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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 Personal Is Political in Kate Klingbeil's New Work in "Hanging Gardens"
"I have been told to not speak about my work, that the work should speak for itself. The more friction the work causes, the more I feel I have to...
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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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How Artist Sterling Bartlett's Work Evolved & Burst Into Color
Sterling Bartlett felt trapped by the very visual syntax he created... He began to experiment with pigment again, and in total about-face, Bartlett’s practice burst into color.
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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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South London Producer Darq E Freaker on His New EP 'ADHD'
Darq E Freaker's average day involves making music until it’s time to hit the town for the night—the ideal balance between the introversion necessary for creative proliferation & the raucous...
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Throwback :: Bobby Hundreds' 2005 Interview on BEINGHUNTED
Things have changed. BEINGHUNTED is a German street culture site dedicated to “collecting, curating, archiving, and communicating to and with like-minded people.” Evolved from a simple site filled with...
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20 Years after His Role in 'Kids,' Hamilton Harris Is Making a Documentary on It
Hamilton Harris is a native New Yorker cast as himself in the cult-classic Kids. 20 years later, he's spearheading the production of a documentary about the community surrounding the iconic...
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5 Questions for Ivan Ave on His Helping Hands Tour with MNDSGN
Ivan Ave is quite possibly one of the biggest Norwegian hip-hop/R&B artists in the States right now, currently making waves on a European tour with MNDSGN. We had 5 questions—he...
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Raleigh Ritchie on Creating Music Without Definition
"I think the worst thing you can do as a musician is try too hard to be universal." Raleigh Ritchie is shaking up the UK pop music scene.