Ashton Nyte fell in love. He essentially fell for everything—the bands, albums, songs, theatrics—that made him develop the Awakening in the mid-1990s, while still living in South Africa. “I fell in ...

The Awakening inspects the insecurities, self-obsession, near-madness, and the effects on human behavior under the influence of social media and absorption of other conniving forces on “Mirror ...

By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate After years of covering other artists’ music, a local musician is getting the chance ...

30 years ago today, one of the most criminally underrated albums of the mid 90s quietly reshaped the way heads listened to lyricism and production. On this date in 1996, Lord Finesse released his ...