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It’s Saturday morning and Stevie Neale sounds remarkably cheerful for someone lying on the floor of her family’s house in Cornwall, England, recovering from a slipped disc. We’re speaking over Skype and, even injured, she’s ... read more �

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 �

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 �

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 �

When Bodega Bamz was in his early teens, he hit a blunt laced with angel dust. He got scared, and rushed to the most welcoming place he could think of at the time. “I ran ... read more �

Stretched out on a leather couch in a small Midtown Atlanta apartment, Young Thug sips a pink smoothie as he describes the housing projects he grew up in. “Anything you see wrong with me came ... read more �

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 �

Earl Sweatshirt comes home. Earl Sweatshirt’s apartment is a nightmare—four laundry baskets, seven video game controllers, Budweiser empties, potato chip shrapnel, blunt guts, skateboards and dust bunny warrens galore. There’s a paper towel magneted to ... read more �

In our annual photography issue, we usually showcase multiple essays from different photographers. This year, we dedicated all that space to a single feature by Daniel Shea. Last year, Shea photographed our cover story on ... read more �

Earl Sweatshirt comes home. Earl Sweatshirt’s apartment is a nightmare—four laundry baskets, seven video game controllers, Budweiser empties, potato chip shrapnel, blunt guts, skateboards and dust bunny warrens galore. There’s a paper towel magneted to ... read more �

Every great artist needs a great team, whether in the form of producers and session guitarists or simply friends offering support. In Footnotes, we ask some of those invaluable assisters to look back at tracks, ... read more �

On the ground, navigating the city's epidemic of youth violence. READ MORE: Interview: Chicago journalist Alex Kotlowitz reflects on 20 years of reporting on the effects of violence in the city he loves. Read an ... read more �

Chicago's most dedicated journalist reflects on 20 years of reporting on the effects of violence in the city he loves. For the past 20 years, Alex Kotlowitz has been reporting on why young people in ... read more �

Trying to talk to Kyle Thomas about his music feels a bit like pinning a fidgety school kid down in the playground and making him wax philosophical about why he likes recess. Sometimes Thomas is ... read more �

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 �

Juicy J and Earl Sweatshirt make for an interesting pair: the former, an elder statesman unexpectedly winning late-career favor among young folks, and the latter a teen rapper who, from the start, has had a ... read more �

Juicy J is rap's most hedonistic elder statesman. On a chilly, unlovable day in early March, Juicy J is on the west side of Manhattan, shopping for champagne. He’s celebrating. Just down the street is ... read more �

At the turn of this year, Shlohmo’s dad asked him, “half-jokingly and half-mad,” why he uses the same hi-hat on every song. Shlohmo said, “I don’t know, dad. Fuck.” Actually, it’s an element of his ... read more �

The legendary Stephen Burrows loves to see his clothes out on the floor. Some designers specialize in gowns to get married in; others, in ones that are suitable for the office; and others still, on ... read more �

Unable to find a raincoat that was as fun as it was functional, Johanna Senyk teamed up with her friend Peter Hornstein, an Antwerp Academy-trained synthetic materials specialist, to make one that was the total ... read more �