Blog
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From Street to Studio :: How Graffiti Informs the Illustrative Work of Pablo Cots
"Graffiti brought me to art, but searching for walls or skateboarding spots sharpened my eyes." Paris-based artist/illustrator Pablo Cots on going from the streets to the studio.
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After Producing for Rap's Biggest Names, Sap Finds His Voice on 'Self Employed'
After producing tracks for the likes of Mac Miller, Freddie Gibbs, and Meek Mill, Sap took a leap, flexing his emcee skills on his latest mixtape, Self Employed.
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Still Finessing :: Atlanta’s Nessly Is Next Up
"...It was just more than me at the time. We all wanted to change our lives." Nessly shares how he almost deleted a song that later got the OVO cosign,...
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ON THE BEAT :: KIDDOMINANT, the Nigerian Producer Ready to Take Over the World
"My sound is what I call the 'new age afrobeats'... It’s creating our indigenous sound with an international audience in mind." We interview rising Nigerian afrobeats producer KIDDOMINANT, who's worked...
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How Artist Woodrow White Uses Humor to Confront Our Monsters
There's much to learn about humanity from Woodrow White's paintings. Through a kitschy backdrop of movie sets and museums, he uses humor to reveal the insecurity, vanity, & illusions behind...
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Interview :: NYC's BOYSLASHFRIEND Wants to Make Timeless R&B
We caught up with NYC's novel R&B upstart BOYSLASHFRIEND during the Miami stop of his first official tour. Get to know him better & listen to an exclusive preview from...
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The Range on Crafting His Deep YouTube-Sampled New Album 'Potential'
When creating his latest album Potential, electronic musician The Range mined YouTube for rarely-heard artists to sample, suggesting something profound about expression on the Internet.
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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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Daft Punk's Creative Director & His Retrofuturistic Creations
Inside Hervet Manufacturier—a French design house responsible for collaborating on creative direction with Daft Punk, the Oscar-winning animated short "Logorama," and more.
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Mr. Penfold on Abstract Graffiti, Graphics & Galleries
Bristol-based artist Mr. Penfold discusses his abstracted graffiti characters, how he refined his aesthetic, his scientific approach to color, and more.
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How Two Australians Started New York’s Most Buzzed-About New Restaurant
"We want to create a sense of place in downtown NYC." Tyler catches up with the Australians behind New York's latest take on Southeast Asian-inspired cuisine, The Lucky Bee.
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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...