Todd Davis, Author at Parle Mag

Interviews

[INTERVIEW] Blaq Tuxedo: Two Brothers, One Sound, No Permission Needed

Before the GRAMMY® recognition, the platinum certifications and the Billboard-topping records, there were two brothers from Sacramento who believed music was more than a dream worth chasing. It was what…

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[INTERVIEW] MARIAH DAWNE on Faith, Healing and Finding Purpose Through Music and Life

Some voices are gifts. Others become a calling. For MARIAH DAWNE, that journey began at five years old, rooted in the church, guided by faith and nurtured by a mother…

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[INTERVIEW] Jazmyne Fountain: Embracing Creative Freedom Through Music and Artistry

Some artists find their voice. Others spend a lifetime discovering just how many ways they can use it. Jazmyne Fountain is doing both. A gifted R&B vocalist, songwriter and multifaceted…

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[INTERVIEW] Helecia “SKG” Choyce: The Diary Don’t Lie — Death Row, Tupac & the Pursuit of Truth

Helecia “SKG” Choyce has lived several chapters of hip-hop history firsthand. From her days as an artist signed to Death Row Records to becoming an author, entrepreneur, and outspoken voice…

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[INTERVIEW] Judy Torres on Freestyle, Healing, ‘No Reason To Cry’ Memoir & More

Before freestyle had a name, a history or a crown to hand out, Judy Torres was a Bronx teenager with a voice, a dream and the kind of ambition that…

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[INTERVIEW] D. Woods on Reclaiming Her Identity and Artistic Freedom Beyond Danity Kane

Before Making the Band, there was Wanita Woodgett—a young artist from Springfield who found her way through Atlanta and New York, training in dance, theater and music and learning early…

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[INTERVIEW] CHAKA KHAN: More Than a Voice, Living Beyond the Legacy

Before the world knew her as Chaka Khan, there was Yvette Marie Stevens — a young woman with music running through her veins and no idea that her voice would…

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[INTERVIEW] Jenn Em on Musical Reinvention, Snoop Dogg and Her Death Row Journey

Some artists arrive with a sound. Others arrive with a story. Jenn Em has both. Long before Death Row Records, Los Angeles, West Coast hip-hop and the next chapter of…

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[INTERVIEW] Gifted Gab on The Master Pivot, 16 Years in Hip-Hop, and What Comes Next

Some artists arrive looking for a lane. Gifted Gab built her own street, painted the signs, and kept moving. Born Gabrielle Kadushin and raised in Seattle’s Central District, Gab came…

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[INTERVIEW] Boney James: Before The Sax, There Was Soul

There was a time when music wasn’t fed to you by an algorithm. You found it on the radio, hunted for it in record stores, waited for the DJ to…

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