RINGLEADER MagazineThe Legacy of Zion I’s Steve ‘Zumbi’ Gaines, who Passed at Age 49In 2000, hip-hop was in a very different place than it is today. Outkast’s Stankonia, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, and Jay-Z’s The…4 min read·Aug 17, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazineinRNGLDR Magazine‘The House Is Burning’ and from its Ashes, Isaiah Rashad is Reinventing he and Hip-Hop’s FutureThere’s abundant courage required to redefine oneself at the peak, but with no way to go up any further without the invention of something…6 min read·Aug 17, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazineJMSN, Alexa Demie & the Cinematographic Masterpiece that is ‘Love 2 U’Take a little bad boy glam, add a string of falsetto perfection, blend it into a filmic nonreality, cut jet black with neon color, and…4 min read·Aug 10, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazineNashid Chroma is Capturing the Innate Humanity of our Favorite Figures through his Neo-Pop…There is quickly a point at which recreating cultural imagery can take on a cultural identity itself. Art these days boasts nothing if not…5 min read·Aug 5, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazinePink Siifu’s ‘GUMBO!’ is a Rangy Southside Experiment of the Most Nuanced KindPink Siifu wanted to make an album that reminded him of the music he and his crew used to listen to while cruising through the country…4 min read·Aug 3, 2021----
RINGLEADER Magazine‘The House Is Burning’ and from its Ashes, Isaiah Rashad is Reinventing he and Hip-Hop’s FutureThere’s abundant courage required to redefine oneself at the peak, but with no way to go up any further without the invention of something…6 min read·Aug 3, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazineAn Essay on the Subconscious Power of Art through April + VISTA’s ‘Pit of My Dreams’Much of art, music, and culture at large becomes unnecessarily categorized. It’s the fault of journalism — of which we are undoubtedly a…6 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazineJoyce Wrice’s Debut Album is ‘Overgrown’ w/ Harmonious Understanding of EmotionA sun-soaked reminiscence has always tethered the auditory aesthetic of California soulstress, Joyce Wrice not only to the Golden State…4 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
RINGLEADER Magazine‘To Kill A Sunrise’ is to Acknowledge that Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah are Cohesive BlissFrom the very beginning, it’s obvious that Kota — as he so fervently addresses in his opening lines — is in a different place — ‘ain’t the…5 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
RINGLEADER MagazineNoname is Focused on More Than Music with Further Reach of the Noname Book ClubThere is an undeniable discourse to the framework of Chicago’s hip-hop history. And more than any other nuance towards the past, present…4 min read·Mar 16, 2021----