He could have been his generation’s Kurt Cobain, but he died of an overdose just after his 21st birthday. Inside his life, music, and chaotic final days.
Author: djpeisner
Building Character

As CEO Dara Khosrowshahi remakes Uber with an eye toward an IPO, his Iranian childhood and heritage are essential to understanding how he leads.
Confessions of a Cover Band: Yacht Rock Revue croons the hits you love to hate
Billboard Interview: Big Boi
The Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider Gave Up a Flourishing Music Career to Chase His True Passion: Math
It Took Trump to Make Superchunk Go Political
Rhymes from the Backwoods: The Rise of Country-Rap
“Hick-hop” is thriving despite little to no help from the mainstream music industry. Inside a scene full of big dreams and complicated politics

Rolling Stone, January 24, 2018
Rapsody’s Grammy Breakout
El Komander Made a Fortune Off Mexican Drug Ballads. Now He’s Selling Love Songs.
A U.S. record label that has reaped millions of dollars chronicling the drug war confronts a new era–and dozens of deaths.










