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Rembert Browne

  1. What We Mean When We Say, ‘I Love You, Man’Bonds strengthen as a group of friends grows up together.
  2. beta male
    What We Mean When We Say, ‘I Love You, Man’Bonds strengthen as a group of friends grows up together.
  3. chance the rapper
    Listening to Chance’s Mixtape About Home at HomeColoring Book is a story about being a black kid in a black neighborhood in a black city.
  4. videology
    Breaking Down Desiigner’s Performance of ‘Panda’Has there ever been a more exhausting No. 1 single?
  5. department of linguistics
    Understanding the Wilmore ‘Nigga’ ConversationIt challenged a lot of strongly held notions about respectability.
  6. drake
    While His Peers Took Chances, Drake Doubled Down on DrakeViews is Drake, trying to squeeze every drop out of his 20s, fully in denial that he’s about to turn 30, which is old.
  7. prince
    Earth Was Lucky to Get 57 Years of PrinceHe never had to outright tell you that he was one of the greatest. But he wanted you to say it. 
  8. The Art of Pandering to Your Non-White AudienceThere are lessons in BuzzFeed’s video fail, Hillary’s hot-sauce remark, and ESPN’s long-delayed launch of the Undefeated.
  9. Kobe’s Legend, As Told Through His Ugly SneakersThe Adidas Kobe II was a monstrosity. How did it happen? What did it mean?
  10. politics
    That Time Bill de Blasio and Hillary Clinton Made a ‘Colored People Time’ JokeOh no, please someone stop this man before it’s too—
  11. the vulture tv podcast
    On American Crime Story’s Huge First SeasonAnd why Chris Darden is like Jeb Bush in the 2016 election.
  12. strange things
    Googling ‘Terrence Howard’ and ‘O.J. Simpson’1995’s made-for-TV movie, The O.J. Simpson Story.
  13. 2006
    Happy 10th Birthday to T.I.’s KingIn 2006, Clifford Harris was everywhere.
  14. obit
    Remembering Phife Dawg, Who Mattered to EveryoneIt’s something about the death of a lyricist that hurts a different way.
  15. thought experiments
    I Know Why Michelle Obama Gave Barack That Look at the Baseball Game in Cuba“What? What’d I say? Come on, baby — it’s jokes.”
  16. I Went to Flint, Drank the Water, and Saw the Future of Civil RightsLessons from #JusticeForFlint.
  17. early and often
    Imagining President Trump: A ConversationNew York Magazine’s team of political writers game out the once-fantastical but now quite possible prospect of a Trump presidency.
  18. encounter
    A Day Out With Rome Fortune“What should I wear tonight?” I asked Rome, slightly embarrassed. “I was thinking the same thing, man,” he said. “This is my first fashion show too.”
  19. conversation
    Wyatt Cenac on His New Album, Kanye, and the Response to His ‘WTF’ Interview“People try to act like, ‘Oh my god! This is not the Kanye that we signed up for.’”
  20. fame and fortune
    What Kanye Has in Common With Trump. And Martin Luther King.More and less than you think.
  21. early and often
    How Hillary Clinton Won HarlemEven with a bad cough, she came to play yesterday. 
  22. roundtables
    Vulture Roundtable: Kanye West’s MSG EventTaylor, aux cords, “fuccbois” — oh my!
  23. white privilege ii
    Macklemore, Hillary, and Why White Privilege Is Everyone’s BurdenEvery time Macklemore does or says anything involving race or his whiteness and gets criticized for it, he goes away and comes back a little wiser.
  24. the year of o.j.
    My Shameful Collectible: OJ-Trial Trading CardsWe live in a weird, creepy world.
  25. roundtables
    Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’: Young, Gifted, and BlackFour New York editors discuss Beyoncé’s latest world-stopping video.
  26. roundtables
    Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’: Young, Gifted, and BlackFour New York editors discuss Beyoncé’s latest world-stopping video.
  27. early and often
    What It’s Like Not to Look White at a Trump RallyFear and loathing.
  28. vulture cover story
    Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler’s Next RoundThey just reclaimed the Rocky franchise for millennials. What’s next?
  29. Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler’s Next RoundThey just reclaimed the Rocky franchise for millennials. What’s next?
  30. I Remember Ken Griffey Jr.His Hall of Fame induction confirmed my guy was the guy. 
  31. vulture cover story
    The Brand Keeping Oprah in BusinessTyler Perry doesn’t care what the critics think of his work. His audience always finds it.
  32. The Brand Keeping Oprah in BusinessTyler Perry doesn’t care what the critics think of his work. His audience always finds it.
  33. Who Won 2015?A highly emotional, highly scientific, highly caffeinated look at the year that was: fifth edition.
  34. blood orange
    Dev Hynes at the Apollo, and the Year of Being Black in Front of White PeopleThis past Saturday night, the Apollo was in the creative hands of singer/composer/producer/champion of choreographed dance and tapered pants Dev Hynes.
  35. Bernie and Killer Mike’s Imaginary ConversationWhat were they talking about anyway? 
  36. in conversation
    In Conversation: DeRay MckessonThe activist talks about the new civil-rights movement he helped launch, the conspiracy theories he’s inspired, and that blue vest.
  37. carolina panthers
    Cam Newton’s Dabbing Provokes Innovation in MoralizingAn opinion piece in a Charlotte newspaper very transparently criticized the Panthers quarterback.