Strong performances from a brand-new cast lend a fresh feel to the ‘Power’ prequel.
Kyesha Jennings
Her Take: With New Album ‘It Gets Dark Sometimes,’ Raleigh’s 3AMSOUND Showcases His Creative Vision
“When I’m performing I’m like, I’m like yo, that’s not me,” he says. “It’s an out-of-body experience.”
Her Take: Triangle Hip-Hop Videographer Patrick Lincoln Has an Eye for Perfection
“I learned most of what I know now by throwing myself into the fire and failing many times.”
Well Worth the Wait: JooseLord Premieres Music Video ‘Quarantine’
It’s clear that everyone in the hip-hop artist’s first music video understood the assignment.
Her Take: How Joseph “Headgraphix” Headen pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a graphic designer
Headen has contributed to the Triangle’s creative scene in many ways, from helping brands and local hip-hop artists flourish to curating unique social experiences that are often directly influenced by hip-hop.
Her Take: Hip-Hop’s Unsung Creatives
An interview with graphic designer Ruben Rodriguez.
Her Take: The Triangle Voices Keeping Hip-Hop Fresh
Six of this year’s best local hip-hop podcasts.
Her Take: A Thousand Shades of Kaze4Letters
“With this album, I wanted to take some risks. I wanted to push the envelope and show that I’m an artist. “
The Commons Crit: Eternal the MC Depicts the Emotional Toll of Racism and Police Brutality on Black Families
At this moment last year, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor were all alive.
The Commons Crit: Ayanna Albertson Documents the Collective Pain, Trauma, and Resilience of Black Folks
Alberton’s multimedia piece “Lineage” explores a range of emotions from multiple Black familial perspectives: a young child, an irritable mother, an exhausted grandma, and a healing, mature Black woman.

