24-year-old Rita Ekwere is better known under her stage name of Ray BLK. She’s a British singer and songwriter who was born in Nigeria, and grew up in Catford in London. She won the BBC’s Sound Of 2017, and was the first unsigned artist to do so. On October 28, 2016,

Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer/DJ crew A Tribe Called Red is producing a truly unique sound that’s impacting the global electronic scene and urban club culture. Since 2010 the group – currently made up of DJ NDN, Bear Witness and 2oolman – has been mixing traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

Dance Gavin Dance is an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2005. They are perhaps most well known for their frequent line up changes and the many publicized disputes between band members. To date, they have released four full length studio albums, including Downtown Battle Mountain Pt. II, and

Santa Barbara native Candyland began producing her own original songs back in April of 2012. After becoming the first act to win back-to-back Beatport remix contests (Skrillex “Make it Bun Dem” & Bingo Players “Rattle”) and racking up over 1.3 Million Soundcloud plays, she released her debut album “Bring the

“To call GoldLink an aspiring rapper would not do him justice. The DMV-bred emcee accrued over three million plays on his Soundcloud and captured the attention of an entire industry with the first project he ever released. GoldLink’s sound doesn’t throw it all the way back to the boom-bap, New

  Kool Keith comes in many forms and many incarnations, but his style is distinctly his own. Just as there’s no mistaking his smooth lyrical delivery and searing hip-hop prose with its underlying edgy beats, there’s no denying the incredible force of power that is Kool Keith. Whether as a foundingmember

    Greg and Inara met a few years ago. They discovered a common love of jazz standards…nerded out for a couple of hours playing every song they knew…and then wrote and recorded a record together. With all of these elements you have what we now know as The Bird

  Arthur Ashin is the American singer behind Autre Ne Veut. The name Autre Ne Veut is taken from an inscription in French on a 15th-century British dress ornament that is stored at The Cloisters and is translated to English as “I want no other.” The title of Age of Transparency acts