Brenton Blanchet is a music journalist based in New York City. His work has also appeared on PEOPLE, Billboard, Complex, Pigeons & Planes and beyond.
There was once a time when Chance the Rapper's career dealt with questions: Where was his life headed? Was God even present in it? Was he becoming the man he was supposed to be? For Chance, his breakout mixtapes 10 Day (2012) and, mainly, Acid Rap (2013) are the summation of those thoughts; still, the answers to those big life…
No matter where life took Mac Miller, you could always find him with a smile on his face. And in March of 2011, just seven months after the release of his breakthrough mixtape, K.I.D.S, life took Miller just about everywhere. The then 19-year-old Pittsburgh emcee was seeing success at a rapid pace. It was a year of non-stop touring and…
Disclaimer: This article was reported and interviews were conducted before the NBA strikes of Aug. 26 and subsequent talks of a season cancellation. Andre Drummond, Aaron Gordon and Marvin Bagley III are their respective teams' franchise players—earning a collective average of 15.6 points per game this NBA season alone. Drummond is a two-time All-Star and has unashamedly shattered league rebounding records.…
