Maxo Kream is busy. He has a new album, a deal with the major label, a hit single with Megan Thee Stallion, and a press junket in NYC. And when Maxo hops on a call to share his thoughts on all the ...

For some artists, putting on for their city is about following a rubric, and pleasing as many people as possible. For Maxo Kream, it’s about being himself and letting that speak for what Houston ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. Maxo’s fifth full-length comes after a gentle 2024 hiatus, though he didn’t leave fans entirely ...

The Houston rapper Maxo Kream had every reason to be in a triumphant mood last month. Sitting on the roof of a yet-to-open Williamsburg restaurant, his own music was blaring from the house speakers as ...

Last year, Maxo took a trip that changed his outlook. It was an ayahuasca ritual, which his mother had recommended as a way of unpacking the intergenerational trauma that forms a backdrop to his music ...

The California rapper takes stock of his life on an introspective album that balances melancholy and bliss over lush, sampled loops and opulent live-band instrumentation. Even God Has a Sense of Humor ...

It’s the Los Angeles rapper’s loosest, dreamiest dispatch yet, an enveloping and atmospheric collection that constantly comes together and breaks apart. Maxo has described making MARS IS ELECTRIC as ...