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Who’s Nekst? A Legacy of Graffiti in New York City
Graffiti is everywhere in New York City. The city’s many surfaces are cleaner than they once were, thanks to Rudy Giuliani and subway cars that are easier to buff, but even a brief stroll down … read more »
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Tasha Catour: Singing Between the Lines
At a time when rap songs live and die by their hook, a singer who can routinely provide the catchiest patch of a song—the bit meant to ricochet around your brain long after you’ve left … read more »
Night Spa: New York’s Hottest Party
Brooklyn’s Night Spa is the kind of party that makes you question what a party really is in the first place. There’s a full-service bar and a selection of DJs handpicked from the borough’s electronic … read more »
A Home Away: 12 Artists’ Favorite Places to Let Loose
I was in elementary school when Cheers went off the air. I remember it was a big deal, but my parents weren’t big drinkers, so it wasn’t until college that I began to understand the … read more »
Personal History: Mona Scott-Young
Mona Scott-Young’s rise to moguldom. As the creator of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop and host of the popular show’s reunion specials, Mona Scott-Young might be the most informed mediator in the history of reality … read more »
Our Father: Life in the Source Family
Isis Aquarian remembers life in the Source Family. When she was in her late twenties, Charlene Peters grew her hair long, changed her name to Isis Aquarian and moved in with the Source Family, a … read more »
Family Tree: Six Degrees of Grimes
Grimes lives out of a suitcase most days of the year, but being one of the most talked-about artists in music also makes you a full-time ambassador for your home town. Across musical collaborations with … read more »
Interview: Moshin Hamid
The only way reading Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, on the subway could be any more embarrassing is if he’d tacked on “For Dummies” to the end of … read more »
Just Before Music: Lonnie Holley’s Knotty Life
As he tells it, Lonnie Holley’s story of growing up poor in the south is nearly impossible to fathom, marked again and—almost routinely—again by trauma. But then, too, by art, as he built a career … read more »
Spring Breakers Costume Designer Heidi Bivens Explains How to Style a Harmony Korine Movie
A year ago, Riff Raff claimed that James Franco would be playing him in a movie. He was talking about Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, and his boast proved to be partially true, at least to … read more »
