Jewel Wicker writes about music, film and TV, and culture for publications such as Billboard, Teen Vogue, Atlanta magazine and GQ. The Atlanta native recently served as co-host and writer for the Crooked Media and Tenderfoot TV podcast Gaining Ground: The New Georgia.
If the breezy, lo-fi sounds on Vince Staples’ new self-titled album draw you in, be warned: the Kenny Beats production might be perfect for a summer drive, but Staples’ reflective lyrics hint at a much darker reality. The follow-up to 2018’s FM! trades the EDM beats of Big Fish Theory (2017) and woozy, menacing basslines of Summertime ‘06 (2015) for…
For Women's History Month 2021, GRAMMY.com is celebrating some of the women artists nominated at the 2021 GRAMMY Awards show. Today, we honor Beyoncé, who's currently nominated for nine GRAMMYs. In a 2011 interview, Beyoncé revealed the things she wanted to accomplish before her 40th birthday. "I would love to direct—continue to learn videos and maybe by then [make] a film, a short…
It’s been nearly a decade since most fans got their first glimpse of Janelle Monáe in the back of a pink Cadillac in OutKast’s “Morris Brown” video. The appearance was a fitting nod to the singer’s start at the Atlanta University Center, which houses Spelman College, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta University, and Morris Brown College, the first Historic Black College…
