Articles by Rehan Mirza

Kool Keith's Next Role

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

"People want to visually, in their mind, make you from somewhere else," says the elusive yet firmly Earth-grounded Kool Keith. "Like, they...

Encore

Layover

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

A singles specialist with an impeccable straight-arrow flow, Encore proved that he could bring his A-game to the full-length arena with 200...

Foreign Legion

Playtight

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

DJ Design, Marc Stretch and Prozack Turner hail from the lyricist-brimming Bay Area but rock a comedic unorthodox approach that is one part...

Chris Lowe

The Black Life

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

A relic from an era or two past, ’80s beat trooper Chris Lowe first made his mark as the main man behind Stezo’s landmark Crazy Noise. Hist...