Chill.us Editors

It's been 20 years since he helped Stella get her groove back, but Taye Diggs is still a badass. This season he has two new TV series — the hit CW series All American and Stage Network's new talk show, Crossovers. In this same issue, musician Demo Taped breaks out, DJ Zeke Thomas tells all, and BlackKklansman wins our awards. Plus: A killer workout, style at the gym, sneaker smash, the best parkour trainers in New York, and the many ways the Lakers got it right this year.

Former pro basketball player Demarco Majors worries about what you’re putting in your body.

After only two issues, Chill becomes a Folio: Eddie Award finalist.

From Hamilton to hip-hop, our cover guy Daveed Diggs has had his hand in film, TV, stage, and sound. But his new role in the acclaimed film Blindspotting is helping this activist rise even faster —  just in time for his great new album. In this music issue, Chill interviews Diggs as well as Empire star Jussie Smollett, Bobby Wooten, Pose's Dyllan Burnside, and The Quad's Zoe Renee. Plus: What to wear to music fests, summer's best kicks, manscaping that works, a killer plank workout, and traveling while black.