One of trap music’s foundational voices just made history on the Strip. On Nov. 1, Atlanta rapper Jeezy opened a limited residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino with an audacious twist: a full 101-piece orchestra arranged to reframe his hard-charging catalog in sweeping, cinematic form. By night’s end, a Guinness World Records adjudicator walked […]
Massachusetts is mourning the death of Setti Warren, the first Black person elected mayor of Newton and a prominent voice in public service. He was 55. Harvard University announced Warren’s passing on Nov. 2. The school did not disclose a cause or time of death. “Setti was a beloved member of our community, and we […]
At 22, Illinois native Corey Phillips is making a bid to change how his generation thinks about money. As founder and CEO of Social Storm LLC, he’s turned a personal obsession with investing into a growing platform that teaches financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and professional development, aimed first at young people who rarely see themselves in […]
Marcyliena H. Morgan, linguistic anthropologist and founding director of Harvard University’s Hiphop Archive & Research Institute, has died at 75 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Harvard and family colleagues said she passed on Sept. 28, 2025; the University has since renamed the archive in her honor. Born in Chicago in 1950, Morgan spent her career […]
Diarrha N’Diaye is a Senegalese-American beauty operator and brand builder whose work has helped redraw the industry’s center of gravity toward melanin-rich skin. Raised in Harlem above her mother’s salon, Aminata African Hair Braiding, she grew up inside the culture of beauty before starting her career at L’Oréal and later Glossier, where she honed product, […]