Isaac Muk

3 days ago | huckmag.com | Isaac Muk

A new book, Words For My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur, dives into the legendary rapper’s social injustice fighting politics and activism. Penned by writer, journalist and critic Dean Van Nguyen and published by White Rabbit, the book explores Shakur’s upbringing, and the influence of his mother Afeni, who was a high-ranking member of the Black Panther Party in New York.

4 days ago | huckmag.com | Isaac Muk

Journalist and historian David Kennerley arrived in New York in the late 1980s, finding an apartment in Chelsea just as the West Village queer scene started travelling north. In his late 20s at the time, Kennerley was struggling with his identity. “I wasn’t out. I was confused,” he says. “My roommate, who was gay would try to get me to go to the Roxy, a gay club. I was scared.

5 days ago | huckmag.com | Isaac Muk

In the music video for Nina Utashiro’s ‘NOCTURNE’, the Japanese-German rapper and singer wakes up on a sofa and lights a cigarette. With makeup on her face from the night before and surrounded by clutter and cans, it’s a relatable scene to those who regularly enjoy a big night out, until she reaches into the fridge and picks up a bag of sachet of ‘human blood no. 13’, before pouring it into a glass and drinking it.

1 week ago | huckmag.com | Isaac Muk

A vigil taking place yesterday outside the UK’s Houses of Parliament, where the names of the 15,613 children known to have been killed in Gaza were read aloud, finished after lasting over 18 hours. It began at 9am on Thursday, May 29, and lasted until 2:30am on Friday, May 30, with the likes of Chris O’Dowd, Steve Coogan, Dawn O’Porter, Nadia Sawalha, Misan Harriman and Ncuti Gatwa taking part in reading them non-stop.

1 week ago | huckmag.com | Isaac Muk

Huck is collaborating with East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) alternative culture crew and music crew Eastern Margins for a special party at Village Underground on Monday, June 2. Taking place between 6pm and 11pm, it will be an opening party for the week-long SXSW London festival and conference, which is making its London debut this year.