J Dilla: Last Donut of the Night

Tinariwen stateside, Phantogram's Bill Murray, a tribute to J Dilla and more in the music we tweeted this week

This week marks the eight year anniversary of James Dewitt Yancey’s untimely death, and his birthday. Yancey—better known as J Dilla—was arguably the most influential hip-hop producer ever and his legacy is still evident; so strong, in fact that each year on the late producer’s birthday, fans around the world celebrate Dilla Day on 7 February. This year we couldn’t stop listening to “Last Donut …

Muslim Ms. Marvel

Philip Seymour Hoffman's inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

Potentially inspired by real life superhero Malala Yousafzai—the Pakistani teen who bravely stood up to the Taliban over her right to education—Marvel Comics has created a new Ms. Marvel and she’s a a first-generation Pakistani-American youth. Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso explains though, they aim to create a universally understood narrative and she is, like most girls her age (despite the superpower), “a teenager struggling to find …

Urban Running Maps

Philip Seymour Hoffman's inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

It’s hard to imagine that just a few decades ago, people thought jogging in the the US would be a fad. Now you’d be hard pressed to walk a few blocks without seeing someone on a run—which for data nerds begs a lot of questions: Where are people running? Where are they not? Using data from the fitness app RunKeeper, Nathan Yau has created maps …