Marcus J. Moore
Marcus J. Moore is an award-winning music journalist, editor, curator, pundit, and author of The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America. It's out via Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Mr. Moore is a contributing writer with The Nation and a contributing editor with Bandcamp Daily. His coverage of soul, jazz, hip-hop, and rock can be found at The New York Times, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, NPR, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, among many other outlets.
The Butterfly Effect
Written by veteran journalist and music critic Marcus J. Moore, this is the first biography of Kendrick Lamar. It's the definitive account of his coming-of-age as an artist, his resurrection of jazz, his profound impact on a racially fraught America, and his emergence as the bona fide King of Rap.
Writing
52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It.
The New York Times
September 16, 2020
Conway the Machine’s new album caps Griselda’s rise to prominence as one of rap’s essential crews
The Washington Post
September 11, 2020
Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation
The New York Times
August 17, 2020
High and Rising
A biography of the hip-hop trio De La Soul, charting their ascension, their boundary-pushing experimentation, and their lasting cultural influence.
Coming 2022 on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Music selected by Marcus J. Moore
Don’t Play It Straight
Small Bills (E L U C I D & The Lasso)
LIVE
Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood
