Blog
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How Tyler, the Creator Helped a 21-Year-Old Artist Realize Her Rap Portraiture Dreams
Self-taught artist Mariella Angela has been painting evocative, realistic portraits of her favorite hip-hop icons ever since she first painted Tyler, the Creator in a goblin mask as a birthday...
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Everybody's Invited :: Meet Toronto Producer/DJ Birthday Boy (+ Exclusive Mix)
Meet Birthday Boy, a Toronto multi-talented DJ, producer, and musician hoping to expose what he calls the "jiggy" sounds of Toronto that exist slightly left of what's been popularized by...
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The Butterfly is Free Now :: Kendrick Lamar's "Untitled Unmastered" Review
"His struggle is our struggle. It’s inevitable that this butterfly will die, eventually, and so will the beauty it carries." Christopher Harris reviews Kendrick Lamar's latest release, "Untitled Unmastered."
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WEST COAST MAKONNEN, BEST THING GOING :: An ILoveMakonnen Interview pre-Drink More Water 6
iLoveMakonnen tells all in this revealing interview: He's moving to LA, he wants to stop making anything rap-related, he's got plans to enter the cannabis industry, and he's realer than...
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Track-By-Track :: Kojey Radical Breaks Down "23Winters"
"I wanted to make a record that voiced my perspective on that situation to the people that needed to hear it." East London's Kojey Radical walks us through his emotional...
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Meet Kamaiyah, Oakland's Newest Rap Queen
We've been waiting for TOO long for someone like Kamaiyah, whose debut A Good Night in the Ghetto just dropped today exclusively on The FADER. Little known fact: She's an...
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“THE PLAYLIST” VOL.16 :: 10 Songs You Need to Listen to Right Now
Tom is back with the latest installment of "THE PLAYLIST," featuring the talents of Domo Genesis, Foals, Denzel Curry, and more—there's a little something for everyone.
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ON THE BEAT :: Meet Jaegen, the Rising Toronto Producer Working with Ramriddlz
For our third installment of On The Beat, we interviewed a rather enigmatic, up-and-coming Toronto producer about to blow up: 24-year-old Jake Aujla, AKA Jaegen.
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Life in the Time of Ohana Bam
Writer Anna Dorn follows Ohana Bam and his crew for a day, collecting surprising insights into what goes on behind the scenes in the life of a rising rapper.
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#TBT Interview :: Denzel Curry's Coming of Age
"I’m not tryna get trapped and be known for rappin’, rappin’ rappin’—it’s just a door opener." Denzel Curry keeps it real. Find out why he doesn't fuck with Scorpios and...
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#DadHat :: The Crown of Normcore
An essay on the rebranded "dad hat," and how, like Normcore, it suggests something about a millennial need to adapt and be accepted, rather than stand out.
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Nature World Night Out :: Uniting Hip-Hop & Hardcore Under One Roof
Trash Talk and Soulja Boy played a show together? Smells like the workings of Nature World Night Out Fest.