Articles by Luke Fox

Rihanna / A$AP Rocky

Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, March 18

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2013

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are a perfect match — a pair of '88 babies who love their 808s. Both artists favour style over substance, stick-to-y...

A$AP Rocky

Baptized in the Gutter

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2013

2 Chainz is miffed. Backstage at Drake's OVO Fest, Canada's biggest annual hip-hop concert, Atlanta's "it" rapper has just discovered he w...

A$AP Rocky

LongLiveA$AP

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2013

If you're looking for spellbinding technical rapping on LongLiveA$AP, you'll find it. It just won't be dripping from the mouth of the album...

A$AP Rocky Calls 'LongLiveA$AP' "Classic," Explains Album Delays

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2013

Still-buzzing rapper A$AP Rocky has taken his sweet time getting it to us, but on Tuesday (January 15), the rapper will finally drop his lo...

Hip-Hop 2012: Inside Lamar's Black Hippy Crew

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2012

Flipping the Wu-Tang Clan's model for success, the four-headed beast that is South Central L.A.'s Black Hippy wants to establish each of it...

Oddisee

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2012

Amir Mohamed el Khalifa — better known in circles that appreciate good beats and raps as Oddisee — represents Washington, D.C.,...

Kendrick Lamar

Coming of Sage

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2012

The most personal answer Kendrick Lamar offers up is the result of a misunderstood question. Hip-hop's "next to blow" ― a fuse lit t...

Kendrick Lamar Talks 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city,' Hints at Upcoming Throwback Project

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

Although good kid, m.A.A.d. city has seen its share of push-backs, Kendrick Lamar can't wait for fans to finally hear his first proper stud...