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Send us Fan Mail On the mid-season finale of Let Me Get My Headphones, the team welcomes Mississippi-born rapper and songwriter, Devmaccc into the All Artist Studio. With an ongoing solo tour, three world-building EPs, and an opening performance with west coast rapper, Westside Boogie, Dev discusses the surrealism and internal rewards encountered during life as an artist. Intimately inspired by hi...

Send us Fan Mail Let Me Get My Headphones welcomes Chicago-born rapper and songwriter, Ausar, into the All Artist Studio. Debuting on Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow”, and with cosigns from hip-hop alumni like Lupe Fiasco and 9th Wonder, Ausar steps into the studio to discuss his quest to self-actualization as an artist. With a growing willingness to pivot, a rock solid team-turned-brotherhood alongside...

Send us Fan Mail Let Me Get My Headphones welcomes the founder of Speak Your Truth Records, KevSpeaksTruth into the All Artist Studio. As an artist, producer, and engineer based in South West Florida, Kev shares the origins of his mission and the natural intention to keep the essence of youth at its center. At only 26, and with over a decade in the industry, Kev discusses the earnestness in search...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Let Me Get My Headphones welcomes South African-born vocal artist, Luukhanyo, into the All Artist Studio. Thriving against the infancy of the Capetown music scene, he discusses the power in leaving room for mistakes and harnessing creative freedom to birth something that is always true to self.  With a constant focus on distilling his voice as an artist and expanding hi...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the All Artist Studio as we welcome Ìsa Blues, a rising R&B/Soul artist with a sultry voice and jazz influences. Welcome back to another exciting episode of our All Artist Series! In this episode, we have the pleasure of welcoming Ìsa Blues, an emerging R&B/Soul artist whose sultry and husky alto voice has captivated audiences. Hailing from New Rochelle, New Yor...

Send us Fan Mail In a recent Let Me Get My Headphones episode, the team celebrates the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Awards. The team highlights the best and brightest of black culture today, including 14 categories ranging from comedy and fashion to music and television. With brand new categories like the “Met Gala Award'', “Best Black Animation,” and “Best/Wildest in MelaNews,” and originals l...

Send us Fan Mail This week we re-release a special Pass The Aux with North Carolina-born singer/songwriter, Quez. Inspired by his own experiences, mixed with the classic R&B style of childhood favorites and the tenacity of his own team, Quez gives Let Me Get My Headphones a closer look at the music through his eyes. From songs that write themselves to battling writer’s block and staying encour...

Send us Fan Mail In a recent episode, Let Me Get My Headphones discusses the user patterns of streaming services Apple Music and Spotify and what they may have to say about a platform’s titan ability to reach the massive one billion stream mark. Artificial intelligence continues to make major headway with a scam involving the fraudulent sales of AI-generated Frank Ocean music on popular platform,...

Send us Fan Mail In this exciting episode of Let Me Get My Headphones, we had the pleasure of hosting the talented music producer and TikTok sensation, Uncle Kizzy, for his very first interview. Join us as we delve into the world of Uncle Kizzy, exploring his collegiate music background and his remarkable journey leading up to his current position in the industry. During the interview, we had the...

Send us Fan Mail Let Me Get My Headphones sits down with independent artist, Laura Dia, in this week’s episode of the All Artist Series. Hailing from Bristol, United Kingdom and steadfast in her desire for storytelling, the singer/songwriter and producer shares the evolution into her ethereal, yet powerfully multi-layered sound. From yielding inspiration across genres to relocating and building co...

Send us Fan Mail The latest episode of All Artist Studio welcomes the multi-talented Phace, hailing from West Orange, New Jersey. As a Haitian-American artist, Phace infuses his music with his cultural heritage, blending it seamlessly with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and pop. In this candid interview, we gain insight into his personal journey in the music industry and his unique creative process...

Send us Fan Mail In a recent episode, Let Me Get My Headphones continues to delve deeper into the fast-paced evolution of AI, focusing on China’s newly proposed restriction measures in efforts to suspend further developments on the technology. With the creation and explosion of two AI-generated tracks by the masked creator, ’Ghostwriter’, new threats posed to slippery copyrights laws and artist in...

Send us Fan Mail Let Me Get My Headphones sits down with independent artist, Yaya, in this week’s episode of the All Artist Series. With a cool, patient tone reminiscent of artists like Cleo Sol and Charlotte Day Wilson, the New Jersey-born singer/songwriter guides the team through her evergreen approach to artmaking.  As a new entry into the RnB sphere and an intent on allowing space for the musi...

Send us Fan Mail In a recent episode, the podcast delves into the fascinating topic of how artificial intelligence is being used in music production, highlighting Ed Sheeran's use of AI to write a song for his new album. The show also explores the impact of major record companies releasing a staggering 3,900 tracks every day. Other topics covered include Coachella's groundbreaking decisi...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Let Me Get My Headphones, we are excited to feature Moses the Marauder, an independent hip-hop artist from Brooklyn. In this episode, Moses shares his personal journey of balancing life outside of music and how it informs his storytelling and unique sound as a rapper.  As an artist with a multidisciplinary background, Moses talks about his natural progression into mus...

Send us Fan Mail In MelaNews, Javon talks about ticketing reform in the music industry and the $600M launch of Shamrock Capital’s entertainment and content acquisition fund. Jasmine rounds out award season in What The Flick with a recap of the 95th Oscar Awards’ most noteworthy moments and readies the team for what's to come on the television and film radar. Finally, in Pass The Aux, Jason ou...

Send us Fan Mail This week LMGMHP welcomes independent R&B recording artist, Saneit, into the All Artist Studio. Join the conversation as the Chicago native discusses her experience as a dual-sided creative in the music industry and explains the significance of both artistic release and collection periods as a songwriter in this week's All Artist Series.    https://saneit.live/about Haili...

Send us Fan Mail This week LMGMHP invites independent recording artist, Malik Elijah, into the All Artist Studio. With a sound influenced by hip-hop artists like Ab-Soul and Mick Jenkins, Elijah guides the team through his wordsmithing process and shares how an early relationship with music set the tone for sharpening his craft – culminating in his most recent EP, “Smoke Signal”. Join the conversa...

Send us Fan Mail In MelaNews, Javon breaks down AI’s newest role in the music industry, the truth behind tricky listener algorithms, and gets candid about artist development in a razor-sharp review of one of Instagram’s favorite comedians. In What The Flick, Jasmine readies the team for a return to award season with the most notable moments from the NAACP Image Awards and opens the floor to the ne...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we interview an upcoming and viral artist from Texas named Dende. Dende explains that his name is a reference to the Dragon Ball character and that he identifies with him as he is seen as an important, but overlooked character. He talks about how his upbringing in Houston has influenced his music career, in that it has made him more self-sufficient when it comes t...

Send us Fan Mail In MelaNews, Javon talks Fenty featuring The Super Bowl and entices the team with some unsurprising, but emboldening statistics regarding women of color in the music industry. In light of Marvel’s most recent  release, Jasmine solicits an admission of superhero fatigue in What the Flick and finds a split in the team’s first impressions of the newest season of Netflix’s YOU. Finall...

Send us Fan Mail This week the team welcomes Philadelphia-based educator and content producer, Marquise Richards into the All Artist Studio to discuss the essentiality of building a bridge between academia and the hood. With an acute focus on deconstructing and reimagining masculinity with care and intention, join the conversation as Marquise illustrates the importance of uplifting and protecting...

Send us Fan Mail The team kicks off Season 3 with a special guest, Wize Grazette — Chief Product Officer and Founder of The Indie Creative Network, to discuss the rewards and challenges of posturing your voice as an independent artist. Join the discussion and the debut of the brand new All Artist Studio for a conversation on the power of tech platforming for creatives of color in today’s media lan...

Send us Fan Mail Let Me Get My Headphones is no ordinary podcast group. We are an episodic interview-based podcast experience at the intersection of XXL magazine freshman class and late-night TV. Let Me Get My Headphones is a nexus where artist experience, bravery, and history intersect. Our global platform supplies independent artists of all types who seek to promote their talents with digital so...

Send us Fan Mail For the LMGMHP Season 2 Finale, the team welcomes TikTok creator, fashion visionary, and studying aerospace engineer, Julian Carter into the All Artist series to discuss how the mundane can influence creativity and functionality in fashion. Join the conversation as Julian shares his approach to content creation and uses his authenticity and engineering innovation as the touchpoint...