Editors’ Note: CityBook’s fourth annual musicians portfolio hits next week! This is how the tradition began, at White Oak Music Hall, back in 2017.
Shot on location at White Oak Music Hall in the Heights
Text by Evan W. Black and Daniel Renfrow, with Chris Becker
Styling Support by Molly Jodeit
Makeup by Jennifer Aronson
Women’s Hair by Travis Player and Brandy Perez for Tease Color & Style Bar
Men’s Hair by Destiny Sebreth for Estilo Salon and Spa
Photography Assistance by Dylan Aguilar
Listen to the artists featured in the May issue:
H-Town rap artist and producer Timothy Russell, aka GUILLA, may have only released Children of the Sun — a sci-fi-inspired album that includes a collaborative track with HGO soprano Alicia Gianni — last spring, but the 28-year-old, quick-witted rap artist already has a followup dropping this month. His fourth full-length album, Crunchy Roll & Chill, features 14 tracks that are more biographical in nature — there’s a track about his love for girls who cosplay — than his previous, highly esoteric work. It’s also less heavy in tone. “I feel like we’re in a time of extreme darkness right now and everybody is kind of pissed off,” says Russell, who plans on touring Texas this summer, “so Crunchy Roll & Chill is full of upbeat music. I want to put smiles on people’s faces again.”
