Black people are dying, and someone asked me to listen to their artist. Black people are dying, and a publicist asked, did you receive my press release? Black people are dying, and I am Black, working at a company that has benefited from its proximity to hip-hop in a predominantly white newsroom. “Now more than ever,” is what the emails say, but the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the many other names that have become hashtags, and the incalculable other names that have not, are not a strange new phenomenon. There is a bounty on Black lives, and society pays the price for valuing us as entertainment instead of people…
The Atlanta rapper discusses his new alter ego (and its eponymous upcoming album), how he’s handling the pandemic, and why he loves to get fully dressed even if he has nowhere to go…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written a lot about livestreaming. (In fact, two different editions of the newsletter have been devoted to the topic.) With everyone stuck at home and mass gatherings…
In keeping with the spirit of promoting Canadian hip-hop and the excellent, diverse talent coming from this country, we’d be remiss not to shine a light on individuals like veteran David Strickland…
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