Marcus J. Moore

Marcus J. Moore

Marcus J. Moore

Mr. Moore is an award-winning music journalist, senior editor, curator and pop culture commentator. He is at work on the highly-anticipated cultural biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Kendrick Lamar, The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America, to be published by Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. In June 2017, Moore's "letter to Kanye West" was part of a package that won regional and national Edward R. Murrow awards.

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Writing

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The Return of Raphael Saadiq

Entertainment Weekly

August 22, 2019

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Bon Iver’s Great Escape

The Nation

August 22, 2019

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Don’t Call Madlib, He’ll Call You

Pitchfork

June 7, 2019

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Re-enter the Wu-Tang: The iconic rap crew on legacy and looking ahead

Entertainment Weekly

May 8, 2019

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Solange Searches for Epiphany

The Nation

March 14, 2019

Featured Article

On breaking through

Writer and editor Marcus J. Moore on his forthcoming book about Kendrick Lamar, the state of music journalism, and how being an editor and a curious human being has made him a better writer.

The Creative Independent

Music selected by Marcus J. Moore

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Peace of Time

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Where Future Unfolds

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble

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