Category: Interviews & Profiles
-
Interview: Psalm One: Lyrical Hugs
CHM: I myself, have an alter ego of everything I wish to be – she’s tall and she’s a bitch. Where does your alter ego, “Hologram Kizzle” originate? PO: “Hologram Kizzie” originates from my first rap name, which was Kizzie Tangents. If you go back to my very first projects you hear me refer to…
-
Interview: Fourth Is King: Comfortably Creative
Growing up in an ultra competitive family – the kind of family where wars begin over a game of checkers or Monopoly – I was taught, “First place is the only place.” after I became familiar with Fourth is King and their mission, I was forced to reconsider. FIRST IS THE WORST SECOND IS THE…
-
Interview: Compton’s Future Billionaire – An Interview with Billionaire Buck
Compton, the urban metropolitan, is the birthplace of some of the most gifted and revered gangster rap and hip hop artists of the 20th and 21st century. Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Quik, MC Eiht, MC Ren, The Game, Kendrick Lamar, and his TDE team all hail from the current West Coast hot spot. While Los…
-
Interview: Stacy Lomman Comes To Chicago
“New York Womenswear designer Stacy Lomman will be in Chicago to show her Fall/Winter 2013-2014 Collection at the Gold Coast Show Fashion Award Show on September 27. You’ll see that her dark, Goth-influenced collection — including unusual plaids provided by the original Harris Tweed in a special collaboration — hits all the trends the fashion…
-
Artist Profile: Lili K. ‘All Souled Out’
I was running late the first time I met Chicago jazz and soul songstress Lili K. outside the Elevator offices. Literally running. I was doing a full out sprint from the bus stop on a seemingly beautiful day in Downtown hoping she would still allow me to interview her despite my makeup dripping down my…
Jordhan Woods 