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Blessings, yes I can hear you,” Koffee says as she connects to our Zoom call from Jamaica. The simple greeting, in contrast to the typical North American “hi, how are you?”, expresses Koffee’s organic desire to give thanks embedded in her code as a person and her lyrics as an artist. It’s also the start […]

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Fortunately, I’ve never had Lionel Richie come in and fucking scare the shit out of me,” Dave Grohl says to me via Zoom referencing a scene in the Foo Fighters’ new horror film, Studio 666, set to release on February 25th. The film begins with the band being pressured by their label’s chief executive (played […]

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You know when you hit a real breaking point in your life? Your back’s against the wall and you’re like man I have nothing to lose type of vibe,” BEAM softly says to me over Zoom from his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The breaking point he’s referring to was in his early 20s when […]

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Tems logs onto our Zoom meeting from the UK and in her distinct Nigerian accent says “that journey of self-discovery is something that people really don’t want to address.” Born Témìládè Openiyi, she grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and would often write poems as a child. This later turned into songwriting as she pursued her […]

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Yeah, it’s like the best drug in the world,” 24kGoldn says to me over Zoom when I ask if the feeling of performing in front of thousands of fans is unmatched to any other accolade. It’s not the first time we’ve talked but since our last conversation in March, a lot has happened for him—he […]

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It’s one of those things, strike when it’s hot,” says Joe De Pace of Loud Luxury referring to how he and Andrew Fedyk jumped on the Bama Rush TikTok trend by remixing the Zeta sorority anthem. Their ability to be fluid, take something that’s trending, and make it their own is one of the reasons […]

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I feel like if anyone lived my life they would see that it’s not really what it’s out to be,” Nessa Barrett softly says to me through my Macbook screen. Before hopping on a Zoom call with the artist, I dug deep into her online presence watching her interviews, socials, videos, and listening to podcasts. […]

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Quinton Armani Gardner, professionally known as Pressa, promptly logs onto our Zoom meeting and immediately asks if the interview is video or audio. “I was just gardening now so I’m all dirty,” he says as I assure him only the audio is being used for the story. That’s not the Monday afternoon activity I would […]

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Justine Skye just needs 30 seconds. “I have this thing—the first 30 seconds of doing something that might make me nervous, I freak myself out. But, after I make it past 30 seconds I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m alive, I can do this,’” she says the morning of release day for her second independent album Space […]

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The world is starting to awaken from its necessitated slumber. Planes are zig-zagging time zones like its 2019 and calendars that lay bare are repopulating as quickly as they were cleared. For Kang Daniel things have been ramping up for months. We struggle to find time to connect—he’s working 18 hour days of rehearsals and […]