I feel like the notion that Simone’s story “might never be told” but for this shadist casting rings especially false when, a) there was a very good documentary about Nina Simone released last year, and, b) that documentary was recenlty nominated for an Oscar.

Not in any way trying to reinforce your parenthetical disclaimer, but MJ wore 23. That’s probably a Derrick Rose jersey.

I felt very similar misgivings in response to 12 Years a Slave, and I can’t help but wonder if dramas about slavery are in some senses counterproductive. I suspect that many audience members leave dramas about slavery with the impression that, while slavery was indeed a Bad Thing, there’s solace to be taken in the…

You’re welcome! I suppose what I meant was, in the grand scheme of things, correcting a Jezebel post that misreads what strikes me as a somewhat tossed-off bit of year-end grandstanding from Kanye isn’t all that important. (I’d be surprised if the track even makes SWISH.) But, insofar as a Kanye-Drake beef would be…

Not that this is particularly important, but Kanye isn’t taking a shot a Drake here. He’s claiming that, if it weren’t for the Jordan brand’s collaboration with Drake, Nike would have made little impact on sneaker culture this year. When he says “Yeezy just jumped over Jumpman,” he’s boasting that his collaboration…