When we see someone performing their respective craft at an exceptionally high level we always want to quantify their greatness by comparing them to someone of equal status. We’ll call the leader of a music group “The Beyoncé” of the crew. Or call Drake the LeBron of hip hop, the…

A lighter flicks three times followed by the sound of crackling and pulling from whatever was just lit. Shortly after comes a monologue that sets the tone for the rest of the song Chopstix by Miss Kam. Hailing out of Baltimore City, the best way to describe Miss Kam as…

It was a lazy pandemic Sunday evening on November 29, 2020. Looking to kill time I get on clubhouse, and to my delight I see a room titled “Giving Wale His Flowers.” The topic at hand is one that has been discussed many times before. Wale is the most underappreciated…

Usually, when starting an article, I take a glass of red wine to get the creative writing going. For this one I had to break out a bottle of Malta and Suya in order to get into the right frame of mind. It was 1:30 am on a Friday/Saturday night…

Raise your hand if you’ve ever driven past a foreign restaurant by your house and thought “Hmm I need to check that place out one day” and still haven’t checked it out. It’s ok you’re not alone, I’m guilty of it too — mine is a Cuban restaurant. There’s a…

It’s amazing that an area that can have the whole nation calling hotdogs “glizzys”, using the term “headass”, and is known for setting fashion trends, is the same one that STRUGGLES with establishing that same presence in the music industry. Now, before y’all rush to tell me I’m wrong, hear…