Behind the visor with the Brockton hip-hop artist behind ‘Nothing’
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CAN’T KNOCK THE HUSSLE
What happens when Drake rips your pic of Nipsey and gives you no credit?
STRANGE OASIS: SIX YEARS OF DEEP THOUGHTS IN JAMAICA PLAIN
A pet pig would not be entirely out of place at Deep Thoughts. The store is idiosyncratic.
BAMS IS BACK: ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THE BOSTON ART & MUSIC SOUL FEST
Having proved her haters wrong last year, for 2019 Morris set out to clear new walls, and to scratch another entry off her bucket list—namely, by landing two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Eric Roberson as a headliner.
SAUCY LADY: AT THE INTERSECTION OF VINTAGE BARBIE AND THE FUNK AND DISCO ETHOS
With confidence, sensuality, and just a touch of silliness, Carmichael aims to keep on fanning funky flames, all for the betterment of Boston.
EPIC BEARD MEN: B. DOLAN AND SAGE FRANCIS WANT YOU TO STOP BEING ASSHOLES TO PEOPLE, EVEN VANILLA ICE
“[Dolan] got a lot of attention because he is very anti-authority. We didn’t gel. That was not the time for us to gel. But later, when Bush won his second [term], he came to me like, ‘Are we going to throw bricks through windows or what?’”
FOTOBOM: VINCE STAPLES @ HOUSE OF BLUES
Vince Staples wants to know if you’re having fun. Whether or not he is remains up for debate. The Long Beach rapper posed the question several times several times during the recent Boston stop on his “Smile, You’re On Camera Tour” – memorably before a performance of the aptly titled “Fun!” from last year’s mini-LP […]
AROUND MY WAY: JEFE REPLAY
Orchard Park taught him how to master his Proper Finessments. Now it’s time for heads in Boston and beyond to make way for a Rox star
ENTER DAD MAN
Intergenerational noise, house, and ambiance for hooking up with dudes on dance floors
LADAMA: FOUR WOMEN, FOUR NATIONS, ONE BEAT
“We take the music that has informed us and is unique to us culturally—and of course, that’s different for each of us—and then we create a conversation with it musically, sonically as a band.”
