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Reviews of City Girls, Leikeli47 and Adamn Killa.

I wrote about how Chicago’s Latinx music scene creates community across cultures for RBMA.

FACT Mag's Rap Round-up for October 2018.

I contributed a list of five places to hear great house to this celebration of Chicago’s pioneering dance music.

This month I reviewed projects from Travis Scott, Bre-Z, Don Toliver and Young Thug.

Lorena Cupcake on CupcakKe.

Damn Cupcake, back at it again with the FACT Mag Rap Round-up.

An interview with Pilsen native Chef Manny Mendoza about the Herbal Notes pop-up dinner series, community re-investment and healing through cannabis.

The story of how Canadian pop-punk quartet Sum 41 conquered the charts on Total Request Live.

My monthly column at FACT continues with new releases from Rico Nasty, Allan Kingdom, The Carters and Queen Key.

I contributed briefs on covered pioneering synth innovator Wendy Carlos (1971) and breakout lesbian songwriter k.d. lang (1992) to this list of important songs in LGBTQ+ history.

I spoke with producer, actress and singer Brittany Campbell about her newest project "Stay Gold."

"I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me,” says Making the Band star turned electronic pop auteur Dawn Richard.

A feature on DJ Taye, the young Teklife producer that's spreading footwork worldwide.

I collaborated with The Fader on a collection of memorials to share the stories and honor their memories of the 21 transgender people have were reported as murdered in 2017.