Era Hardaway is a twenty-seven year old rapper, producer, and entrepreneur continuing the honored lineage of innovative thinkers and musicians from Virginia. Following the release of the emcee’s latest EP, “Undeniable,” I had the opportunity to get better acquainted with Hardaway’s journey and vision. Era and I met up at his studio in Norfolk, VA,…
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Quinn Christopherson is a singer and songwriter born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He writes painfully humbling and brutally honest songs with a style that takes influence from his Athabaskan family’s storytelling tradition. He won NPR’s songwriting contest in 2019 and has since been working on what will inevitably be a soul-crushing album telling the…
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Members of the Richmond-based photography collective, the Wild Bunch, answer our call to share their insights and experiences ahead of Norfolk exhibition. Merriam-Webster defines the word movement in a number of ways, the most apt for our purpose being a series of organized activities working toward an objective, or an organized effort to promote or…
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London based artist Treasure is just that – he’s golden. His family relocated to the countryside in the early 2000s to trade the busy city life for the suburban serenity, a feeling present throughout his catalogue. With laidback production and lush harmonies, he perfectly blends today’s bedroom pop with 90s R&B, both genres which influence…
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2020 has served us all a harsh reminder that “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.” Late-night hangs with friends are cut short…big celebrations are canceled or reimagined in a new way fitting of a dystopian novel…things that were once a lighthouse amidst the storm of life have gone dim. I mean, things…
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On August 28th, JamalTheCreator dropped his latest single, “Trust Issues,” alongside his other trending track, “This Is The Life.” Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the 19-year old Nigerian-American YouTube rapper started out creating content with some of his YouTube buddies, ultimately uploading videos that were reaching millions of views. Since then, he has been stirring up big noise…
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This month’s submissions include a poignant poem (“This Ain’t Even A Poem”) and beautiful art piece (“Love is Thicker Than Blood”) by Chesapeake artist, A-Rae. To submit your experience for next month click here. A-Rae | 34 | Chesapeake, VA (by way of Cleveland, OH) “This Ain’t Even A Poem” A-Rae | 34 | Chesapeake,…
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Our last ART BISH profile is Bay Area photographer, Cloudnai. Working with big names like Nipsey Hussle, A$AP Rocky, and Post Malone, the artist has solidified her name in the game. But what’s more important is her mission to representing the underrepresented. Highlighting black bodies, black hair, and the black experience, her art depicts the…
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Stay tuned for our next and final ART BISH profile. Check out our article to gain more insight about the festival and more from artists like Cassie Marin.
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Fearless San Diego visionary, our next ART BISH artist profile is surreal artist Giselle Ibarra. From motherhood to hosting her own art show, Ibarra’s journey to success is inspirational and encourages others to take life’s challenges head-on. Being a self-taught surrealist artist with a strong family background of hard work and entrepreneurship ultimately led her…
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