and Beenie Man on IG Live, The Root is bringing…

While I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a sneakerhead—perhaps that’s some sort of reluctant denial; my wife is…

Ever since the first Verzuz “battle” popped off, the social medias have been aflutter with discussions of which…

I don’t know what I was doing awake on the Saturday before Easter (April 12), at midnight, but whatever it was, I…

According to historical records, Wikipedia and Instagram, Ice Cube’s debut, solo album, the indisputable classic, Ame…

This week’s playlist is both in honor of Jilly from Philly and E. Badu’s Verzuz battle from last weekend, but also…

If you are reading this, there’s probably a better than 50 percent chance—and probably closer to 75 or 80 percent,…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in honor of that fact, the playlists this month will all be dedicated to…

For many of us, 2020 has been a year we’d prefer to fast forward through. From losing Kobe and Gianna Bryant in late…

I have a curiosity that I’ve been pondering since schools shuttered and our kids have been home around the clock:…

As is typically the case whenever I’ve undertaken a project of some sort that requires me to carve out a sizable…

I’d wager that a lot of us are spending significantly more time on social media these days. I know my phone—where I…

We all have them. Maybe you don’t want the homies to know that you love that song. Based on your understood level of…

I don’t remember exactly what date it was that a general, nationwide “stay your ass at home” proclamation happened,…

Mobb Deep’s sophomore album, The Infamous, recently turned 25 years old, having been released on April 25, 1995.…

This playlist is in honor of Breyon Prescott, Teddy Riley’s homie/hypeman during his initial social-distancingless…