Articles by Luke Fox

Joell Ortiz

Free Agent

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2011

Joell Ortiz, the Slaughterhouse MC, is doing pretty well ― the group just inked a deal with Shady Records and scored the cover of XXL...

Joell Ortiz

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2011

"Who is the best at spitting verses? That's Joell Ortiz," says rapper Brother Ali. "How did he get that title? It's by putting out somethin...

Jay Electronica

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2010

He's the freshest signee to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. He's buddies with P Diddy. He produces treacherous rap records for Nas, and holds his...

Yelawolf

PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2010

The clusters of fans and media types crowding Toronto's New Era outlet this afternoon stop and stare as one of modern hip-hop's truly uniqu...

J. Period

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010

To hip-hop and R&B heads, J. Period is renowned for his knack for taking the catalogue of a single iconic artist and condensing and blendin...

Nottz

You Need This Music

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2010

Few rap heads would argue that credible boom-bap producer Diamond D is a dynamic MC, but that hasn't kept loyalists from canonizing the pro...

Death of a Starbucks: Questlove Baffled by G20 Coverage

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2010

When the Roots' Canadian tour dates coinciding with the Toronto G20 summit, the Philadelphia hip-hop crew's drummer, Ahmir "Questlove" Thom...

The Roots' Questlove

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2010

Call it a working vacation. The Roots may be taking some time off this summer from their day night job as house band for Late Night with Ji...