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Selected freelance magazine pieces in ascending order, from my first cover story to my most recent published feature.
A collection of work from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism soon to come.
marco polo: it ain't where ya from
The Throne | Pound Magazine | March 2007 | 1500 words
"We were talking about this 'hip hop is dead' shit and he said, which I totally agree with: 'whatever is dead in hip hop, let that shit die.' Everything goes through cycles. We need to spend less time analyzing and marketing, and just go in the studio and do good stuff."the search is still on
Front Five | Exclaim! Magazine | March 2007 | 300 words
"We do it for all the 'Divine Stylers' out there," proclaims an old editorial, "the creative, but overlooked people in this subculture."ask isis
Special Online Feature | Walrus Magazine | November 2006 | 1000 words
"When you freestyle, you get into the zone, and you blank out. You actually blank out and words and pictures start popping out at you. It’s the craziest vibe.cadence weapon: black on both sides (pt 1, pt 2)
Feature | Pound Magazine | April 2006 | 2000 words
"They're worried I'm going to go Buck 65 on them, cause they think I'm very susceptible to that kind of thing." He cracks up laughing and puts on a mocking tone. "Get bigger jeans right now!"skratch bastid steps up
Points Feature | Exclaim! Magazine | June 2005 | 800 words
"There's a lot missing from DJing right now," he sighs. "Name one hip hop group out there that has a DJ out front actually doing something."def 'tones: local hip hop crew's hidden agenda
Music Feature | NOW Magazine | March 2005 | 500 words
"There's no sleep. If we sleep now, it's done."gold chains: this isn't hip hop
Artist Profile | CBC Radio 3 | February 2005 | 1000 words
"I think for us, the most exciting thing is making music that we want to hear."jolt of jo'burg: tumi and the volume get pumped up
Vibes Feature | NOW Magazine | February 2005 | 500 words
"Some of the times it's like a rumba thing, but just because I'm rhyming, people are like, 'It must be hiphop'."the sum of the pocket dwellers' parts
Points Feature |Exclaim! Magazine | February 2005 | 600 words
"Normally," he says slyly, "if they come to the show and they hate rap music, they love it by the time they leave."lal: warm belly, high power
Soul: Year in Review | Exclaim! Magazine | December 2004 | 400 words
"I think we're kind of like the world's proverbial prodigal sons and daughters," says Ian. "We all come from somewhere else, and Canada's sort of the place we've ended up."multiculturalism: it hurts us all
Feature | The Dominion | November 2004 | 2200 words
Why Canada isn't, never was, and probably never will be a multicultural nation.the goods: reviving the real
Artist Profile | CBC Radio 3 | November 2004 | 1000 words
"My mom once told me that even the baddest, worst, most evil man loves someone or something, and that his feelings in that regard are absolutely pure."classified: triple threat
Artist Profile | CBC Radio 3 | October 2004 | 1000 words
"I guess I'm not trying to rap for rappers anymore, I'm trying to rap for people."the goods teach the children
Points Feature | Exclaim! Magazine | September 2004 | 300 words
"I've met some young kids who've grown up listening to our shit, and it makes me happy and it's humbling, but it's still so weird to me."sixtoo: big moves
Artist Profile | CBC Radio 3 | July 2004 | 1000 words
"Sometimes I don't show up and sometimes I might break a commitment. Whatever works in order to keep things balanced up here" - he taps his temple gently - "is what happens."on the air: the state of urban radio in canada
Research Feature | Exclaim! Magazine | March 2003 | 3400 words
"Just because you're hearing a song on the radio ten times a day does not mean that muthafucka is selling."buck 65: an affair to remember
Cover Story | Exclaim! Magazine | September 2002 | 3800 words
"Once in a while one of my own lyrics will pop into my head and I'll think 'it's funny no one ever asked me about that,' even if it's a little pretentious to think that."