Kelifa sane was born in the u. K, but moved to America when she was five years old. She became obsessed with hippop as a teenager and started writing about it. Her new book is called "Hippop: A Love Story" It tells the story of her journey through music's history from punk rock to hip-hop. The author also talks about why magazine journalism isn't an American tradition.
Kelefa Sanneh is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His book is Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres.
“I’m always thinking about how to not be that person at a party who corners you and tells you about their favorite thing and you’re trying to get away. It’s got to feel light and fun. And what that means in practice is writing about music for readers who don’t care about music, while at the same time writing something that the connoisseurs don’t roll their eyes too hard at.”
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