Clik here to view.
Interview: Kreayshawn
Before releasing her insta-smash “Gucci Gucci,” pint size Oakland native Kreayshawn was an Ikea employee, prolific film school dropout and most famous for smoking weed with Soulja Boy. Now she’s a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Best Coast
Last Thursday, Best Coast played a show to benefit the Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund. Before sound check, band diva Bethany Cosentino told us she’s never been a super-politico, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Drake
On Tuesday night, we were pleasantly surprised to bump into Drake. He was at Southpaw in Brooklyn, watching Zoe Kravitz’s band Elevator Fight. Evidently, he’s a fan. We talked about The Weeknd, singing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: DJ Quik
Not too long ago, DJ Quik released The Book of David. It’s an excellent record that finds Quik taking a step back from the more experimental music he was producing on ’09’s Kurupt collaboration...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Trae Tha Truth
Even in normal daylight, Trae’s eyes stay in the shade, always cloaked in the perpetual darkness that fills his grittiest music. He’s quick to smile, though, happily flashing his grill about his kids,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Katy B
The day after seeing soon-to-be-more-famous South Londoner Katy B‘s first US performance at Le Bain, we met Katy on the High Line to talk about life after her debut album On A Mission. In March, … read...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Soulja Boy
Just before Soulja Boy came through the FADER office, he cut his hair. We were excited to see the cut from the cover of his Juice mixtape, but a role in a film in Connecticut … read more »
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Grimes
What a pleasant surprise to actually talk to Grimes after she came down from the ethereal electro haze of her performance at the FADER/vitaminwater Capsule event. We half expected her to speak in some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Body Conscious: Best Coast
Staying physically and mentally fit is the young person’s holy grail, but there’s simply no one right way to do it. In our Body Conscious series, we’ll explore how some people protect their minds and …...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Keri Hilson
When Zone 4 princess Keri Hilson graced the cover of FADER #51, she was working as a songwriter, earning her keep crafting futurist computer love jams for Timbaland, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: ASAP Rocky
Last year, ASAP Rocky left Manhattan and moved to Elmwood Park, New Jersey with his mom and little sister. He’s been rapping more or less seriously since he got his GED four years ago and … read more »
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Girls
Girls graced New York with their California sunshine for three days, playing one in-store performance at Other Music and two nights at Bowery Ballroom. We chatted backstage at Bowery with Christopher...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Future
Future—Dungeon Family producer/songwriter Rico Wade’s baby cousin—is the best rapper you don’t already love. He’s had a great year, bolstered by a string of runaway hit club singles in Atlanta which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Santigold
Last week, Uniqlo held a mega-sized bash to christen their new mega-sized 5th Avenue flagship store. Shiny fixtures, tons of gleaming glass and a Pantone color wheel of cashmere sweaters welcomed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Dr. Dre
There was a big delicious-looking cake shaped like headphones at the grand opening of the first ever Beats by Dre store in SoHo. FADER style guru Mobolaji Dawodu spoke with Dr. Dre about the company’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Don Trip
We cover a lot of rap at The FADER, and while we certainly have an ear for who is going to be the next big thing, there’s also a lot of dudes that we write … read more »
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Balam Acab
Dreamy bedroom producer Alex Koone bka Balam Acab, wrestled himself out of Mechanicsburg, PA to truck it all the way up to the Big Apple for a live show at Le Poisson Rouge. He took … read more »
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Bangladesh
Bangladesh just sounds like he is from Mars. One of the most consistently bizarre, joyous and hard producers in rap and pop, he has long been peerless. It takes a unique thinker to produce effective …...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Sean Paul
Longtime dancehall star Sean Paul returned this year following an ACL injury and two-year hiatus from major recording projects. He stopped by the FADER FORT by FIAT to discuss his time off, home...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Air
In 1902, Georges Méliès made a movie about traveling to the moon. Obviously, at that point, nobody had actually been there, and, for all anybody knew, there were magical mushrooms, mysterious lagoons...
View Article
