Tara Mahadevan

Pro Era came to be in a cafe in Brooklyn in the spring of 2011. Capital Steez (stylized Capital STEEZ) had a show that night, and a few of the future Pro Era kids — Joey Bada$$, Dirty Sanchez and Powers Pleasant — showed up for him. By the end......

“Every Fucking Feeling Equals Something Special,” David Singer-Vine says, chuckling as he spells out the acronym for EFFESS, the new Atlantic imprint run by himself and producer Felix Snow. EFFESS is actually a play on Snow’s initials, but Singer-Vine had to figure out what the name meant for him. Snow......

“I’m not trying to be embraced by religious people,” says Chicago-bred, L.A.-based singer Sir the Baptist, his sincerity tangible even through the phone. “It’s not necessarily what the religious people want to hear from me, but it’s like, this is what the story is. How can we focus on better......