Samuel Trotter

At 24, the Detroit Pistons point guard has begun to steadily reverse the fate of his long-beleaguered franchise—becoming one of the youngest and most laid-back members of the league’s ultra elite. GQ hung out with him in the Motor City and his hometown of Dallas to learn the secret to his relaxed greatness.

The Michigan guitarist emerged from the pandemic as the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades. As he releases his major-label debut, Strings talks to GQ about processing fame and fatherhood while maintaining his sobriety, not to mention his sanity.

Rashid Johnson was a blue-chip artist whose work offered a radically fresh portrayal of Black cultural identity. Then he got sober, found God, and began to transform the art world from the inside.