ENTERTAINMENT
While at TIME Magazine, Koroma worked closely with pop culture writers Nolan Feeney and Sam Lansky to build the publication’s entertainment video presence.
TONY BENNETT
Bennett shares the advice a cabbie once gave him about his live performances that he’s never forgotten, and explains why Lady Gaga is the perfect jazz singer.
KANYE WEST | TIME 100
Kanye West describes the nature of his influence in an exclusive video interview with TIME. Produced by TIME Sr., Francesca Trianni.
STROMAE
"Nobody knows how to make fathers. But everyone knows how to make babies." Watch Belgian superstar Stromae decode his biggest music videos.
VINCE STAPLES
“The 90s get a lot of credit. I don't really know why. The '90s were the best, right?”
The internet generation would be inclined to agree. Amidst the constant '90s nostalgia spurred by Buzzfeed listicles and weekly reimaginings of your favorite Disney characters, there are a some millennials that aren't as impressed by the decade. Enter Vince Staples, a Long Beach rapper and a leader of a new class of talented provocateurs; his understanding of nostalgia is a little more practical.
A$AP ROCKY
When A$AP Rocky sat with director Dexter Navy to flesh out the visual conceit for the rapper’s song “L$D,” he wanted it to be “trippy.”
“Whenever a fellow emcee, or a rapper, or somebody puts out a music video that’s dope, I’m either hating or inspired,” Rocky told TIME. “I really enjoy good visuals.”
K-POP’S NEXT ACT
Riding off the success of Korean pop, artists CL, Dean and Eric Nam have their eyes set on the U.S. music industry.
DIPLO
With two songs burning up the charts this summer, the "Lean On" hitmaker, Diplo, tells TIME about working with Madonna, Justin Bieber, Tinashe and 2NE1's CL.
NAS
“It’s not cool for the U.S. to look like Apartheid South Africa.” Queensbridge rapper, Nas, explains why he feels it's important to encourage black youth and ensure Americans - both black and white - know their history
BIG BOI & PHANTOGRAM
Jay Z and Kanye West. Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye. Drake and Future. Elton John and Leon Russell.Album collaborations can either be bang or bust. Take two artists with distinct styles, throw them into a studio, and hope that magic happens.
With Outkast’s Big Boi and Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter of Phantogram, creating that magic was organic and effortless. How does a collaboration work when the sounds are so fundamentally different?
USWNT | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Take a behind the scenes look at SI's cover shoot with every member of the 2015 Women's World Cup champion squad.
KEHINDE WILEY
When one of Empire‘s masterminds, creator and director Lee Daniels, asked New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley to be a part of the show, he added—according to Wiley—”[The show] will either be the hugest success or the biggest car wreck known to man.”
TIG NOTARO
Most comedians work their way up the fame ladder little by little: a spot on a late-night show, a role in a comedy film. But a single smash-hit set launched Tig Notaro to stardom overnight.
EDDIE HUANG
The author of the memoir-turned-TV-show (Fresh off the Boat) talks race in America
TIME CULTURE WRAP
Koroma teamed up with photographer and filmmaker Adam Perez to produce TIME’s culture wrap.