His influence on what we listen to, and how we listen to it, is almost unparalleled; his passion, and the demons that drive it, go far beyond any algorithm
For the next two hours, the 44-year-old — who regularly lands some of the biggest interviews in music, from Kanye West to Ed Sheeran to Morrissey, and in the decentralised age of streaming now stands as one of the few remaining name-brand radio DJs — talks at motormouth speed. He snatches off his headphones as soon as a song has started playing and launches into conversation with any of several onlookers. As is almost always the case with Lowe, today’s talk centres on music. A lifelong hip-hop fan, he starts assessing the current crop of top-tier talent. Drake is “just so smart!” 2 Chainz is “better than almost everybody.” Donald Glover? “Love him!”
This story is from the June 2018 edition of Playboy Australia.
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