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GQ MOTY 2020

GQ MOTY 2020

BEST STUFF BOX

GQ MOTY 2020

THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THE WORST YEAR EVER (PROLOGUE)

38 Baller Holiday Drops

FROM THE BUBBLE TO THE STARS WITH JAYLEN BROWN

HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON YOUR LIST: YOU.

Leader of the Lost Boys • Playboi Carti’s mumbled lyrics and ghoulish approach to fashion have made him an elusive object of hip-hop obsession. With a much-hyped album and a new Givenchy campaign on the way, he reflects on the underground Atlanta scene that birthed his unusual—and very undead—style.

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Two Icons Achieve Even Greater Heights • Announcing the watches of the year: the new Rolex Submariner and Omega Speedmaster 321. Never mind the familiar look—each of these timepieces is actually redefining perfection, says Hodinkee founder and CEO Benjamin Clymer.

The Best Things About the Worst Year Ever • Yes, there was suffering, heartache, and noise. But if you look carefully, this strange year also served up something surprising: reasons to be hopeful. Here are 18 new ideas that just might shape our whole future.

We Realized What It Takes to Fix the Planet • Grounded flights. Emptied streets. The pandemic offered a trial run on what reducing carbon emissions could look like—and proved we’re now more conditioned than ever to make dramatic changes.

We Saw That Women Leaders Lead Better • A global disaster can tell us a lot about who ought to be in charge. Among the heads of state who distinguished themselves during this crisis, a disproportionate number had something obvious in common.

We Admitted That College Is Kinda Broken • In a year of closures and quarantines, serious people—like NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway—suggested this could be the time to rethink the antiquated ideas that govern our overwhelmingly expensive approach to college.

We Began Asking: What Is the Purpose of the Police? • Our long-overdue reckoning with policing in America is surfacing important questions—and a slew of new opportunities. Phillip Atiba Goff, a Yale professor who heads the data-obsessed Center for Policing Equity, shares what he finds most encouraging about this moment for change.

A New Generation of Star Athletes Arrived • We entered quarantine with one set of icons. We’ll come out with another—including these world-beaters.

GEORGE CLOONEY WHEN WE NEED HIM MOST • HE'S THE ONE THING WE CAN ALL AGREE 0N - AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN'T AGREE ON ANYTIME.

THE YEAR OF THEE STALLION • INSIDE THE EXUBERANT AND EMPOWERING RISE OF MEGAN THEE STALLION - THE IRREVERENT AND MAGNETIC RAP SENSATION WHO'S HERE TO STAY.

THE ANCHOR • AT A TIME OF IMMENSE POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN WHICH BOTH SIDES SEEM TO BE SPEAKING IN TONGUES, TREVOR NOAH APPEARS ON TV EACH NIGHT TO HELP TRANSLATE. MAYBE THAT’S WHY WE KEEP TUNING IN.

TELEAR CLEMENS • CELEBRATING THE HEROES AND HIGH POINTS OF THE WEIRDEST YEAR IN FASHION HISTORY.

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VISIBLE MEN • HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN THE LATEST VICTIM OF POLICE BRUTALITY IS YOUR OWN SON? WE ASKED THE FATHERS AND FATHER FIGURES OF MICHAEL BROWN, TERENCE CRUTCHER, DANIEL PRUDE, RAYSHARD BROOKS, GEORGE FLOYD, AND JACOB BLAKE TO REFLECT ON THE VIOLENCE THAT FOREVER ALTERED THEIR FAMILIES’ LIVES—AND WHAT IT MEANS...