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Israel Daramola

Defector At The Movies

Spike Lee’s Malcolm X Still Lives

A bunch of Danny McBride characters from Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals and Eastbound & Down

Every Episode Of The Danny McBride HBO Universe, Ranked

The Draft Tunnel Is Too Long

Arts And Culture

‘Sinners’ Is A Worthy Blockbuster

Listening Habits

The Case For A New MTV

College Football

Nico Iamaleava Leaves Tennessee To Seek More Money In The Transfer Portal

Politics

Welcome To The Scam Century

Gangsta Grillz Is Forever

Photo of Val Kilmer signing a movie poster.

Remembering Val Kilmer In Five Movies

Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Is The Latest Example Of TV’s Silver Age

Music

What Is An Industry Plant Anyway?

Dave McKenna

Ray Ratto

David Roth

Lauren Theisen

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page from rock group Led Zeppelin perform live on stage at Earls Court in London on 24th May 1975. The image is in black and white; the Defector Music Club badge, at upper right, is not.

Defector Music Club Is Getting The Led Out

Playboi Carti Goes Big Game Hunting

To Live And Age In Rap Music

Conan O'Brien on stage hosting the Oscars.

Society Can’t Quit The Oscars

Steph Curry dribbling the ball in a game against the Orlando Magic.

Steph Curry Still Has The Nuclear Button

How Donald Trump Won Rap Back

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 28: Cash Cobain and Bay Swag attend Funk Flex Winter Fest on December 28, 2024 in New York City. Cobain is wearing a Yankees cap and sunglasses. He has a beard that's short and hit shis chin. He's in a blue hoodie. Bay Wag is wearing a big gold chain, sunglasses, a baseball hat, a very diamond-encrusted watch, and holding a plastic bottle of water in one hand and a microphone in the other

How Do You Make Sex And Party Music For An Era Uninterested In Both?

Kendrick Lamar performs at the Super Bowl

Kendrick Lamar Did The Super Bowl Halftime Show His Way

Patrick Redford

Luis Paez-Pumar

Tom Ley

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken &amp; Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California.