The Rum Diary

You are now entering the mental state of a young black genius conflicted...

[expressions-of-nature]

by Derek Oyen

[ratatoskryggdrasil]

Robert Longo, from the series Men in the Cities, 1980-82; charcoal, graphite and ink on paper

[modelsof-color]

Adut Akech & Anok Yai by Tyler Mitchell for Vogue US - April 2019

[bienenkiste]

“A Courtly Dance in Triple Metre”. Thais Borges and Ugbad Abdi photographed by Tyler Mitchell for Another Magazine S/S 2019

[zedayacoleman]

ZENDAYA COLEMAN Photographed by Tyler Mitchell for Vogue Magazine

[wherethespiritmeetstheboneposts]

Balenciaga by Pieter Hugo

[goodpark]

Pieter Hugo: photos from Nigeria’s Nollywood

[globalriseofblackpeople]

Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali

[curatedfortheartist]

Ryan Travis Christian (@ryantravischristian)

WHY YOU WONT SUCCEED

Graphite on Paper

[selartiste]

Daniel Arsham

[lsleofskye]

Yallingup, Western Australia, Australia | anjsemark

[motivationsforlife]

Shipwrecked by locarl

[janeforest]

[modelsof-color]

Adut Akech by Mert & Marcus for Tiffany & Co SS 20

[buynoir-blog]

Black motivation: Aliko Dangote, worth 12.4 billion USD. Africa’s richest man, founded and chairs Dangote Cement, the continent’s largest cement producer. In 2015 Dangote Cement launched new plants in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania. The company produces more than 30 million metric tons annually, and plans to double capacity by 2018. Dangote owns about 90% of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company; this percentage exceeds the 80% ownership ceiling set by the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

[latimes]

25 years ago, parts of L.A. were embroiled in riots. How much has L.A. really changed since then? California Editor Shelby Grad looks at the issue through polls over the years.

Burned out car on Florence Avenue west of Normandie on April 30, 1992.

Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times The Sorbornne Market at 4600 S. Vermont Ave. on the night of April 29, 1992, the day the riots erupted.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies keep tabs on a group of people arrested after a store on Martin Luther King Boulevard was looted.

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles TimesRioters at the corner of Florence and Normandie on the first day of civil unrest.

A resident of South Los Angeles vainly attempts to fight a raging fire at 79th Street and Normandie Avenue using a garden hose April 29, 1992.

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times A man with a shopping cart full of diapers passes a market on the second day of the riots on 3rd Street.

Plumes of smoke rise from burning buildings in mid-town Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.

CHP officer Hugh Gnecco checks for looters in a Chief Auto Parts store at Washington Boulevard and Western Avenue on May 1, 1992.

Bobby Wade holds a sign asking for peace at the corner of Pico Blvd. and Fairfax on may 1, 1992.

[musicmoney]

“Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.” - Tom Ford