All Photos by Zach Shwartz The first time I was run up on by Mark Seaquist was at an NYU event at a venue across the street from Washington Square Park. Mark has a stocky build, especially in comparison to a sea of Asian college kids, so when he stood at the back of the crowd, he worked…
Kpop is unstoppable. From selling pistachios at the Super Bowl to entertaining tweens on the Disney channel, Korean pop music and culture is infiltrating homes all around the world. Born Star Academy in Seoul has been providing the service of incubating raw talent for major entertainment companies to take to the next level. Recently, Born…
Did you find yourself talking about the Billboard list of the top 10 rappers of all time? Have you had to roll up your pants another cuff because of the flood of debate about the list in your Twitter feed? Have you stopped talking to your East Coast family members because they actually agree that Tupac…
Japanese rapper Kohh, who arguably had the best verse on the cult classic Korean/Japanese trap cult classic track “It G Ma“, is back making noise with his new track and video for “Living Legend”. This industrial trap record lends itself to the high energy bars that Kohh delivers on it. There’s elements of punk and…
In Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, arguably the finest play in the 20th century (or any century), teenaged Thomasina weeps because ancient Alexandria’s library was destroyed — and with it the many lost plays of the Athenians — her tutor Septimus gives her a different perspective: “You should no more grieve for [them] than for a buckle from…
[Click Video Above] We caught up with Kid Twist during our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. The first King of the Dot champion provided brilliant insight into the inherent competitive nature of Hip Hop, the “self-sufficient culture” surrounding Battle Rap, slam poetry vs battle rap, the break down of the inferiority complex in…
So yes, the rumors were true and the world has now been blessed wish a gift from the 6 God and Future Hendrix in the form of What a Time To Be Alive. Drake and Future are probably the hottest commodities in rap music at the moment, both having cult followings as well as mainstream success. When…
Yung Koconut is an artist born and raised in the new cool spot in Los Angeles known as Koreatown. Koconut brings in his own brand of Hiphop channeled through melodies and new age production on his debut project titled Don’t Worry Be Happy Again. Essentially, the mixtape is fun music that you can ride to or have as…
Korean rapper Tablo of Hiphop/pop collective Epik High is on his comeback wave and for his first single, he’s called upon the talents of Pro Era rapper Joey Bada$$. Joey has been credited for bringing that 90’s boombap swagger into the new millennium while still keeping things fresh. Tablo has been seen in Korea as more…
Let’s keep it 100. CL’s debut on American soil, which was “Doctor Pepper,” left most of us underwhelmed. The audience seemed to want more substance and were used to Riff Raff on Diplo produced records like this, but CL is the queen of Kpop and most of her fanbase (which includes myself) hold her and her…
