Looks like rapper Charles Hamilton is jumping from internet domination and entering the world of print. In a follow up to the Kanye Cover, new artist Charles Hamilton will be donning the next cover of The Fader magazine. This time Charles dons the cover solo, without any of his fellow classmates. It’s interesting how these things work out since when Charles first, first got signed many were calling him the Kanye of the east coast.
The article, which comes out next week, inspired the inner journalist in him. He confessed on his blog that he’d love to write for the mag, or any other of music’s prominent publications.
From his blog:
“I would like to write for a magazine. Seriously. Like, the ideal magazine to write for is Fader. They wild cool. I love their working environment. And they don’t just focus on hip-hop. They focus on great alternative bands as well. It would be dope to write for XXL and The Source, but I think it would tarnish my relationship with the publication. If my album warrants 5 mics, I don’t want it to be because I’m Employee of the Month, eg Benzino.
With the way the internet works, anyone can start a publication worth writing for. But me writing for like Fader or Spin would be awesome. I want the acclaim and recognition of a RS (Rolling Stone) cover, but writing for them would be cool too. And again, you can’t write for the same people who write about you.
The beauty of double-standards.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if he did start writing for a magazine. Dude has a lot to say and a strong opinion on just about everything.
Words: Rhonesha Byng
