| Grief Pedigree: Borrowed Time | November 13, 2024 |
Pranav Trewn takes his turn paying respect to the late great Ka, whose writing on "Borrowed Time" serves as a hard-fought inner monologue.
| Grief Pedigree: The Hem of His Garment | November 8, 2024 |
In Sam Ribakoff's tribute to Ka, he details how the Brownsville artist was much more than a rapper – a poet, short story writer, and philosopher all in one.
| Grief Pedigree: Ka Was Always Conflicted | October 29, 2024 |
Will Hagle takes his turn paying tribute to the late great rapper from Brownsville by highlighting how he was a calm, centering presence in the rap game.
| Grief Pedigree: Ka Showed Rappers How to Be Ageless | October 29, 2024 |
Next up to pay tribute to Ka is Thomas Hobbs, who dissects the song “Every Now And Then” and the Brownsville poet’s profound ability to share life lessons that cut across generations.
| Grief Pedigree: Ka in the Good Hands of the Creator | October 25, 2024 |
Douglas Martin shares a personal essay of his morning upon hearing of the Brownsville wordsmith’s passing.
| Grief Pedigree: The Warrior from Brownsville | October 22, 2024 |
Santiago Cembrano takes his turn paying tribute to Ka – the warrior who fought with honor against the destiny he was given.
| Grief Pedigree: Reflecting On Rainy Days Through Ka | October 18, 2024 |
Julian Brimmers pays tribute to Ka and his deep discography after initially interviewing him for POW in 2015.
| Illicit Fields: Ka’s “Honor Killed the Samurai” | August 22, 2016 |
Max Bell reviews the new album from the Brownsville auteur.
| The Top 50 Albums of 2012 | December 24, 2012 |
On a Previous Episode of the Passion of the Weiss: The Top 50 Albums of: 2011; 2010; 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 50. House Shoes – Let it Go [Tres] No best album list is complete without something from Detroit. Nowhere else is as no frills and unvarnished. It operates as a palate cleanser to remind […]
| The Iron Age Starring Ka & Roc Marciano | October 15, 2012 |
Ka and Roc Marc rap in black and white. You are fam or foe. Weight is moving or it’s not. Struggle. Street politics. The pen keeps scribbling. Together, they are De Niro and Liotta in Goodfellas—before the fall, of course. They are camo shorts and crisp black and white tees. It’s the anti ‘bubble-gum backpack […]
