Doyin Oyeniyi

It was the third day of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest, in Austin, and Nigerian artist Pheelz had just cleared the Moody Theater stage. A crowd of about six hundred attendees chatted and danced to the music of Dallas DJ OGK as they waited for the next act. Under the stage’s blue lights, I spotted a few heads of colorful hair and a pointy ear or two in the crowd. Flyana Boss’s people are here, I thought. Since late February, hip-hop duo Flyana Boss has been on t…

Robie Flores couldn’t get out of Eagle Pass fast enough. Growing up in the border town as the only girl in between her older brother, Paco, and her younger twin brothers, Marcelo and Alejandro, she felt frustrated by the boredom and wanted to escape the confusion of a place that made her feel like she wasn’t American or Mexican enough. “I actually always told people when I went to college, [that] I’m from San Antonio, because it’s the closest notable city,” Robie recalls. When she graduated f…

What makes a mixed martial artist qualified to be a food critic? That’s the question many have lobbed at Keith Lee, a Las Vegas–based TikTok creator with 15.3 million followers who reviews takeout orders from restaurants around the country. After a controversial tour of Atlanta in October that ruffled the feathers of local restaurateurs and celebrities alike, Lee visited Houston after Thanksgiving, leaving the city with an anxious buzz. Training and credentials aside, Lee’s good reviews have…

I can’t believe I was worried I would fall asleep. It had been sixteen months since the Renaissance album dropped, 67 days since I’d seen Beyoncé Knowles-Carter perform it on tour, and twelve hours into a long day. All that time had passed, and the joy of Renaissance seemed to be wearing off for me, particularly as fans began questioning the release of Beyoncé’s new concert documentary in Israel. Rather than eagerly looking forward to experiencing the music in another format, I feared that I wou…

As we chatted amid the hum of the exhibit hall at the Austin Convention Center, a California woman who works for a popular vacation-rental company described last week’s AfroTech conference in a way that felt a bit outdated but was undeniably succinct. “It’s all the tokens in one room,” she joked. In the seven years since it launched in 2016, AfroTech has grown into the largest Black tech industry gathering in the United States. Attendees this year numbered about 25,000, and chances are that m…

The Dallas braider, whose loyal customers include Erykah Badu, examines her hard-fought legacy as the CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against Black hairstyles at work and school, goes into effect September 1.

Musician Tory Lanez was convicted of shooting the Houston rapper, but Megan is still dealing with the fallout from telling the truth.

The Hulu series, costarring Texan Sasha Lane, is a worthwhile adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.

During a solo visit to Sonora’s JL Bar Ranch, Resort & Spa, an introvert gamely steps out of their comfort zone.

Four sibling punk rockers, Houston’s greatest soul band, and three more acts you need to catch at SXSW 2022.