Drake makes RIAA history ahead of his birthday as the first artist to surpass 350M certified units 🏆
▫️ ‘VIEWS’ is officially Diamond
▫️ “In My Feelings” & “Marvins Room” are now Diamond
▫️ His record for the most Diamond singles rises to 18 (solo and featured)
He remains the most certified artist in RIAA history and becomes the first to surpass 350M certified units.
In 1972, a group of Harlem Renaissance cultural icons gathered at Duke Ellington's house.
The afternoon was captured on 16mm film by William Greaves, but the footage remained unedited in a vault for 50 years until David Greaves restored and completed his father's project, releasing the documentary in 2026.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a film that every New Yorker should see — and this weekend you can, at no cost.
We partnered with the filmmakers to offer free screenings this Saturday and Sunday at the Lincoln Center, Film Forum, and Magic AMC in Harlem.
Go to https://t.co/QdUTSmUw49 to reserve a seat.
On May 7th, a mere eight days after the Supreme Court hollowed out the remnants of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Tennessee Republicans eliminated the state’s only Black-majority district. Suddenly, Justin J. Pearson, the 31-year-old Black activist running for Congress in the district, had to take a campaign geared for urban enclaves to the countryside. “There was maybe a two-minute opportunity to grieve what we had lost. It felt very quick,” Pearson said. “They can try to rig the maps, but maps do not vote. People do. My job is to run a campaign that actually appeals to people all across the state, all across this country even.” Read more about Pearson’s campaign: https://t.co/cxDWP6Jn2a
Marlon James’s novel about an attack on a group of gay men in Jamaica forced him to reckon with his closeted youth.
Read more from The Innovators Issue of WSJ. Magazine: 🔗 https://t.co/pId8OXxsUU
Chicago Jail’s inmate chess team won third place in the 2026 Online Chess Championship, competing against players from 56 countries around the world. ♟🌍💯
WE WON! My documentary REMOVED: Black Erasure In Boston won the BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD from Gary International Film Festival! This is the 2nd award for REMOVED! 🥳