"I don’t think folks expect to get out of me what comes out of me, which is that unapologetic, raunchy, fuck-you-pay-me attitude.”
HAVE MERCI: IT’S TIME FOR EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO AND APPRECIATE A DORCHESTER ORIGINAL
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MILLYZ DUZ IT: CHECKING IN WITH THE CAMBRIDGE MC ON THE EVE OF HIS BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL HOMECOMING
"It’s a weird job, but there’s no sleeping in. You have to rise and grind every day."
K IS FOR NASTY
"At first I was scrambling, but in the time since, I’ve done some of my most notable shit. I just kind of go where it takes me."
WATCH FOR THE HOOK
Sober and with Arcitype producing by his side, a Boston hip-hop stalwart modifies his craft and hustle
ONES 2 WATCH: LORD FELIX
Behind the visor with the Brockton hip-hop artist behind ‘Nothing’
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
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
BRANDIE BLAZE: BOSTON’S TRAP FEMINIST MC
“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."
