For those of us lucky enough to write about music for a living, it's a real temptation to begin every review with in a time of pandemic, blah blah blah. It's trite, but it's real. Most of us haven't ...

Ka, the great Brownsville rapper and producer, died unexpectedly this week at the age of 52. Today, we revisit his storied discography through our reviews of his most notable albums. “The rapper Ka ...

Brownsville-bred rapper Ka in a still from his self-directed video for "No Downtime" When asked recently (backstage at The Roots Picnic) what he thought about the current state of hip-hop, Yasiin Bey ...

Like many of his peers in this milieu, Ka was once an also-ran in the hypercompetitive rap industry. He came of age in the Eighties crack era, as he told Red Bull Music Academy in 2016: “Put like this ...

The Brooklyn rapper moves carefully between knotty verses and blunt lines to make some of the most immersive and exhilarating songs of his career. Save this story Save this story Ka raps as if he’s ...