The Crew For HBO’s ‘Ballers’ Totally Sets A Real Connection To A Growing Las Vegas
Las Vegas is at a cultural crossroads at the moment. The real estate market has changed enough for serious residential development where the average median sales price of a home is well under half a million. Add an even lower average renters and it makes sense...
Insecure’s Season Two Premiere Continues To Serve Up Sophistiratchet Ambrosia
Insecure turned out to be more than a polished rehash of Issa Rae’s ultra popular Awkward Black Girl YouTube series when it debuted last fall. The series, following the lives of two early 30-something black women living in Los Angeles, became a ratings hit and a critically-acclaimed darling despite...
My LA Weekly Debut: Moonchild
London-based tastemaker Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings and his genre-defining Bubblers compilations have become golden-tinted ambrosia for modern experimental groove junkies over the past several years. Current semi-underground standards ranging from Jose James and Hiatus Kaiyote to The Hics and Nick Hakim have been featured on...
Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum: Lifting kids’ eyes to the sky
News of 16-year-old Compton native Isaiah Cooper becoming the youngest African-American pilot to fly solo around the continental U.S. last summer went viral and became the against-all-odds story that eventually becomes a Hollywood blockbuster. At the center of the accomplishment was none other than Robin Petgrave,...
Here Are Some Of My Last Highlights From 2016
George Clinton Praises Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love”
Siya Already Has Plans For Valentine’s Day EP After Dropping “SIYAvsSIYA”
Review: Ab-Soul's “Do What Thou Wilt” Is The Year’s Best Mind Fuck
Native American Rap Legend Litefoot Has Some Stern Words For Rappers Appropriating His Culture