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Lyrical Empire: Metro Manila Emcees Overcome Challenges in a Multilingual Nation
Ridin’ out in Metro Manila On a drizzly, humid July afternoon I squeeze into an overflowing train headed for Las Piñas, a city in southern Metro Manila. I hop from the train onto the Philippines’ most...
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This Is Your Brain on Omar
Interview with Mark Gergis *** I first learned about Omar Souleyman through friends of Mark Gergis. Once they told me about “Leh Jani”, the YouTube video dance hit from the album Highway, I became...
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Since He Last Spoke
Interview with RJD2 *** The past decade has been good to 33-year-old “RJ” Krohn. Most widely known as “RJD2,” producer and songwriter Krohn has a body of work that’s spanned funk-sampling hip-hop...
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Rebel Child
An interview with Tad Nakamura *** There is a longing for community that we all strive for, and for those of us whose identities dictate that the personal cannot be separated from the political,...
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The Architect of Hip-Hop Academia
A feature on Tricia Rose *** In a society where creativity and criticism coexist, it almost seems contradicting that there remains little space for discourse. One category that helms much debate is the...
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I think; therefore I build
A feature on Bryant Yeh *** Architect Bryant Yeh’s “Suprematist” is and isn’t your ordinary bench. It functions as any bench should (i.e., it supports even an ample bottom) and it’s gorgeous to boot....
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Work is Love Made Visible
A Profile on Daniel Woodford *** Daniel Woodford is a visual artist whose designs encompass elements of spirituality, science and philosophy. His work is self-referential, bearing both meaning and...
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Blackness Against Mad Men
An interview with Hank Willis Thomas *** Hank Willis Thomas’ cousin Songha was the model older brother—talented and charming, he won many academic and athletic honors before almost finishing up a...
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Cannibal Manifesto
Interview with Os Mutantes *** It was in 1966 in Sao Paulo, Brazil where visionary brothers Sergio Dias and Arnaldo Baptista teamed up with singer, Rita Lee, to form the seminal band, Os Mutantes....
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Panda Diplomacy
An interview with Jiji Panda *** In China, the national symbol is not a dragon, a Ming dynasty urn, or a red star, but a cute animal- the giant panda. Infamous worldwide for their generally docile...
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Ambassador of Afro-Beat
It was 1964. Lagos, Nigeria was a densely populated metropolis, giving birth to a wide range of African music. This was before the civil war, when the city was experiencing an influx of new residents...
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Between Revolution and the Spirit
Interview with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo *** The Orchestre Poly-Rythmo can best be described as musical godfathers of the West African nation of Benin, where successive generations of musicians have been...
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