“Back in the days I use to rock a troop jacket, me and everybody in my cabinet, we was shining, if you had the troop jacket you was grinding…” —E-40 – It’s All Gravity Hip-hop and fashion have been intertwined since the genre’s inception. From it’s “costumey” beginnings, to its adoption…
“This is not a serious academic study. This is an, like, ‘I thought it’d be cool on the Internet [project]…” – Matt Daniels, in a interview with NPR. Meet Matthew Daniels – a New York based designer, data scientist and hip-hop head. Also, he’s possibly the coolest guy ever, and I’m…
“Do what you want kitties! Live your life and don’t let anyone tell you how to live it!” —Laya LaRoche As a preface, I’ll say that the R&B game is quite funny sometimes. Things come in waves, which often leaves us with many artists who sound similar. Sometimes though, you…
I just keep going for what I know. Just doing it. Living it. Breathing it. – Moka Only There’s nothing like pure musical expression that comes from the heart. It’s hard to find in the mainstream (music scene), but it’s easy to find in the expansive catalogue of Vancouver-based artist…
If there was one show that set the bar, and arguably still stands as a benchmark for hip-hop radio, it’s the duo of Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito. They always say hip-hop doesn’t live on the radio, but that wasn’t always a true statement. In it’s younger, and arguably better days,…
If Young Thug were white, black Twitter would be losing their f’ing minds. The term cultural misappropriation has been used frequently in many recent hip-hop conversations. Used during a Hot 97 interview with Azalia Banks, and aimed squarely at Iggy Azalea, the term [in this context] refers to the convenient…
