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Amanda Mester

New Orleans
As seen in: Medium, AXS, Genius, DJBooth, OffBeat Magazine, Ambrosia For Heads
Covers:  Hip-Hop, New Orleans culture, New Orleans music
Doesn't Cover: Business, politics, technology, science, television, film
Holla to the scholarly street skats who follow me Creative things doer. Word-based. Recovering music journalist. Rogue publicist. Former media criticism prof 🤓

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I'm a New York-born, Los Angeles-raised journalist based in New Orleans. I write a lot about Hip-Hop. I'm a contributing editor at Ambrosia For Heads. Most of my work these days is for OffBeat Magazine in NOLA, so a lot of what I write covers New Orleans culture.

Amanda Mester’s Journalist Portfolio

Xzibit Explains Why Pimp My Ride Was Profitable For Everyone But Him

Xzibit Explains Why Pimp My Ride Was Profitable For Everyone But Him

From 2004 to 2007, Pimp My Ride brought custom car culture makeovers into living rooms around the world. It w…

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Rising In The West: An Oral History Of Freestyle Fellowship's Rightful Place In The Sun | UGHH

Rising In The West: An Oral History Of Freestyle Fellowship's Rightful Place In The Sun | UGHH

At the intersection of Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards in a section of Los Angeles bordering Leimert Park,…

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The Gospel according to PJ Morton

The Gospel according to PJ Morton

Nearly three years ago, New Orleans native son PJ Morton returned home after leaving the city to pursue life …

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How Phife Dawg Brought Me Back to Life After an Abortion & a Broken Heart

How Phife Dawg Brought Me Back to Life After an Abortion & a Broken Heart

In the summer of 2010, I moved to New York, the city of my birth. After moving away as a baby, I spent most o…

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Baton Rouge's Rap Underground Seeks To Put Their City On The Map

Baton Rouge's Rap Underground Seeks To Put Their City On The Map

At just 17-years-old, Baton Rouge rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again (aka NBA YoungBoy) landed his first chart…

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Bonita

Bonita

It's been nearly 18 years to the date since 8 Mile hit theaters, a film which solidified Eminem's place in th…

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glbl wrmng Is Closing Gaps in the New Orleans Music Economy

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By Amanda Mester
| DJBooth
This article previously appeared on Audiomack World. Music is quite literally built into the city infrastructure of New Orleans. Our airport is named after a musician—Louis Armstrong. There’s a Music Street, a Tuba Fats Square, and the Musicians’ Village. Yet when it comes to a music-business infrastructure, there is a dearth of resources. Enter: New Orleans rapper Pell and his newly formed glbl wrmng collective, whose eponymous compilation album is out today, February 19.
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Promo company Da Block 365 accused of using social media accounts of DMX, Game, Fat Joe & more to defraud victims.

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By Amanda Mester
| Medium
Author’s note: This story is an update to a piece published on October 1, 2020 titled “Hundreds of independent hip-hop artists are accusing a promo company of fraud.” It’s STRONGLY recommended that anybody reading the piece below go back and read the first piece before moving on. Before we get into the details, a disclaimer. I am not a lawyer. I am not a legal expert.
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Redman, The Game, Fat Joe & more accused of working with fraudulent promo company called DaBlock365

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By Amanda Mester
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Author’s note: Read part 2 of this investigation here. I encourage readers to do independent research and utilize the links provided herein to read and hear testimonies from indie artists who feel defrauded by this company’s alleged scheme. On September 13, Aaron “ThatKidCry” Nash — a rapper and promoter from Oregon — received a direct message from the Instagram account of superstar rapper Redman.
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