Articles by Ben Eastman

June 6, 2015 was the most important day of my life. It was the day I graduated high school. After four arduous years of high…

The Marvel franchise, while beloved, has become a bit bloated. Each new installment adds a new superhero, along with multiple secondary members, who are then…

“So I was taking a walk the other day …” In 2015, Kendrick Lamar released one of the greatest rap records of all time. “To…

On March 18, Alina Baraz brought her “Let’s Get Lost” tour to the Coda. The nightclub and concert venue began to fill up around 8…

Podcasts have developed as a major media force in the last few years. With the success of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” podcasts have been pushed…

Sampha Sisay, better known mononymously as Sampha, is one of R&B’s most prolific stars: an impressive title to hold considering he hadn’t released a proper…

Every once in a while, a song reaches a height of viral popularity and becomes a meme. The Metro Boomin-produced, Lil Uzi Vert-featured song “Bad…

Virginia rapper D.R.A.M. brought his “Big Baby D.R.A.M.” tour to the 450-capacity Foundry, with openers River Tiber and Ari Lennox Jan. 19. Due to some…

To get my mind off of the election results, I went to see James Vincent McMorrow and Dan Mangan play at Union Transfer on Nov.…

In January 2015, tragedy struck the New York hip-hop community. ASAP Yams, one of the founders and de-facto leader of hip-hop collective ASAP Mob, died…