Articles by Erin Lowers

D Smoke

Black Habits

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2020

Over the course of six months, D Smoke went from a relatively unknown teacher/rapper from Inglewood, CA to the winner of Netflix reality sh...

Key Glock

Yellow Tape

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2020

Memphis, TN has long been a space where rap music has thrived, yet in the past few years, we've seen a resurgence of music popping out of t...

Eminem

Music to Be Murdered By

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2020

There were rumours of a new album that casually popped up throughout 2019, but at no point was it suggested that Eminem would release a sur...

Travis Scott / Various

JACKBOYS

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2020

In a world that puts aside supergroups (or groups in general) for label collectives, Travis Scott's JACKBOYS serves as an introduction to h...

G Herbo

Sessions

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2020

Chicago's murder rate has decreased for the third year in a row, yet the effects of gangs, violence and a failing socio-infrastructure are...

The Legacy of Nipsey Hussle

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2019

Shocked, confused, angry and devastated were a handful of emotions that zip-lined through the hip-hop community on March 31, 2019. It's a s...

Fat Joe and Dre

Family Ties

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2019

Nearing the end of the third quarter, Fat Joe, like many veteran rappers in 2019, pulled up with new energy and hunger that had seemingly b...

Lil Nas X and the Challenge to Country Culture

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2019

When Solange Knowles released her fourth studio album, When I Get Home, in March 2019, she did it to highlight Black cowboy culture.   "I k...