Mac McCann

Mac McCann is a writer from Dallas. His work, covering a variety of topics, has been published in more than a dozen publications around the country, including The Dallas Morning News, The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The Charlotte Observer, The Austin American-Statesman, Complex, Reason, Austin Chronicle, Hawaii Tribune-Herald, OC Weekly, Phoenix New Times and more.
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4 years ago | Concerts
Back in 2003, Atmosphere didn’t have the cult following they have now. The Minneapolis hip-hop duo — rapper Sean “Slug” Daley and producer Anthony “Ant” Davis — weren't even sure if they could make a living out of hip-hop, so they were grateful fo...
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4 years ago | Concert Reviews
On Saturday night, Sofar Sounds hosted R&B singer M3CCA, poet T. Odis and rappers KoolQuise and So-So Topic for a secret show at The Grove, a coworking space in the West End. Sofar Sounds, which stands for Songs From a Room, began in 2009 with...
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4 years ago | DFW Music News
After years' worth of his original music was stolen from his backpack at the end of September, it would’ve been understandable for local rapper So-So Topic (or -Topic for short) to wallow in his own sorrow. After all, three weeks later he still ha...
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4 years ago | Concert Reviews
Chance the Rapper With Francis and the Lights The Bomb Factory, Dallas Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 It’s only fitting that Chance the Rapper performed on a Sunday — the Lord’s day — because Lil Chano from 79th took Dallas to church at The Bomb Factory. S...
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4 years ago | Feature Stories
Losing creative work in progress is an artist's nightmare. Late last month in Deep Ellum, someone stole the backpack of local rapper -Topic. Inside was a hard drive with multiple albums’ worth of original music. The chances of the local ...
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5 years ago | Feature Stories
Last year, according to our own Jeff Gage, "Dallas Hip-Hop Made The Important Local Music of 2015." Now that 2016 has kicked off, local artist -topic looks to continue that momentum — but he's planning on doing it with a rather more lighthearted a...