Culture Economy

Stories where Black culture, entertainment, media, influence, and visibility reveal deeper questions of money, ownership, labor, and power.

Rihanna Turned a TikTok Live Into a Storefront. That Changes the Economics of Celebrity Attention.

Fenty Beauty says its first 12-hour TikTok Shop Mega Live generated more than 53 million impressions and 1 million unique…

3 days ago

Beyoncé Funded Cécred Herself. Now the Real Test Is Global Distribution.

Beyoncé financed Cécred herself rather than build around an outside investor’s agenda. As the haircare company enters the UK through…

2 weeks ago

Porsha Williams’ Fibroid Emergency Points to a Bigger Economic Cost for Black Women

Porsha Williams’ emergency hysterectomy puts a personal face on a much larger issue: fibroids disproportionately affect Black women, while treatment,…

4 weeks ago

Kaepernick Says Jay-Z Gave the NFL Something It Couldn’t Own: Black Cultural Legitimacy

Colin Kaepernick is connecting a 2017 NFL owners' discussion, an offer he says he rejected and Roc Nation's later NFL…

4 weeks ago

Memphis Barbecue Has Deep Black Roots. Who Owns the Business It Became?

Memphis turned smoke, pork and generations of culinary knowledge into one of America's most recognizable regional food identities. The deeper…

1 month ago

Jay-Z’s HBO Series Shows How Old Music Creates New Value

“JAŸ-Z in 8” arrives after a summer of stadium shows, anniversary activations and renewed attention around Jay-Z’s catalog. But the…

1 month ago

Breaking Made the Olympics. The Culture Didn’t Control the Upside.

Breaking’s Olympic debut brought sponsors, bigger prize pools and global attention. Two years later, veteran breakers say much of that…

2 months ago

Megan Thee Stallion Kept Her Masters. Interscope Gets Distribution.

Megan Thee Stallion’s new partnership with Interscope separates two pieces of the music business that are often bundled together: ownership…

2 months ago

Khaby Lame’s $975 Million Deal Shows the Creator Economy Is Moving From Followers to Ownership

Khaby Lame’s Forbes ranking and $975 million Rich Sparkle deal reveal a bigger shift in the creator economy: followers are…

3 months ago

JAŸ-Z’s Yankee Stadium Record Shows the Business Power of Owned Legacy

With 44,916 fans reported for night one, JAŸ-Z’s anniversary concert was not just a hip-hop milestone. It was a case…

3 months ago

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