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This Was the Year Killer Mike Came Home

At an age when many rappers start running out of gas, the man born Michael Render formed Run the Jewels with El-P and became an unlikely hip-hop superhero. With this year's Michael, his first solo album in over a decade, he tapped back into his ATLien roots with songs steeped in gospel and Southern soul. “I wanted to prove, like Serena Williams, I'm good in doubles or singles,” he says. “I came for the trophy.”
Style

How Did Nu Metal Become the Hottest Thing in Fashion?

Korn has a sold-out Adidas collab. Marc Jacobs linked with Deftones for an entire collection. Somehow, the most reviled subgenre of the 2000s has found its way onto designer moodboards everywhere.
Culture

Devendra Banhart's Top Five Things of 2023, Including Guides to Living and Dying and a Mega-Viral Video

The Flying Wig singer-songwriter shares his picks.
Culture

Ryan Gosling's I'm Just Ken EP is Arguably Unnecessary, Yet Thoroughly Delightful

There is currently no Academy Award for “deepest commitment to the bit,” but the Baby Goose appears to be campaigning for it anyway.
Culture

Danny Brown Bounces Back

He was a rapper's rapper, a fashion icon, and a talent too big and unruly to fit the music industry's dumbed-down mold. Now he's sober, living peacefully outside Austin, Texas—and ready to talk about his bracing new album Quaranta, which documents one of the darkest periods of his life.
Culture

Daniel Caesar's Top Five Favorite Things of 2023, Including the Year's Most Replayable Comedy Special

The Toronto singer-songwriter gives us his picks.
Culture

GloRilla Will See You in the Rage Room

Breaking stuff with the platinum rapper and insurgent voice for women in hip-hop: “We're sitting pretty, we're popping our shit, we're hustling, we're getting money.”
Culture

Hodgy Beats is No More. Jerry Would Like to Introduce Himself

After an introspective hero's journey, the former Odd Future rapper returns to music, having changed more than just his name.
Style

Frank Ocean Might Be Up to Something

At the very least, he’s dropping new soccer-themed Blonded apparel—and posting music snippets on Instagram.
Culture

Please Allow Nicki Minaj and Lil Uzi Vert to Provide the Soundtrack to all Winter Functions

Stop the presses on those Best Songs of 2023 lists!
Culture

Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley Has Been on One Hell of a Ride

In an intimate, wide-ranging conversation, the veteran rocker opens up to GQ about nearly dying from COVID in September, what it was like dating Paris Hilton and Avril Lavigne, and why Sum 41 is breaking up after three raucous decades.
Culture

E-40, Living Rap Legend, Talks 2Pac, Master P, Longevity, and Types of Fish You've Probably Never Heard Of

The Bay Area street-rap icon turned cookbook author plans to still be rapping when he's 80.
Culture

Shane MacGowan Will Outlive All of Us

The Pogues frontman, punk trickster-god, and poet of the gutter died Thursday in Dublin, but the songs he wrote and sang have always transcended time.
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Pete Doherty and Carl Barât Are a Model of Male Friendship

The Libertines were the rare good indie sleaze band, writes GQ columnist Chris Black. But the contentious, shifting relationship between Pete and Carl transcends the music scene from which it sprang.
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The Best Record Players and Turntables for Vinyl Nirvana

Drop the needle on your LP experience.
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Offset Hits Reset

Please allow the Migos rapper to formally reintroduce himself as, 10 years into his career, he bets it all on a solo breakout.
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How Bradley Cooper Nailed the Conducting Scene at the Heart of Maestro

The film’s conducting consultant, Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, told GQ how Cooper got ready to actually lead an orchestra.
Culture

Sean Bankhead Is Your Favorite Pop Star's Favorite Choreographer

Raised in Atlanta and schooled on vintage music videos, Bankhead creates the moves that make moments, from “Industry Baby” to “Bongos."
Culture

Jason Isbell Is Soundtracking the Modern South

Wright Thompson, one of the creators of the series TrueSouth, on why the music of the modern country star has become a kind of north star for the show.