Manifesto is an organization built by activists, artists, and creatives with the goal of bringing people together into a collective that not only hosts a major hip hop culture festival in …
Admittedly, like most people, when planning to travel for a music festival I’m likely to head out to Texas or some of the more eclectic corners of Europe but this year I’ve experienced …
Chicago is known for many things: the food, the skyline, the brutal winters and unforgettable summers; but at its core is the music, specifically the hip-hop music, which is the foundation …
Toronto is a city stacked with all sorts of talent across a variety of disciplines but while there may be hundreds of actors there seems to be an infinite number of musicians trying to catch …
*** When looking at cultural genres, hip hop, historically, has a bad reputation. But bad neighbourhoods, bad attitudes and misguided glory generated by bullet marks on certain celebrities …
A I can’t tell what time it is, but by the looks of it the sun is about to come up. The area around the building is still crowded with people and where I am, in that very moment, three …
by Irene Lo “The worst time of my life and the best time of my life” reads, in part, the description Giraffage put for his 2013 mixtape, Needs. Once available by donation, the transitional …
by Irene Lo “I got to jump in on this conference call ‘cos we got all the Holy Ship people waiting. Definitely thanks. Bye.” Gary Richards is a busy man, if you didn’t know already. …
by Irene Lo Some hold future funk is too different from vaporwave to still be considered a subcategory of the genre anymore. Cutting ties might be the best thing for future funk, in any …
by Samuel Hernandez The struggle is real for white rappers and the narrative is forming around how hard it is for them to break into the hip hop scene. Struggle is a common thread in hip …