Though Jordan Ward’s debut album Forward won critics over with its earnest and optimistic hodgepodge of the background-dancer-turned-foreground-artists dreams, roots, and quirks, in the two years since, Ward tells Rolling Stone the darker sides of striving have helped him deliver his equally ambitious sophomore album, Backward. Speaking exclusively with Rolling …
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Mavi is always considerate. Our conversation in Rolling Stone’s Manhattan office begins with him asking a question. The 24-year-old Charlotte rapper is currently focused on promoting shadowbox, his third solo album, and a followup to Laughing So Hard, It Hurts, a project he’s seen mixed responses to. “Why is niggas …
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