Today, over 400 artists and indie labels from across the world have joined the music boycott project No Music For Genocide, which launched today. Artists such as Faye Webster, Arca, MIKE, Japanese Breakfast, redveil, and many more have geo-blocked their music from all music streaming platforms in Israel, in protest …
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Brooklyn-based label 10K is making it a priority to kick down sonic confines. Last year, label founder MIKE told Rolling Stone that the positive response to Pinball, a departure from his purist-assuaging wheelhouse, helped invigorate his creativity. “Sometimes fans be so hooked onto you being one type of artist that …
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A t first, the weather at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park is sunny, verging on warm, but in typical spring fashion, clouds bring it back into windy and chilly territory. Twenty-six-year-old rapper Niontay is unfazed. When we meet, the laid-back MC is content to go with the flow. Though he’s been in …
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I speak to Brooklyn’s MIKE while he’s lounging in the Netherlands before another show on his ongoing Somebody Fine Me Trouble Tour, on which he’ll traverse Europe and then the United States through May. He tells me that he’s enjoying his time overseas so far. “We hit a lot of …
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The font size on many music festival lineups has been shrinking lately, as new events, jam-packed with megastars (who sometimes don’t even show up) have cropped up in the time since pandemic restrictions have eased around the world. For fans, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. Rappers starting their own festivals, …
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At his leisure, the musician Mavi plays with space and time. The 21-year-old rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina sees storytelling as a way to speak his truth while he’s alive. His latest EP End of the Earth was released to critical praise and marked a significant step towards what could …
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