Khari Nixon

Aug 28, 2023 | flipboard.com | Khari Nixon

Jordan Ward is from St. Louis, Missouri – or Missoura, depending on where you’re from. But today, in the back of a Suburban prowling down a …

Aug 28, 2023 | spin.com | Khari Nixon

Jordan Ward is from St. Louis, Missouri – or Missoura, depending on where you’re from. But today, in the back of a Suburban prowling down a sun-drenched stretch of Kent Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he sounds nothing like it.

Jun 6, 2023 | spin.com | Khari Nixon

Cover StoryOn his new record 'Michael,' Killer Mike finds his inner selfKiller Mike, for all the menace his name suggests, is quite a gracious man. His smile is robust. It begins as what looks like a sly grin then widens almost infinitely until it nearly envelopes his face. It’s resilient. It doesn’t disappear suddenly like a forced red carpet grin. It regresses rather intentionally, as if it has to remind each of the muscles in Mike’s jaw of their original resting positions.

Feb 20, 2023 | aol.com | Khari Nixon

It’s easy to feel disconnected from reality amidst the serene ambiance of The Blue Note, the storied jazz club perched just off 6th Avenue in New York City’s West Village. It’s either ironic or paradoxical, depending on who you ask, that the jazz-forward venue makes its home in a neighborhood defined by its unwavering commitment to niche culture, from its ‘90s-era Happy Hour prices to the sex shops that greet commuters fresh off the subway.