interviews
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In 2021, Jidon Adams, famously known as JiDion, was on his way back to his hotel room at DreamCon, an anime and gaming convention held in Arlington, Texas, when he ran into Desmond Johnson, a member of RDC World , a content creation group, in the elevator. Desmond is also one of the masterminds behind […]
Spoilers for Industry Season 2 below. Industry is on one. The HBO series just finished its superlative sophomore season—for my money, it’s the best thing airing right now—with a true mic-drop moment: After successfully politicking to keep both her job and the London office of investment bank Pierpoint & Company around, Harper Stern (Myha’la Herrold) and her […]
Spoilers for the first five episodes of House of the Dragon below. Out of all the great parts of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, Milly Alcock is the most compelling. The 22-year-old Australian actress playing a young version of Rhaenyra Targaryen has set screens ablaze with her magnetic performance. A relative […]
It’s 7 o’clock on the dot and Usher isn’t in a drop-top. He’s on the other end of our Zoom conference line from Atlanta, retelling 25-year-old stories about one of the most monumental moments of his career: the release of his 1997 commercial breakthrough My Way, which turns 25 this year. His memory of the release of his […]
The tale of FN Meka, music’s first signed augmented reality rapper, is a short though fascinating one. Its introduction raised concerns about augmented reality and the direction the music industry is headed in, but legendary producer Timbaland suggests the robo-rapper’s downfall had nothing to do with the technology being used. In fact, the super-producer and […]
It wasn’t long before DAB became the standard for cars and home radio systems, which then allowed people to tune in before they left for work and school and then during the commute. Once DAB became widespread, 1Xtra became an unstoppable force. Trevor joined the station five years after its inception and, by that point, […]
For many, life is like a suspended circle: It opens when we’re born, closes when we pass away, and everything we create and accomplish in the middle defines our legacy. Chance the Rapper sees it a bit differently. For the last seven years, Chance (born Chancelor Bennett) believed his legacy was his children. “What I […]
Flashy Sillah has his finger firmly on the pulse of UK rap and the culture that encompasses the new generation of Black British music lovers. And you might be hard-pressed to find someone with as much excitement to be in this space than him right now. The 24-year-old’s interview series, The Block Report—hosted exclusively on Mixtape Madness’ YouTube channel—is […]
NBA 2K has evolved from just another hyped product in the gaming world. It’s now a cultural moment and its intersection of music, pop culture, fashion, sneakers, and of course, basketball has brought the franchise to heights that no other game has rivaled. With its latest edition, NBA 2K23, the game made history after announcing J. […]
Lil Yachty is many things. He’s a musician who feels at home whether he’s trading hilarious punchlines with Michigan rappers like BabyTron and RMC Mike or rapping melodically on a Tame Impala record. He’s a brand ambassador who’s been in Target commercials and on Reese’s Puffs cereal boxes. And when it comes to fashion, he’s […]
