For over a decade, Cakes da Killa has pioneered New York’s queer rap spaces, pairing hip-house beats that grind and grate with bars bursting with verve. One of the driving forces behind his music is ...

Earlier this year, rapper Cakes Da Killa put out his full length debut, The Eulogy, which you can stream below and download for free at the Mishka bandcamp. He hails from the same NYC queer rap scene ...

Svengali is the latest chapter in Cakes Da Killa’s magnificently slick and joyous blend of hip hop and house. From his early mixtapes and 2016 debut album Hedonism to the present day, the New Jersey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cakes was also too busy, focusing on his own career this year — after almost a decade of underground success, the NYC rap vet used ...

NYC queer rapper Cakes Da Killa, who released his full length debut, The Eulogy, earlier this year, is currently overseas touring Europe, and he’s just announced a hometown gig for when he returns. He ...

Inviting us on a journey into his inner worlds, Cakes Da Killa speaks to Tice Cin about finding a home within your village, the value of artistic taste and morals, and the allure of rabbit holes Cakes ...

In a musical genre once plagued by homophobic lyrics and misogynistic dance tunes, unapologetically gay hip-hop artist Cakes Da Killa dares to challenge the status quo. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

Cakes Da Killa has always had to do a lot of things at once. As an MC from New Jersey, he's tried to honor local sounds and history, while adding in strong dashes of his queerness and dance ...

While it seems like we're in a world-is-over-let's-party revival (see: Bey's Renaissance), there's been a hip-hop and house crossover building for decades that deserves recognition. And what better to ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song written by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith. The sticky pleasure of bars and clubs requires a certain degree of psychic stamina, but a truly great ...

26-year-old rapper Cakes da Killa is one to watch in 2017. With the arrival of Hedonism, his full-length debut, the New Jersey native offers a pulse-thumping ride through adulthood angst, sexual ...

For well over a decade, the New Jersey rapper Cakes Da Killa has been making a sharp, expressive, outwardly queer form of club-rap. In the past few years, he's been on a serious run, tapping into a ...