Dee Phunk
@deephunk
NY expat, LA transplant, 🎨 for @slate.com (2013-present), playlist savant, occasional music streamer, sneaker enthusiast, hoop addict, wine sipper, culture connoisseur, washed husband, dad of two, optimist, Libra.
Happy 30th anniversary to A Tribe Called Quest's Beats, Rhymes and Life. Q-Tip recruits an up-and-coming producer from Detroit to help shape the sound and ushers his rappin' ass cousin into the fold as an auxiliary group member. It's a departure from their formula but ages like a fine wine.
Post a perfect album from the ‘90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains.
Tems quit her regular degular corporate marketing job in 2018 and bet on herself. I love these photos of her and some former colleagues at some stuffy work conference. And now look at her. Highly inspirational.
The cherry on top of this is that the situation went so megaviral that the DSNY said screw it it and is giving away five of them simply by filling out a form. The URL looks crazy but it's legit: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Yeaaaah, and ANOTHER Henny bottle, f*ck it!" - 2026 NBA Champion New York Knick and Brooklyn born-and-bred Boricua Jose Alvardo
Confirmed: Jose Alvarado is sitting on top of a convertible w/ a flag hanging off the back in the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Me waking up this morning realizing that I spent a smooth $200+ dollars on various Knicks championship merch punch drunk off the win last night.
"Bonnet down, legs up for about an hour." I'm not sure what's crazier... that they actually said this exact line verbatim live on a local newscast or they SHOWED THIS SHIRTLESS MAN GOING TO POUNDTOWN WITH THE WOMAN'S SINGLE BLACK SKECHER IN THE AIR.
Either he's wearing Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly" balloon suit only a quarter inflated in the back or something's up.
The New York Knicks are heading to the Eastern Conference Finals in back-to-back years after smacking the Sixers in four straight games. (There’s a specific term for this.) Hit the f*cking music! 😤
Me texting my brother extremely worried about Paul George going beserk in the 1st qtr not knowing that he wouldn’t score again the rest of the game.
Folks, this is Magnus Ferrell. I was NOT AWARE. And if you're wondering about his last name... yep, that's his dad.
OK, so Cudi *did* know that M.I.A. has been on some dumb sh*t in recent years but they booked her anyway. Oh well.
This is my type of humor. This is the dumb sh*t that makes me literally laugh out loud.
Real talk, Wemby’s grandma crochet blanket sweater is fire and I need to know if they make it in sizes less than a 4XL.
I truly wish we could keep the @slate.com homepage double emoji'd up like this for the remainder of the week. The art team is holding on for dear life over here. Gotta laugh to keep from crying. (And consider subscribing! slate.com/plus)
While they're reviewing LaMelo sweeping Bam's leg, they might wanna check on what happened to Hugo postgame, too. Gotdamn.
From 2024. Boots isn’t the type of person to just come outta left field and wild sh*t just to say it.
I fully understand why the Karol G set started so late. They had to build a giant ant farm for everyone to grind on each other in. All is forgiven. #Couchella
My wife is out of town on her first girls getaway since we had our kids. Tonight I took them for ramen and let them wear their pajamas. There was literally no one else in there. I then convinced them that I rented the place out. I was briefly dad of the year until some dude walked in. Good times.
Whoever has been tasked w/ coming up w/ the visual identity for this JAYZ30.com campaign deserves a pat on the back. They're kicking ass. They're hitting that sweet spot where typography, symmetry and minimalism meet.