He wears a vintage jacket by PATAGONIA, a vintage shirt, jeans by DREW HOUSE and shoes by FUGAZI. Kevin Abstract wears many hats. A rapper, producer and songwriter, he first made a name for himself as one of the founding members of Brockhampton. For the Corpus Christi native, having flexibility and space to explore creative pursuits, both new and old, is a top priority, but he’s also thinking through how everything he attaches himself to will become part of his cultural legacy. “I wonder what Brockhampton will be 10 years from now?” he says, speaking from Los Angeles. “What This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty Buy Now Related Stories Music Issue 51 Zach Condon A check-in with the Beirut musician. Music Issue 50 Caroline Polachek “The thing that eats at me a little bit is how subjective my music is.... You can’t get away from ‘Caroline Polachek.’” Music Issue 50 Power Tool Master piano tuner Ulrich Gerhartz on the tool he couldn’t work without. Music Issue 50 Odd Jobs Molly Lewis, professional whistler. Music Issue 50 I Will Always Love You “It would be hard pitching karaoke today, if it didn’t already exist.” Music Issue 50 Behind the Scenes Film composer Emile Mosseri on the art of setting music to film.
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