About Bruce Goodwin II

Bruce is a sneaker-obsessed pop culture junkie from Queens. He is a proud alumnus of St. John’s University and is currently the Deputy Editor of Cassius. Bruce hails from Complex as a social media guru and honed his sneaker knowledge as an editor at Sneaker News. He is also a Drake and Dipset apologist. He divides his time between watching ‘The Office’ reruns and trying to become the next Hank Moody...or Don Draper.

If you’ve sorely missed the rambunctious jokes of The Kid Mero since the end of the Bodega Boys duo last year, there is officially new art on the way. Podcast vet The Kid Mero’s not only returning to the podcast world, but he’s teaming with another New York mainstay, Carmelo Anthony. Dubbed 7PM in Brooklyn, […]

With eight Grammy nominations, and four No. 1 hits atop the Billboard Hot 100, Travis Scott’s got a new accomplishment he wants to reach: Ivy League student. As one of GQ’s Men of the Year, Scott revealed that he wants to study architecture at the prestigious Harvard University. “I’m going to Harvard for architecture school,” […]

As if you didn’t already have enough teams for your parlays, the NBA may be expanding beyond 30 teams. The Toronto Raptors may no longer be the only franchise outside of America, with NBA commissioner Adam Silver toying with the idea of starting a Mexico City team. The NBA’s already had some experience in Mexico, […]

On the third and final episode of 'Back to School With David Banner,' we find the rapper taking a trip down memory lane.

If your significant other has been hinting (or pressuring) that they need a new Telfar bag to add to the collection, look no further. Just in time for the holidays, founder Telfar Clemens has launched a new shopping program dubbed “Telfar Gifted,” where when you buy a bag, you gift a free second bag to […]

Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster is legally at war with the Ball family… again. This time, Foster not only named LaVar Ball but also Charlotte Hornets LaMelo, his wife Tina, and PUMA. In the lawsuit filed in California this week, Foster alleges that they cheated him out of millions of dollars because he was an […]

On the heels of Good Burger 2’s release, Kel Mitchell’s got much more to be thankful for. The 45-year-old actor took to Instagram Wednesday night to update fans on his health after a medical scare earlier in the week. TMZ first reported that he was hospitalized Tuesday night after visiting a Los Angeles emergency room, with a […]

Nike‘s beefing with two of its biggest competitors over one of its newest and most pioneering technologies. The Swoosh is suing New Balance and Skechers over its FlyKnit material, alleging the two brands copycated the knitted uppers. The sportswear giant filed in US District courts in both California and Massachusetts over the unauthorized use of […]

Jordan Poole‘s 4-year $128 million contract apparently isn’t a big enough bag for him to drop hundreds of thousands on a date. The newly minted Washington Wizard has denied that he spent $500,000 on a date with Ice Spice. According to TMZ, Poole was asked about the very expensive alleged date by a young kid […]

Nearly 30 years after his death, Tupac Shakur is still lauded as one of the greatest rappers ever. Now, his adopted hometown of California has found another way to honor the rapper. On Friday, the city of Oakland, California, renamed a stretch of MacArthur Boulevard –near the neighborhood where he lived in the 1990s– to […]

If you’re a fan of international soccer, season tournaments add another element of competitiveness, but if you’re just an NBA fan, you’ve been scratching your head for months. Now, with the NBA’s first in-season tournament starting tonight, Nov. 3, you should probably have some idea of how it works, so let’s break it down. The […]

No one knows WTF pgLang –the company founded by Kendrick Lamar and director Dave Free in 2020– really does. “pgLang is a multi-lingual company, selflessly communicating this generation’s creative language through mediums exemplifying the shared experiences that connect us all,” reads its YouTube page. Despite its mysterious dealings, we do know that it seems to […]