NEW YORK — It was a little past 1 on a Thursday afternoon and Jerryd Bayless was hosting a pair of first-time visitors at his luxurious residence here in the trendy SoHo section of Lower Manhattan. Hip-hop and rhythm and blues whispered from the unit’s sound system as the three conversed in the living room of his enormous loft.
They talked about education, books, his expansive African-American art collection — particularly the painting that hung from a living-room wall titled, “A Pedigree of Some Note.” The conversation turned to real estate, New York’s top art galleries, and current events.