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This article originally appeared in 'Hypebeast Magazine Issue 33: The Systems Issue.'It’s mid-December in Puerto Rico, and Rauw Alejandro is backstage at the iconic Coliseo de Puerto Rico, the archipelago’s biggest indoor arena. Tonight marks the final installment of a sold-out, four-night concert series. Over the next four hours, he’ll perform more than 20 songs.But Alejandro’s asthma is acting up. He slides into the corner of the couch opposite me so he can speak softly but still be heard. “It’s not chronic,” the musician says. “It’s just the weather sometimes. Before yesterday, my chest was really tight.”Doctors helped. Now he’s fine, or at least claims to be. Asthma won’t stop resolute Rauw from giving his all onstage, especially in his native Puerto Rico. Tonight is for his fans, his ...

Hypebeast is conducting a series of conversations with producers to learn more about the oftentimes overlooked musicians behind the mixers. Devin Malik’s discography should have cemented him as a household name long before his debut album DEADSTOCK.In fact, it was only about a year before the LP’s summer 2024 drop that Malik transitioned from solely producing to tapping into his on-the-mic talents. His first studio single “LINK DUCKER” hit streaming services in August of 2023, a witty two-and-a-half-minute cut that Malik says was one of the first 25 songs he had ever written.Despite the name of his well-acclaimed first full-length studio effort, Malik’s beats are – and always have been – selling, with the 25-year-old racking up an A-list of Top Dawg Entertainment production credits. Malik ...