“I write primarily for black women, especially fat black women,” Blaze said. “There just isn’t enough for us. … I mean, how many times can we listen to cishet men on the radio be like, ‘I’m gonna disrespect you?’”
MASS IMPACT: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE 1999 BOSTON SUPERBOWL MC BATTLE
“These guys really understood what it took to battle. They weren’t just giving out stupid silly punchlines. It went beyond that. They really understood how to work a crowd and how to weave runs and themes through the short battle.”
MAGNUS OPUS: A BOSTON COUNTER CULTURE ICON FINALLY GETS OVERDUE PROPS FOR HIS OIL ORGIES
“A lot of the early punk scene in Boston was started in art galleries … That was no coincidence—these galleries could see that a lot of cool stuff was going on.”
STL GLD UNVEIL NEW PROJECT + ARTWORK WITH LANDMARK MFA COLLABORATION
“Hip-hop was never meant to be here,” Moe Pope told the crowd of family, friends, and artistic associates who came out for the event.
RAPPERS + SUBSTANCE = W.O.K.E.
Collectively W.O.K.E. touches on topics ranging from creeping fascism and artificial intelligence to prison and debt.
HUMBLE PI: HOMEBOY SANDMAN, EDAN, AND THE GENESIS OF HIP-HOP’S MOST DYNAMIC ALL-STAR DYAD
“I’m less enthusiastic about the cyber collab—I don’t want to live my life that way. So just the fact that he was down to make the trek repeatedly and be here, and even be here in those instances when I’m looking through records, he was patiently just around.”
BILLY DEAN THOMAS: THE QUEER B.I.G. REDEFINING AMERICAN GOTHIC
Taking inspiration from live performances, underground artists, and silent film, The Queer B.I.G. creates a night of American Gothic hip-hop this Friday at Oberon.
WHEEL OF TUNES: JPEGMAFIA
The rising glitch rapper talks shocking news, his love for Mass Effect, and the biggest misunderstandings about what it’s like to be in the Air Force.
BRANDED AUTHENTIC: THE TIDAL WAVE OF BOSTON HIP-HOP
Why Mark Merren is rounding up the coolest rising rappers for one of the biggest nights in Boston hip-hop.
IN KOUNTRY WAYNE’S WORLD, COMEDIANS MAKE MORE SCRATCH THAN RAPPERS
“They thought it was a trend. Eventually I’d get back into music. They say, okay, let’s use the fans on the comedy and bring them back over here. And that’s cool. But after long it was like, shoot, the comedy is what it is.”
