Rappers on the Rise: Denzel Curry

By Peter Slattery Denzel Curry is putting in work. Last year in late October, Curry took the stage in Kimmel’s Eisner & Lubin Auditorium for NYU Program Board’s Pumpkin Fest. It was a small crowd, but Denzel put his all into the performance, ripping through mixtape cuts and tracks from his 2013 album, “Nostalgic 64.”…

Rappers on the Rise: Vince Staples

By Peter Slattery “You can ask anyone that knows me: I hate when it’s loud around me,” said Vince Staples in hushed growl. “I grew up in a very loud place. I heard a lot of ambulances, a lot of helicopters, a lot of gunshots that never made it to the news. The sounds of…

Rappers on the Rise: Mick Jenkins

By Peter Slattery In an increasingly crowded Chicago hip hop landscape, 23-year-old rapper Mick Jenkins is finding his own lane. The Windy City is known in rap circles for a wide variety of established talent (Kanye West) and up-and-comers (Chance the Rapper and Chief Keef). But this Alabama-born, Chicago-bred rapper does not sound like any…

Childish Gambino’s private show

Check out these photos from Monday’s private Childish Gambino performance in Tribeca, courtesy of WSN photographer and contributing writer Adam Kargenian.

Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar open Yeezus Tour at Barclay’s

By Christopher J. Cole It’s hard to imagine being able to call one’s self a god before 15,000 people while still making a connection with the audience. Yet, Kanye West achieved such a feat at Barclays Center on November 19, the first New York City date of the over-the-top and ambitious Yeezus Tour. One look…

Jake Miller stays positive on “Us Against Them” Tour

By Alexa Spieler Over-saturated by an abundance of rappers claiming the genre’s throne, rap is undergoing a transition: a period of increasing competition. While Kendrick Lamar claims his title of the king of New York and Eminem calls himself the “Rap God,” 20-year old rapper Jake Miller captivated the Best Buy Theater on November 16th…