Cool is a loose ideology, set by those who stand at its forefront. But its core can be seen inside Foundation—a small, unassuming record store that specializes in vintage clothing, vinyl, and insightful conversation with two unpretentious brothers. Located in the College Park neighborhood in Orlando, Florida, Alex and Peter Cohen have curated a spot […]
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The internet has its fair share of rapper success stories. In the mid-00’s, Soulja Boy basically bombarded unsuspecting Limewire users with his infamous “Crank Dat” track by sharing files named after popular songs at the time (such as Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” or 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop”) that were secretly his. Toward […]
I’m of Puerto Rican and Thai descent and I speak neither language. My mother was born in Ayutthaya, Thailand, in a rural and poor part of Southeast Asia that’s difficult to describe to friends and co-workers without sounding completely disingenuous. My father was born in New York during times reminiscent of the 1957 street gang […]
It was 2015 when Toronto quartet Dilly Dally saw the release of their youth-spirited, ear-piercing debut album, Sore. The punk outfit made up of vocalist/guitarist Katie Monks, guitarist Liz Bell, bassist Jimmy Tony, and drummer Benjamin Reinhartz, harnessed a sound energized by apathy and fury, spearheaded by Monks’ signature wallowing howl, and laced together with […]
Living life as an artist in a capitalist nation is no easy task. A society that perpetuates the idea of hard work equating to more money is simply not effective for the modern artist who aims to pursue a career in their craft: A person starting out with zero finances, the will and vulnerability to […]
Zach Moldof is a creative extraordinaire, no doubt about it. “There’s lots of elements of my person that are crucial to my creativity,” he tells Leafly. “I think all of them have been influenced by cannabis.” Zach produces a carefully curated menu of enjoyable goods birthed from passion and a wild imagination. Zach Mobley dabbles […]
It’s tough to box Fat Tony into a single category. For over a decade, the Nigerian-American artist has been a major figure within the underground rap scene, but curiously, it’s not just his rapping ability that’s aided in his reputation—though Tony’s pen does hold mighty sharp. Tony’s song is a stray from typical weed anthems, […]
On Halloween of 2012, Chester Watson broke into Hip-Hop with his debut mixtape, Phantom. The breakthrough was cut from the same cloth as masked poet MF DOOM, inspired by contemporaries Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, the Creator—part of the wave of “Tumblr-core” internet rappers like Kitty and Snubnose Frankenstein who recognized that great music didn’t have […]
It was back in high school when I first heard it on “America’s Most Blunted.” A new rule that would inspire a post-D.A.R.E. lifestyle for my work ethic: “Creativity. It’s a known fact that grass increases creativity from eight to eleven times. In fact, everyone finds that they’re more creative stoned than straight.” Need a […]
