The trials and tribulations of getting a local music festival off the ground.
Kyesha Jennings
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For Emerging Queer North Carolina R&B Singer SevvTheArtist, Authenticity Is Everything
“A lot of people get caught up in the money, the glitz, the glamour, the jewels, the cars,” Sevv says. “If my music can touch the person next to me or a young girl who is struggling with finding out who she is, that’s success to me.”
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Triangle First: 50 Shades of Ace Henderson
In “HandsFree,” is the Raleigh-based artist filled with regret, or has he accepted and learned from past mistakes? Either way, there’s something captivating about Henderson.
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Her Take: Charlés Speaks about His Newest EP, ‘Thoughts That Roam 2,’ and His Broad Musical Palette
“I feel like I will always continue to develop and remix my sound so that it stands out and doesn’t sound like anything else.”
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Shame Gang Looks Toward the Future
The Raleigh-based rapper recently signed with Roc Nation’s indie distribution company and is on the cusp of a tour with N.C. legend Rapper Big Pooh.
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Her Take: In Conversation with Charlotte Rapper DEVN about His Journey from the Choir to the Charts
“I put it on the microphone, and I let it all out there. And it has helped me find my purpose. If I wasn’t doing music, I don’t know what I would be doing.”
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Remembering the Poet and Radio Host Jermaine “mainMan” Monroe
“He gave us flowers while he could. He had no regrets.”
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Carly Jones, a Longtime Advocate for the Arts in the Triangle, Starts a New Chapter at Artspace
“When you are an artist of any kind, you have an uncommon, burning desire to do what you do. Only other artists understand that passion.”
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Her Take: OC from NC Honors the ‘Real’ in Hip-Hop
“My older cousins had moved to Burlington before my family transitioned to the area. When they would come pick me up on the weekends, and on that ride up, it would be like, ‘listen to this boy, this is what’s hot right now type of shit.’”
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Her Take: Talking With North Carolina Hip-Hop Blogger Nancia Odom
It’s important to give Nancia her flowers and recognize her work as an integral component of North Carolina’s hip-hop ecosystem.