Editor-at-Large, @LevelMag | ✍️ @Vulture @Complex @Variety @Billboard @NYPost @XXL @VIBEMagazine @Okayplayer @Genius
Atlanta, GA
Joined October 2008
- Tweets14.2K
- Following1.8K
- Followers4.7K
- Likes13K
Preciate it bro. @JRK316 snapped as always 🙏🏾
I'm not sure @youngJFK's 2017-2019 @XXL run will ever be appreciated for being the masterclass it was. But here's a fire ass assignment he gave Julian Kimble for the 20th anniversary of the day OutKast, HOV and Tribe dropped the same day.
xxlmag.com/jay-z-outkast-a-t…
John Kennedy retweeted
“Song Cry” Started With a Different Beat
“‘Song Cry’ was a whole different song...Kept the soul of what you rap to, but then it’d just be a whole different thing.”
More: vibe.com/features/editorial/…
5 Things We Learned From Episodes 3 and 4 of HBO’s ‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Docuseries
vibe.com/features/editorial/…
One of my favorite pieces on one of my favorite artists 😤
Happy 24th anniversary to the CLASSIC "Lost Tapes" album by Nas. Here's a dope article on how the project came together. It was crafted with the care of an actual album instead of a compilation.
The Making of Nas' 'The Lost Tapes' Album, 20 Years Later share.google/ca8AUDOFQsdLMvg…
😤😤😤
some of the writers/editors involved: @timmhotep, @ivieani, @WEKetchum, @JusAire, @JLBarrow, @taylorcrumpton, @PaulCantor, @youngJFK, @DreamzRreal, myself
John Kennedy retweeted
For the 30th anniversary of JAY-Z'S debut album, Reasonable Doubt, I tapped in with the best writers I know to rank the 30 best JAY songs of all time. Shouts to @TheFakeAbeBeame, @youngJFK, @andrejgee, Ian Stonebrook, and @gardenerjams for this. Read it!
okayplayer.com/the-actual-30…
John Kennedy retweeted
Me and @youngJFK had some thoughts about that Nas and Preemo album. Here there are:
complex.com/music/a/john-ken…
This was fun. Thank you @Pellz_ @okayplayer 🙏🏾
@TempleUniv is doing a Kendrick Lamar class this coming fall. So I tapped in w. the homie @youngJFK to do a breakdown on 10 other rappers who low-key also deserve their own college course, including @theestallion, @PUSHA_T, @tylerthecreator, and more.
okayplayer.com/okayplayer-un…
Smoked this @TheFakeAbeBeame
Last month, I traveled to the cradle of our democracy to attend Philly homecoming (Roots Picnic) and profile the homecoming king (Meek Mill). We talked criminal justice reform, label bullshit, and D*ddy, for @Complex.
complex.com/music/a/abe-beam…
John Kennedy retweeted
For Juneteenth, I had the honor of assigning and editing my mentor @youngjfk a story about the ironic weight of celebrating the holiday as ICE raids continue. Rest if you can, celebrate because we must. But the struggle continues.
okayplayer.com/juneteenth-bl…
John Kennedy retweeted
“We’re about to see or witness a country we’ve never seen before,” Bernice King told Capital B Atlanta during a recent virtual call. “I think it’s going to be devastating to so many people.”
atlanta.capitalbnews.org/ber…
This #GivingTuesday, support work that ensures Black stories and issues are front and center. At @CapitalBNews, we’re committed to tackling the real, complex stories of Black America.
Help us keep going strong—your gift today will be doubled! 👉🏾🤎 capitalbnews.fundjournalism.…
John Kennedy retweeted
Exclusive: @CapitalB_ATL has confirmed @KamalaHarris will appear at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, located southeast of Atlanta, on Sunday in conjunction with a major “Souls to the Polls” early voting mobilization effort happening across Georgia the same day.
