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Inside Hip-Hop’s New Activist Era

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

As the Black Lives Matter movement reaches a boiling point, artists face a difficult question: How should they respond?

Rolling Stone, July 28, 2016

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Making ‘Lemonade’: Inside Beyonce’s Collaborative Masterpiece

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

Rolling Stone, April 28, 2016

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Dave Cobb: Wrangling Rough Country Beasts Toward Nashville

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

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New York Times, March 20, 2016

The Curious Decline of Paul Mooney

March 21, 2016 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

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New York Magazine, January 26, 2016

Kiss and Break Up: Inside the Feud Between Lil Wayne and Birman

January 20, 2016July 21, 2020 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

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For years, the superstar rapper and his mentor formed one of hip-hop’s most inseparable teams. Then it all went terribly wrong.

Vulture, January 18, 2016

The Oral History of the “Bohemian Rhapsody” Scene in Wayne’s World

December 1, 2015 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

Rolling Stone, November 30, 2015

 

The Mostly True Adventures of Standup Comedy’s Legendary Frat House

October 21, 2015February 18, 2021 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

One grand old house overlooking the Sunset Strip played host to a generation of comics — including Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, and Robin Williams — launching dozens of careers and about as many drug problems. The crash pad of a comedy revolution, remembered, kinda, by the people who survived it.

BuzzFeed, October 21, 2015

Revolutionary on the Run

May 29, 2015February 18, 2021 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

In 2011, at age 23, Ramy Essam, Egypt’s “singer for the revolution” was lionized for helping to overthrow a dictator. Four years later, a brutal military crackdown has all but destroyed the country’s youthful protest movement while its hero bides his time in a faraway country, trying to keep the fight — and himself — alive.

Buzzfeed, May 29, 2015

The Oral History of In Living Color

March 27, 2015 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

Details, March 26, 2015

 

Live Through This

October 30, 2014February 23, 2024 ~ djpeisner ~ Leave a comment

Shows like Dual Survival and Naked and Afraid have helped make real-life survival one of the TV’s hottest genres. But when participants get pushed to endure ever more dangerous situations, how far is too far?

TV Guide, October 29, 2014

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