May 27, 2021, 14:47 PM IST
Introducing Louisana recording artist, Young Miller. A former teen sensation, including his involvement with the Lil Romeo group, Rich Boyz, coming out of New Orleans with iconic resources, great bars and hitmaking past.
In 2019, the former Rich Boyz member returned to Hip-Hop with a crafty new street single called “VIP.” The Raphael Rj2-featured single sparked popularity for the former No Limit soldier within the south. The song was then led by the artist’s breakout track, titled, “Clap Clap.” The song’s visual stars Young Miller in a rockstar element he knows best; a quintessential summer day in Southern California. Its popularity led to Young Miller hitting the road with Lil Boosie and the Baddest Chick herself, Trina.
The start of a new regular column.
Welcome to
Clash staff writer
Shahzaib Hussain navigates the cosmos of the newest and most essential releases. Each month’s roundup features a Focus Artist Q&A, a Next Wave artist recommendation, a breakdown of his favourite songs and projects and a retrospective highlight revisited through the lens of dewy-eyed nostalgia.
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Focus Artist – Shungudzo
Shungudzo has arrived at a time when we desperately require a new manifesto. The Zimbabwean- American’s an activist, aid worker and journalist, her holistic worldview informs the music she makes, ensuring every song she releases carries its own personal memorandum on how to navigate an undemocratic world.
Between Realism and Something Else: An Interview with Ron Nyren I loved researching this book, finding out about chronophotography, pictorialism, the 1906 earthquake, and the artists of the time. Ron Nyren talks with Margot Livesey about his debut novel,
The Book of Lost Light.
When I suggested to Ron Nyren that we have a conversation about his absorbing debut novel,
The Book of Lost Light, I realized that I could no longer remember when he and I first met. Our lives were already intertwined through several writerly connections, notably Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, and his spouse, Sarah Stone. Ron reminded me that he and Sarah had come to a reading I gave in San Francisco. The three of us wound up taking a walk near the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which contains a number of the remarkable Eadweard Muybridge photographs that play a vital part in