Big K.R.I.T.
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5 Years After “Control,” Ranking the Relevancy of All 11 Rappers Kendrick Called Out
From Drake to Jay Electronica, we tracked the course of 11 careers since that game-changing verse five years ago.
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Drake’s “Blue Tint” Beat Was Originally Made for Big K.R.I.T.
Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ standout was originally ticketed for the Mississippi emcee.
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Drinking Sessions: My Journey Though Big K.R.I.T.’s Alcoholic Hall of Mirrors
“I’m two cups in and three shots away… It’s hard to protect your feelin’s when you so exposed”
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Price of Fame: The Invisible Weight of Artistic Success
Capitalism reinforces the illusion that money is the answer to all problems. As many of our favorite artists have learned, it’s not.
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Big K.R.I.T. Says He Almost Went Broke During the Making of 2014’s ‘Cadillactica’
“I was investing all my money into it without the label knowing.”
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10 NPR Tiny Desk Concerts We’d Love to See
2018 is only a month old, but we’re already thinking about who we want to see in that corner office next.
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Big K.R.I.T. Penned Five Records on ‘4eva Is a Mighty Long Time’ While Sober
“In my mind, I thought I couldn’t write like that unless I was in that zone.”
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How Reading Comments on Social Media Changed Big K.R.I.T.’s Psyche
“There can be a thousand great comments, and I’m going to focus on the negative one.”
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10 Best 3-Song Album Sequences of 2017, Ranked
Seamlessly transitioning from song to song while keeping the quality and cohesion at the highest level is an art form.
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WLPWR’s Instrumental Role in Big K.R.I.T.’s ‘4eva Is A Mighty Long Time’
“The whole time, we were trying to meet this moment where he felt good about what he accomplished.”
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Big K.R.I.T. on Alcoholism & Depression: “I Don’t Mind Telling People What I’ve Been Through”
“You have to realize that if you don’t want to run yourself into a space that you can’t get out of.”