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One Saturday afternoon when I was about 10-years-old, I found a DVD when I rummaged through a cousin’s drawer looking for spare change to go buy a treat from the corner store. The cover of said DVD was a collage of voluptuous naked women, some contorted into poses, and others mounted on top of each other. Underneath that DVD, I found a few others with similar covers, this time with men too. I was instantly intrigued. And sure, shocked too, but mostly intrigued. I did not yet quite understand what I had stumbled upon, but I knew that this was clearly something I was not supposed to see- I was rummaging in a drawer that didn’t belong to me so I wasn’t supposed to see anything in there at all, but the strict parental guidance on our DSTV also let me know that I certainly was not supposed to see that much nudity. And if I wasn’t supposed to see it, I had no idea how to begin to ask anyone about it.

Tilda, the second film from Shorties, a gal-dem series of short films by POC filmmakers is a nearly 7min film that sees what starts off as an online cam show transform into a meet-cute. When asked who he’d want to fuck alongside the cam-girl, the client responds “old white chick [who]…played a mother to a little evil ass kid.” The cam-girl, whilst gracefully swaying to the music, deciphers this vague description to be of Tilda Swinton from We Need to Talk About Kevin.

At the bedrock of any party scene lies DJs. You’ve got club managers, event promoters, party goers but really, it’s a great DJ that threads all of these units together for a great event. Over the years, a turning tide has seen more and more women DJs in the world on event lineups, and the Kenyan party scene has been a part of this domino effect has. DJ Miss Ray, DJ Shishi and DJ Niks, made their debuts about a decade ago, about 5 years ago, and last year respectively. That’s a combined almost two decades worth of time and effort spent carving out their own lanes in the industry.

Whilst the run up and release of her Grammy winning debut album Invasion of Privacy was centred around proving herself as a solo artist, the road to a possible sophomore drop has seen the Bronx native lend her hit-making touch to multi-genre collaborations. Whether she’s reminding the haters that she is not one to be messed with, exulting in her sexual freedom or offering a show of support to up and coming artists and industry juggernauts alike, a Cardi feature hardly seems to miss. In no particular order, these are 10 of the best Cardi B feature verses to date…

On March 28th Broad City aired their final episode, tying a bow around the 5-season Comedy Central hit show. The show invited us into the lives of two women in their mid-twenties, Ilana and Abbi, experiencing what can only be described as a series of shenanigans. It thoughtfully illustrated what’s its like to wobble your way through life during the years when you feel trapped in the middle of youth on one side, and adult responsibilities on the other.