Dan Charnas on IllDoctrine.com
Jay interviewed me for his second piece on Asher Roth. Check it here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpcrQ4SvaGE] You can watch his first piece here.
White Devil Becomes White Angel – Tony D. R.I.P. (1966-2009)
Very few white boys in hip-hop could make the Black heads say, “Damn!” Rick Rubin did it. Eminem could too. And so could the producer Tony D. I still have clear memories of that day, 20 years ago, when my roommate Paul incessantly imitated a song he heard on Red Alert’s radio show, a song […]
Once Upon A Time…
… I wrote this article for YogaJournal.com Apparently, it is now in the running for a Maggie award. You be the judge. UPDATE: I won. 🙂
Happy 2008
After an extended holiday both here and abroad, it’s time to dig into this year’s work: • As many of you know, I’ll be spending most of my time reporting and writing my book, “The Big Payback: How Hip-Hop Became Global Pop,” coming out on New American Library/Penguin in the Fall of 2009. See y’all […]
It’s not about the music. It’s about the songs.
Just to show you how big of a Prince fan I was in high school: On Class Night — the annual party where the outgoing seniors ripped the teachers, and the teachers roasted us back — the faculty sketch ended when Principal Chestnut came out dressed as yours truly, holding a framed portrait of the […]