@ehleight

Reporter, Wall Street Journal

Joined April 2013
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Since I was a teenager, I’ve been listening to DJ Screw, but I didn’t know anything about the man himself. So we reported it. This is the story of a reclusive genius who changed the sound of everything: open.spotify.com/episode/7i7…

S3 Part 1: Screw Up the World

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"Juvenile seems thrilled to have honored his former group in appliance form." rollingstone.com/music/music…

Juvenile’s 400 Degrees of Fine Furniture

Juvenile shares how he discovered a love for building lamps, tables, chairs, and cabinets during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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i gambled with lil baby. (spoiler alert: you can't win a dice game with lil baby) rollingstone.com/music/music…
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“[The doctors] were not happy. Everybody said, ‘You fucked up. You lost 10 years, bro....They said about a third of my brain’s dead at this juncture.” spent 2 days in toronto with noah “40” shebib: rollingstone.com/music/music…
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Ricky Martin describes him as a queer icon; I describe him as an agent of chaos. Bad Bunny is on the June cover of Rolling Stone. rollingstone.com/music/music…
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‘Hey, how you doin’? You doin’ nothing? How ’bout you do this record I asked you for two weeks ago?’ rollingstone.com/music/music… via @RollingStone

With Rappers Stuck at Home, the Hip-Hop Features Market Is Booming: ‘Everybody’s Offering Discounts’

Rappers are stuck at home, but still able to record — which means you're about to hear a lot more feature verses over the next few months.

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"Most producers are broke when they have hit records on the radio if it’s their first or second." rollingstone.com/music/music… via @RollingStone

You Produced a Hit! Now Good Luck Getting Paid

Young producers are often broke even as their songs rule the airwaves. A movement to reform the payment system is gaining momentum

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for my first ever cover story, i went to houston to profile megan thee stallion. it's probably the first rolling stone cover to discuss my hero academia, the art of twerking, puppy poop, and the health care supply chain. i regret nothing: rollingstone.com/music/music…
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Some 2019 favorites, in no particular order
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YouTube offers a “safe and sanctioned” way for labels to pay for views. Are labels abusing it? rol.st/2zP466D
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i'm a proud member of a private mason ramsey facebook fan group; it's the only decent place left on the internet – at Manhattan, NY
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"what's a squirrel doing in the mix?"
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🦆 'birding with charles' 🦆 featured guest: @valee synopsis: valee and charles search for the mandarin duck, discuss costco's bird situation and rank G.O.O.D. Music's bird watchers watch full episode here: youtu.be/5RNFixsmsTg
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"It’s this or just mute" rollingstone.com/music/music…

Vicente García Makes Complex Fusions Sound Effortless on ‘Candela’

Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter will perform five shows in America before releasing his third solo album, 'Candela,' on May 10.

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Top 3 Juice Wrld Song Titles: Who Shot Cupid? HeMotions The Bees Knees
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attention spans getting so short you might not make it through this story rollingstone.com/music/music…

Think You Have a Hit? Make Sure It’s the First Song on Your Album

In the age of Apple Music and Spotify, artists make sure to lead with the hits

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"she was Michael Jackson" rollingstone.com/music/music…

Some Albums Take Years. Ariana Grande Made ‘Thank U, Next’ in 2 Weeks

The making of

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Found the detention center 21 Savage is being held in and talked to experts about what it's like there. The general consensus: It's a brutal place that the UN has been lobbied to close rollingstone.com/music/music…

21 Savage Is Being Held in ‘One of the Worst Immigration Detention Centers in the U.S.’

The advocacy organization Project South has asked the U.N. to condemn Irwin County Detention Center for "extensive human rights violations"

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"You get out your metronome at a club..." rollingstone.com/music/music…

Pop Hits Were Really Slow (Again) in 2018

The average tempo of major pop hits in the last two years has stayed around 93 beats per minute, according to a new study by Soundfly.

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