Tag: Rapper

June 2023: KillJEI has been working hard on his debut project, ENDWORLD. Between questions, he is mixing tracks on his laptop, chords stringing the coffee table in his apartment production setup. He shows me an iPhone notes list that goes on for pages, each song having a dozen individua...

Drake, the acclaimed rapper, actor, writer, and businessman, has conquered the music industry and become a prominent figure in the world of sports. Drake was so influential in Toronto that he was named the Toronto Raptors ambassador. In some way or shape, Drake has ties with all the Toronto professi...

When I was in the womb, according to my madre, I responded well to classical music while in the car. It could be any classical music. Bach, Mozart, “The Short Tempered Clavier”. But when it came to rock, roll, or electronic music, her stomach turned. Almost like my music taste was pre...

Huh? My immediate reaction was somewhere in between a kind of dissociative shock and denial. After all, it wouldn’t have been the first time that Pitchfork misled me with some melodramatic sweeping claim in a headline about a situation that was much more complex in reality. And even if Kany...

I am not a fan of rapper Young Thug’s music, I couldn’t name songs of his couldn’t quote lyrics, and find him less than remarkable as a lyricist and artist. That’s just my honest opinion. I don’t willingly and purposely listen to his music, barring features he pops up i...

I grew up in Atlanta, where rap music is a huge part of the culture. The sound of beats and lyrics bumping from cars makes it hard to ignore the rhythm rap feeds each street. From Bankhead, to Buckhead no neighborhood in the city can ignore the influence of the art pumping through the veins of the c...

French Rapper MHD Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Murder MHD, a French rapper who committed a gang-related murder in 2018, received a 12-year jail term. According to the BBC, the 29-year-old singer, whose real name is Mohamed Sylla, was convicted of taking part in the 2018 murder of Loic K...