“They call me Quiet”, Chevy Woods lounges back, and explains why his fans prefer the laid-back flow from his Gangland series to his older style on The Cookout. “One guy told me I shouldn’t...
A listening party is the music industry’s equivalent to a graduation bash: everyone shows up to applaud a moment of significant accomplishment – just swap the drunken uncle for a Hennessy-happy entourage. This listening...
“The first time I heard one of my songs on the radio, I was like, ‘I’m not going back to nothing else, this is where I need to be at, right here,’ jokes Mannie...
She’ll respond to a slew of monikers—Moment Making Millie, Millie the Mogul, Music Making Millie, Make It Happen Millie, or if you want to take a simpler approach, just Millie will suffice. (Seemingly, any...
Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted several weeks after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Since that time, the announcement that Darren Wilson, the police officer responsible for the death of...
Anyone with a foot in the L.A. hip-hop scene has probably shared a handshake or some dap with him at one point or another over the past few years. With a million dollar smile...
Chemistry. Whether you are talking about your favorite sports team, the dynamics of an office, or the cohesion of a band, that word always seems to come up as an all too important intangible....
“I always thought I was gunna win,” G-Eazy’s eyes lit up as he said it. Words to live by when you’re gunnin’ for a career as a rapper. It takes a certain flare of...
Friendships can stem out of the most unusual and unexpected circumstances. Joey Fatts and A$ton Matthews, two parts of the SoCal-based clique, Cutthroat Records, were brought together by coincidence and, well, a MacBook. “Cutthroat...
As I enter the lobby of the Hollywood agency, BIRD, Chicago’s rising rap star and 2014 XXL Freshman, Lil Bibby, looks focused and ready to talk to me about what’s next for him. Since...
