Lil Uzi Vert performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Lil Uzi Vert was keenly aware of their space during their performance at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Wednesday. The Philadelphia rapper (who began using they/them pronouns last summer)…

RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2022 included these shots of Post Malone, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Jaleh, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Lil Uzi Vert, Marina Diamandis, Rico Nasty, Royal Blood, Chris Stapleton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cudi, Too $hort and Caroline Polachek. We asked our photographers to share…

Sza performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 5, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo and Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — SZA is an excellent musician and performer, and she showed how excellent as the Friday headliner, but first we have to talk about her stage production. Even by Outside Lands…

Pusha T, “It’s Almost Dry.” The powder is fresh on Pusha T‘s fourth studio album It’s Almost Dry as the rapper returns to regale listeners with riches made from nose candy sniffers. Nas isn’t the only rapper out there fancying himself as a Tony Montana type. Push comfortably speaks about his…

“All that glitters isn’t always gold,” so the saying goes. Expensive Pain, the fifth studio album from Meek Mill, rides largely on the idea that money can’t buy happiness. While the album still indulges in the luxurious lifestyle someone of Meek’s status can enjoy, the curtain is often drawn back…

It’s been some time since we last saw Isaiah Rashad; since his critically acclaimed 2016 album, The Sun’s Tirade. The Top Dawg affiliate has been vocal about his struggles with mental health in his art and in interviews, expressing how it has at times derailed his focus. But the wait is…

Much to the glee of Odd Future fans, Tyler, the Creator is back with Call Me If You Get Lost. Announced just a week earlier, the album follows 2019’s IGOR and maintains the experimental stylings of the rapper teetering back and forth between his more meditative and thoughtful sides while diving back into his earlier aggressive…

Gucci Mane has made a name for himself as a cornerstone of the trap movement that dominated the last decade of hip-hop. His prolific output of albums and mixtapes have earned him success and a large following, but sooner or later you’re bound to hit a snag. Ice Daddy…

G-Eazy performs at The Endless Summer Tour at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA on July 29, 2018. Photos: Cameron Tuech MOUNTAIN VIEW — Oakland native G-Eazy brought his Endless Summer Tour to Shoreline Amphitheatre Sunday night. It was the closest thing to a hometown show for the rapper, who emerged from…