Around My Way

MILLYZ DUZ IT: CHECKING IN WITH THE CAMBRIDGE MC ON THE EVE OF HIS BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL HOMECOMING

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"It’s a weird job, but there’s no sleeping in. You have to rise and grind every day."

AROUND MY WAY: JEFE REPLAY

Written by BRENDAN MCGUIRK Posted March 22, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction

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

AROUND MY WAY: THE PULL UP

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted March 28, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction

The latest quarterly expression of their mutual affection, the Pull Up, will showcase the area’s emerging and established talent. But for this unique crew, it’s not just about seeing artists perform live—it’s about the building of community that comes from regular connections, and fixing systems that for too long have denied people an equal shot.

LESSON PLAN: HOW CAMBRIDGE MC MILLYZ SKIPPED HARVARD AND MIT TO GO WORLDWIDE

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted September 21, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

“It’s two different worlds,” Millyz says about the gap between the colleges and blocks that he grew up on. “They never really mixed when I was growing up. You would see college students in Central Square, but in the actual neighborhoods you didn’t see that. It’s just different. When I was growing up, these were all zombies walking. These were million-dollar drug blocks.”