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American author and music journalist (born 1983)
Sowmya Krishnamurthy
OccupationMusic journalist and author
NationalityAmerican
SubjectHip-Hop
Website
www.sowmya-krishnamurthy.com

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

Career

Krishnamurthy began her writing career at The Michigan Daily. She interned at CNN and Bad Boy Records and was in William Morris Endeavor's agent training program. 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. In 2021, she launched The Lookout by SoundCloud on SiriusXM.

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

Literary Work

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

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.

Personal life

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

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

Books

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

References

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  17. Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2023, by | Booklist Online.
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  23. "Women Authors Are Redefining the Hip-Hop Books Canon". ELLE. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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