Writing
I began my career as a freelance journalist writing about emerging music for blogs and alt weekly magazines across the country. During my time as a journalist I interviewed and profiled Mac Miller, Run The Jewels, Mick Jenkins, Ratking, Questlove, Badbadnotgood, Aesop Rock, Aminé, Young Fathers, and many more.
Willamette Week contributing writer, 2014–2016
Thank You For Being a Droog: He wanted anonymity, but Your Old Droog was too good to stay secret
Live Review: PRhyme at Hawthorne Theater, 3/8
Young Fathers: Genres Are For Suckers
Heems: In his old group, irony ruled. Now he’s finally getting real.
Mick Jenkins: Water, Water, Everywhere…
Vinnie Dewayne, St. Johns Scholar Album Review
Aesop Rock’s Westward Expansion
How a Former Blazer and Visionary Producer Created Portland’s Best Rap Label
Aminé Is a First-Generation Ethiopian-American Rapper Bringing Portland Hip-Hop to the Global Stage
Portland Mercury contributing writer, 2014–2015
The Kids’ Jazz: BadBadNotGood Drop Out
Unforeseen Fire: Killer Mike and El-P reach their zenith with Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels: Extended Q&A with El-P and Killer Mike
This Is Not a Drill: Ratking Push Their Boundaries
The Oregonian contributing writer, 2014–2015
Growing Pains: Portland rapper Tope battles to break out of the small market that raised him
Rappers Young Thug and Travis Scott show swagger beyond their years in packed Portland gig
Portland Monthly Magazine arts & culture intern, Fall 2014
THEESatisfaction Kick Off PICA’s T.B.A. Festival with Synchronized Dance Moves
Lil’ Wayne “Wins” Battle With Drake, Lays His Claim To Portland
Playwright Rickerby Hinds on Making Poetry from Police Brutality
Project Pabst Pours Over Zidell Yards
Taxidermy Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
I Listened To Seven Sleater-Kinney Albums In Seven Hours
The World’s Best Beards and Mustaches Compete In Portland (and Defy the Laws of Gravity)
What Do David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and the Talking Heads Have in Common? This Man.
BalletBoyz, More than Just the Hot Boy Band of Dance
A Metaphysical Trip through the Mind of Flying Lotus
The Alluring Electronics of Magic Fades
A Collage of Young Movers Wants to Bring Dance to a Millennial Audience
First We Feast, Complex Media intern, 2013-2014
The Best Accessories For Drinking In Public
Food As Weapon: The Funniest Food Attacks Of All Time, In GIFS
Hilarious Videos Of People Eating Insanely Spicy Peppers
The Most Outlandish Burgers Of 2013
Gothamist intern, Summer 2014
I Stood On Line For Five Hours For Hillary Clinton To Sign “Hillary” On Her Book
Photos: Sausage Tanker Services Hungry BBQ Fans In Union Square
Protesters: “Broken Windows” Brutality Caused Death Of SI Man
Bushwick KFC Offering “Free LSD”
Should NYC Pay $32 Million To Put Body Cameras On Cops?
City Council Will Try To Reform Solitary Confinement At Rikers Island
Miscellaneous freelance writer, Summer 2014
Things We Learned From Questlove’s “Mo’ Meta Blues” Memoir via Pigeons and Planes
It’s A Jazz Thing: Nico Segal Become Donnie Trumpet via Passion Of The Weiss
Notes From The Road: BadBadNotGood via PopMatters