Sowmya Krishnamurthy

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Sowmya Krishnamurthy is an American music journalist and author.^[1] She has contributed to Time, Rolling Stone, XXL, Complex, Billboard, Playboy and NPR.^[2] Sowmya is the author of Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster).^[3][4]

Career[edit]

Krishnamurthy began her writing career at The Michigan Daily.^[5] She interned at CNN and Bad Boy Records and was in William Morris Endeavor's agent training program.^[6] In 2012, she starred on MTV's Hip-Hop POV with Charlamagne Tha God and Amanda Seales. Sowmya has appeared on MSNBC, BBC, and CNN.^[7][8] In 2021, she launched The Lookout by SoundCloud on SiriusXM.^[9]

She has provided expert commentary on The Breakfast Club and Ebro in the Morning.^[10][11] She is one of Complex's "25 Music Insiders to Follow on Twitter" with other journalists Elliott Wilson and Charlamagne Tha God.^[12]

Literary Work[edit]

In 2023, Krishnamurthy authored Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion. The book began as a story in XXL.^[13] This is the first anthology on hip-hop fashion.^[14][15] Kirkus Reviews and Booklist named the book as one of the "best books of 2023".^[16][17]

In January 2024, she announced that her next book is about Jay-Z and hip-hop label Roc-A-Fella Records: Roc-A-Fella Records: An American Rap Dynasty.^[18]

Personal life[edit]

Krishnamurthy grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and graduated from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.^[19][20] She is the first hip-hop journalist of Indian American descent and lives in New York City.^[21][22]

ELLE has called Krishnamurthy one of the women authors "redefining" the hip-hop books canon.^[23]

Books[edit]

Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion. Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster. 2023. ISBN 9781982176327.

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