Silverchair was where I jumped off. I just couldn’t do it anymore. When that band showed up, the entire idea of alternative rock, and of grunge in particular, just started to seem irredeemably corny.

It has been less than a year since this website published an article headlined “Meet Australian TikTok Emo-Rapper The Kid Laroi, The Sad-Rap Silverchair.” The idea was that this teenager from Waterloo ...

When the Kid LAROI released his debut mixtape in July 2020, it made a noticeable splash in the music world. In particular, Spotify took notice of the Sydney-raised artist and recruited him to the ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Laroi became intrigued with hip-hop by hearing a story similar to his own told by someone else ...