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Photo by Alfons Morales on Unsplash Every property owner has certain items he or she feels particularly attached to. It can be a chair, a couch or an art piece. When the time… Read More

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Featured photo by Dark Rider on Unsplash Beyond the Billboard music charts as the single industry standard of success, there is now a plethora of platform-specific music charts… Read More

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Photo by Alice Moore on Unsplash Breaking down Men vs Women’s Performance on Music Charts Article by Josh Hayes Billboard’s March edition proclaims “… Read More

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As their site describes: “BUKU IS A NEW ORLEANS PLAYGROUND. THE LINES BETWEEN FAN AND PERFORMER ARE BLURRED. AM I LOOKING AT ART OR SITTING ON IT?” And I couldn’t think… Read More

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INTERVIEW WITH DOUNIA We sat down with Dounia, a Moroccan-American singer, songwriter, model, and activist before her set at BUKU Fest in New Orleans to talk about all things mental he… Read More

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Join the music execs, business leaders, and hip-hop fans who signed up for the Trapital newsletter! As the venture capital landscape matures, hip-hop’s investors can stand out be… Read More

Culminating a year of wild headlines, high profile beefs, and major album drops, 21 Savage christened the start of winter with his follow-up album I Am > I Was.  It was the idea… Read More

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Best Albums Of All Time Article by Jordan Hall There isn’t a pastime quite as enjoyable as collecting vinyl records from eras long past. The rock n’ roll records that came… Read More

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What do gamers listen to and how can I serve them? To the tune of 10M concurrent viewers, American producer/DJ Marshmello played a live DJ set on Feb 2 2019 to Fortnite players… Read More

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WARBLY JETS, COLLAPSING SCENERY, + MOONWALKS TAKE BROOKLYN Following the January release of their new EP, Propaganda, from Montreal back down to the southern shores of California, Los Angel… Read More

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Can An Accused Islamophobic Congressman and an Accused Anti-Semitic Congresswoman unite our country? On July 30th, 2009, President Barrack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden joined Harvard… Read More

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The eighth annual BUKU Music + Art Project will take place at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans March 22 – 23, 2019. New Orleans knows its music, and BUKU Festival brings the heavy… Read More

Featured photo by Joseph Baura Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, 24-year old Thebe Kgositsile, known by his artistic persona as Earl Sweatshirt, had recently announced that… Read More

Emblematic, introspective and highly desirable is how I would describe Robert Carter‘s work, which has been commissioned by the likes of the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times… Read More

A Ballad of Blood Shaul Schwarz / CinedigmOn November 25, 2006, another young musician joined the 27-club.  El Gallo de Oro, or The Golden Rooster as he was known, was shot to death af… Read More

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CHVRCHES Featured photo © Sonic Highlark. All Rights Reserved. I’m also not the type that usually struggles to find a wide variety of tunes. But at this current juncture… Read More

A look through Christopher D. Brand‘s artwork is a slightly hallucinogenic trip to a land where buxom women munch on chihuahuas as waterfalls silently crash onto the rocks below. Chris… Read More

2019 Newest Sneaker Releases 2019 is already off to a pretty dope start in the sneaker release market that is. While our elected officials fight over a government shutdown, Nike and adidas… Read More

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Stop telling yourself that music transcends allegations. Buying & Streaming R. Kelly music is supporting his behavior. Last night tweeter Anika Tellis tweeted John Legend a photo of hi… Read More

Featured photo by Philip Prolo It’s 2019 and I can thank Cityfox for helping me bring in the New Year proper. The 27 hour event at Avant Gardner was unlike any event I have been to. T… Read More

VOICENOTES On the surface, Charlie Puth may seem like one of the many former boy-banders-turned-solo permeating the current music scene, making a name for himself with “edgy&rdq&helli…Read More

FROM ANONYMOUS TO BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE The show opened with a literal bang. The December 12th Bowery Ballroom crowd, mostly twenty-somethings, halted their idle chatter in surprise… Read More

Yesterday the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival announced it’s 2019 lineup. This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of the annual music and arts festival, will headline arti… Read More

HEAVEN AND EARTH Social media may be a nullifying staple of our culture for many users. Although, one of the greatest aspects of the staple, however, is the exacerbation of musical exposure… Read More

HEAD OVER HEELS Canadian “romantic electro-funk” duo Chromeo released their fifth studio album, Head Over Heels, in June 2018. My biggest takeaway from this fact is that t… Read More

We’re a few days away from the new year and I bet you are sitting there wondering what party will end 2018 and begin 2019 with a bang…there’s only one answer. The Cityfox… Read More

Shing02 was one of the first lyricists who’ve I’ve taken the effort to comprehend at such a young age. His proses on the instrumentals of the late and venerable Nujabes compou… Read More

ALLEGORY AND VOICE Tattoo artist Yutaro, of London’s Seven Doors Tattoo, is, in one word- classic. However, his traditional technique rests on a pulsing web of wit, allegory and voice… Read More