City in Motion

Yonny Is the Hottest Seattle Hip-Hop Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

At least not yet.

02/04/2025 By Eric Olson Photography by Chona Kasinger

Excerpt

Sir Mix-a-Lot Reflects on 1990s Seattle

"Fast-forward to 1993 and we’re all standing at the Grammys."

08/22/2024 By Eva Walker and Jake Uitti

Review

Emerald Street Examines Seattle's Gem of a Hip-Hop Scene

Daudi Abe's new history book details our local hip-hop culture's identity: intelligent, idiosyncratic, progressive.

11/11/2020 By Stefan Milne

Hear Here

Guayaba’s Fantasmagoría Is an Eerie and Eclectic Wonderland

The local rapper and singer’s new album packs manifold influences—bossa nova, Edith Piaf, Three 6 Mafia—into an “opera of the bizarre.”

11/21/2019 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do July 26–28

Othello throws a hip-hop heavy block party, the Shambles breaks down butchery basics, and Gay City showcases femme magic.

07/26/2019 By Sam Jones and Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do March 15–17

Story time for adults, a pop concert at the Moore, and a Muslim chaplain-turned-rapper.

03/15/2019 By Gwen Hughes

Local Talent

Kassa Overall and Stas THEE Boss Are Throwing a Hip-Hop Holiday Party

Overall, a Seattle-born jazz artist, returns for a collaborative genre-bending show at Barboza.

12/19/2018 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do July 6–8

Frida fans, high-summer photosynthesis, and dive bar survival.

07/06/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work June 25–28

A former security adviser talks about the state of the world, summer dreams get wonky, and a carnival performer braves a literary stunt.

06/25/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work June 4–7

A journey to the middle of the pacific, efforts against Islamaphobia, and a very good week for music.

06/04/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: November 1–7

The week in which: Cider flows through SoDo, Scout throws a hip-hop-inspired fete, and Lark hosts a dinner for author David Tanis.

11/01/2017 By Jaime Archer

Scene

All Eyes on Taylar Elizza Beth

How a local hip-hop artist’s emergence marks a larger groundswell of black femme music in Seattle.

10/27/2017 By Darren Davis

10 Years That Changed A City

2013: Macklemore, and Seattle Hip-Hop, Go Mainstream

There’s a palpable civic pride—and renewed engagement—in the very idea of local music because our guy made it big.

03/04/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Music

Macklemore Will Release a New Album with Ryan Lewis February 26

It's called 'This Unruly Mess I've Made.'

01/15/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Museums

'The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop' Offers Style Over Substance

MOHAI's new exhibit on local hip-hop culture provides a historic scene overview, but lacks depth.

10/07/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Faux Real

Great (Fake) Moments in Seattle Hip-Hop History

As MOHAI opens its Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop exhibit, we look at some less fact-checked moments that defined the scene.

08/31/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Citizen University Will Fire Up Your Inner Revolutionary!

Today's picks for civic nerds

03/20/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Slideshow

Seattle Artist Collaborates with Converse for Nordstrom

04/04/2014

What to Buy Now

Seattle Artist Collaborates with Converse for Nordstrom

What do iconic Chuck Taylor high-tops have in common with some of the world's great art works? They both started as white canvas.

04/04/2014

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Massive Monkees' Joe "Jorawk" Stolte

We talk hip-hop, Beyonce, and the Sonics with a member of Seattle's world-champion breakdancing crew.

04/09/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld