For L.A. rapper and singer Blxst, earning a spot on Coachella’s lineup is reassurance that he’s representing his city right. L.A. hip-hop artist Blxst performed on Coachella’s Outdoor Stage on Saturday, in an early evening set that overlapped with Sublime. “Just to see the magnitude of artists that have played on these stages and the fact that I’m able to …
In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. “This is my first time engaging in success and things of that nature, so I’m learning as I go,” says Blxst, who released a four-song project called “Just for Clarity 2” in March that’s dedicated to L.A. “I’m learning how to value time and balance …
Whether you heard them on TikTok, on the radio or on a fresh slab of old-fashioned vinyl, new songs helped make sense this year of a world that seemed to need more interpretation with every passing month. Cakes Da Killa, “W4TN” While we all wait for Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” tour and visuals, here’s another landmark work of queer Black club music …
shaped me to who I am,” says Blxst. The dream started to feel real once he scored a placement on Hitta J3’s “Do Yo Gudda” in 2013, a local hit that earned a remix with Kendrick Lamar, YG and Problem. “It lit a fire.” Blxst’s true identity as an artist came into focus in 2017, when he fell in love …
