Culture Economy

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

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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

2 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

The Cost of Getting Answers: Nolan Wells, Private Autopsies, and the Price of Justice

Nolan Wells’ death is a tragedy first. But the response around his family shows a larger economic truth: when trust…

3 months ago

Can a Black-Owned Bank Turn Customer Growth Into Direct Economic Support for Mothers?

Redemption Bank’s new Bank King Card links account openings to nonprofit funding for direct-cash programs. The larger test is whether…

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