Illustration by Jamie Coe K’ron’s “Round of Applause” had racked up some 10 million plays on SoundCloud when Atlantic Records signed him in 2017, but there was one important concern: The young R&B singer had never been on tour. So Atlantic sent him to play a college-campus circuit, packaging him with other green signees: singer Ayanis and rappers Bri Steves and RecoHavoc. They piled into a bus together, and Atlantic promoted the shows itself. The newbies rehearsed for a month

British cartoonist Gerald Scarfe poses ahead of the exhibition 'Tear down the Wall' in Halle, eastern Germany on September 20, 2009. Scarfe gained fame as the art director of the music album 'Te Wall' by British band Pink Floyd. The exhibition takes place from September 22 to November 15, 2009. AFP PHOTO DDP /JENS SCHLUETER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images)GETTY The SF Art Exchange, created by and run by Jim Hartley and Theron Kabrich, is

Robert Boulle wears headphones and holds a notebook with handwritten lyrics while standing behind a microphone at Fat Sound Records in downtown Toledo. The Toledo hip-hop artist, also known as Sixx Digit, is recording a new song inside the studio. Behind the glass in a separate room sits Kevin Elliott, audio engineer and owner of Fat Sound Records. He’s handling the controls using software from his desktop computer. He stops Sixx Digit midtake because he’s not satisfied with