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Signal Boost
Launched by two Grant High School alums, The Numberz aims to unite a community spread thin by gentrification.
01/21/2020 By Conner Reed
Music
The local rapper shot the video for her summery new single in 30-degree weather.
01/09/2020 By Daniel Bromfield
She'll appear alongside fellow Portlander Maarquii at a show hosted by Portugal. The Man.
10/17/2019 By Conner Reed
Festival
River cleanup, fishing lessons, a water ceremony, storytelling, and music: Welcome to the inaugural Illamette Festival.
08/21/2019 By Tiara Darnell
Big D.O.L.L.A. has 10 tracks and brings back Lil Wayne.
08/07/2019 By Marty Patail
Fashion Show
“It’s an ode to what BET did in the early 2000s."
04/29/2019 By Eden Dawn
The city's annual celebration of soul, R&B, blues, and hip-hop returns April 16–21.
03/26/2019 By Fiona McCann
From hip-hop phenoms to sweet-voiced doom rockers, these are the musicians soundtracking our city in 2018.
08/14/2018 By Fiona McCann, Rebecca Jacobson, Sam Pape, and Benjamin Tepler
Q&A
... by advancing her art with a move to PDX. Win for us!
08/03/2018 By Fiona McCann
Profile
From the outside, it’s like he came out of nowhere. That’s intentional.
12/28/2017 By Casey Jarman
The Chicago rapper joins Hov at the Moda Center on December 14.
12/01/2017 By Andre Jemison
Weird and funny and thoughtful, Good for You is a freewheeling follow-up to the Portland rapper's 2016 viral hit "Caroline."
07/28/2017 By Marty Patail
With artists like Myke Bogan, Blossom, and the Last Artful, Dodgr, the local label makes a national stamp.
07/10/2017 By Fiona McCann
Hip-Hop
“They kickin' out the blacks and all the houses getting clones.”
06/26/2017 By Bryanna Briley
The Essentials
The album, festival, show, and book you need to know this month.
01/23/2017 By Fiona McCann
The Portland rapper denounced the president-elect during his guest appearance on The Tonight Show.
11/16/2016 By Fiona McCann
Culture Cheat Sheet: Music
Perhaps you’re under a blanket on a hillside, or hiding out the winter in your tiny house: either way, invite some company and hit play. You’re welcome.
11/14/2016 By Fiona McCann
Essay
A onetime local rapper reflects on the young talent and activism currently boosting the city’s scene.
11/14/2016 By Mac Smiff
The Portland Trail Blazer, a.k.a. Dame D.O.L.L.A., dropped his first full-length rap album on Thursday, October 20.
10/20/2016 By Fiona McCann
B-Sides
And tries to show the 14-year-old how live shows are a portal to a better world.
09/13/2016 By Casey Jarman
