🇿🇦 South Africa has the highest income inequality of any country on Earth.
Top 10%: earn 66% of all income.
Bottom 50%: earn 6%.
For context in Sweden, the bottom 50% earn 25% of income.
South Africa's Gini coefficient: among the highest ever recorded for a major economy.
The legacy of apartheid didn't end with apartheid.
It compounded, through land ownership, education, and access to capital, into the most unequal income distribution on the planet.
How J. Cole’s rollout has defied modern rollout conventions:
▫️He set up his own D2C site to bypass streaming for the release of his mixtape and audio podcast
▫️He drove his Honda Civic across the country to meet up with fans
▫️And now he’s launching his own magazine to pay homage to classic hip hop magazines despite physical media continuously being deprioritized across the industry
Be different 👑
J. Cole just released the ‘Birthday Blizzard 26’ EP onto streaming services 🔥
• Bronx Zoo Freestyle
• Golden Goose Freestyle
• Winter Storm Freestyle
• 99 Build Freestyle
J. Cole is dropping a 144-page magazine to accompany ‘The Fall-Off’ 📖
"The Fall-Off is a 144-page editorial publication exploring hip-hop as a living culture, one shaped by the artists, ideas, and moments that continue to redefine it. Through original essays, conversations, photography, illustration, and archival imagery, the magazine creates a dialogue between generations, honoring the foundation while embracing what comes next."
Available to order online and in person in Charlotte.
[BREAKING] National Treasury is withholding funds from 69 municipalities across all nine provinces. The move is aimed at ensuring that public money is properly managed. Tune in to #eNCA, channel #DStv403 for more updates.
I see now why Major-General Khan had initially brought that urgent High Court application to prevent the commission and the SAPS from accessing his electronic devices seized after his arrest.