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Author Amos Barshad

Amos Barshad

Amos Barshad has written for Spin, SLAM, the Weekly Dig, Real Detroit Weekly, and the Arkansas Times. He's an assistant editor at New York Magazine's entertainment blog, Vulture, which means he's typed the words "Lil Wayne" more times than Lil Wayne's personal stenographer.

Drake: The Heeb Interview

Amos Barshad

June 18, 2010

Culture

"I went to a Jewish school, where nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish." He recalls being called a schvartze, repeatedly. "But the same kids that made fun of me are super proud [of me] now."

Khaled: The Heeb Interview

Amos Barshad

April 15, 2008

Archives, Music

This piece was originally published in April, 2008. For the most part DJ Khaled doesn't actually make the music on his solo albums; the Miami radio personality farms the brunt of that work out to superst...