The estate of late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy, surviving member Havoc, and the streetwear brand Supreme have been sued in New York District Court for trademark infringement and unfair competition, Billboard reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. A complaint filed by plaintiff Bush Baby Zamagate—the label that owns the intellectual property of the New … Read more
People look at the banking district skyline with the Commerzbank building (2ndR) during sunset in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Germany is not the sick man of Europe, Joachim Nagel, the … Read more
Half the staff at a jail from which a terrorist suspect escaped are off sick or unavailable to work on any one day, a report by watchdogs has found. Security is so lax that Wandsworth prison, from which Daniel Khalife escaped last month, is rife with drugs, illegal phones and illicit alcohol, said its independent … Read more
The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, now coming to the end of its first week, is far bigger than just crypto. Reporters from the largest media outlets (including WIRED) have flocked to New York to cover it, TV stations are airing feature-length documentaries on the fall of the crypto exchange, and X (formerly Twitter) … Read more
Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf financial, business and shopping district in London, UK. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K.’s economic performance since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed that of France and Germany, according to new data revisions published on Friday. The Office for National Statistics revealed that by … Read more