Pure DOPE Magazine hung out with Grammy Winning rap artist Lecrae in Atlanta at the video shoot for his hot new single “I’m Turnt” off the highly anticipated mixtape Church Clothes 2. ‘Crae kicked it with DOPE MAG editor ToneSwep in between takes to discuss good versus evil, having good intentions in an often evil industry,…
TINASHE - The DOPE MAG Interview
Tinashe is a firefly hummingbird, the thunderbolt contemporary music needed - a lightning rod for cuteness, coolness, and creativity without the meltdown controversy now commonplace amongst pop stars. Her music screams freedom, chants rebellion, stands sex symbol, and unapologetically argues a level of liberated self-expression unheard since the days of a dancing Madonna and purple…
B. SMYTH - The DOPE MAG Interview
Firmly cemented in the cracks of the soulful concrete on which he walks is singer B. Smyth, the heir apparent to a Motown set made famous by The Jackson 5, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, to name just a few. The iconic label played a seminal role in the racial…
COLETTE CARR - The DOPE MAG Interview
She made her unofficial introduction - to a crowd who would soon become her fanatical fan-base - with bold spontaneity: by free-styling on a UCLA stage at a Game concert. This was in ’09, when the free-spirited Cali girl was just breaking into the entertainment industry. Fast-forward to the present – Colette Carr’s debut album…
SEAN KINGSTON - The DOPE MAG Interview
He introduced us all, the world at large, to a fat-faced cuddly kid singing about the dangerously free-spirited fun in being suicidal over beautiful girls. This was in 2007 on his eponymously titled debut album, a project that successfully altered the landscape of music. Sean Kingston, discovered on MySpace by Beluga Heights head honchos Tommy…
KAT DAHLIA - The DOPE MAG Interview
She left her hometown of Miami on a whim, moved to New York. Then spit the verses to her breakout hit “Gangsta” in one take, moved into the limelight. But Kat Dahlia doesn’t live moment to moment – she co-exists with the world as if she and the globe are BFF roommates splitting rent. The…
DARREN HARPER - The DOPE MAG Interview
Skate Pro Darren “D. Streets” Harper is one of the illest on a deck, and easily one of the most controversial. DC’s number one kick-pusher rolled up some of that good homegrown convo in this DOPE Magazine exclusive. Clear the air. Read an Excerpt from the Full Length Feature (Tone Swep: TS) You were on…
CHANEL WEST COAST - The DOPE MAG Interview
Chanel West Coast is locked out of her hotel room. She has lost her room key. Her phone just died. The concierge dude at the front desk isn’t being very helpful and is two seconds from being cursed the eph out as a result of his nonchalance. Fortunately for concierge dude the blonde bombshell standing…