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Sowmya Krishnamurthy (born December 28, 1983) is an American music journalist, pop culture expert, and author. She has contributed to Time, Rolling Stone, XXL, Complex, Billboard, Playboy, NPR, and several other outlets. Sowmya is the critically-acclaimed author of Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster). Career Krishnamurthy began her writing career with her column 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 roundtable show with Charlamagne Tha God and Amanda Seales. Sowmya has appeared on television as a pop culture expert on MSNBC, BBC, and CNN. In 2021, she launched The Lookout by SoundCloud on SiriusXM that spotlighted emerging and breaking hip-hop artists. She has provided expert commentary on subjects like Beyonce, The Notorious B.I.G., and the music industry. Literary Work In 2023, Krishnamurthy authored Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion which featured endorsements from Dapper Dan, Slick Rick, and Raekwon. The book began as a story in XXL. This is the first anthology on hip-hop fashion. The book highlights hip-hop's "fraught" relationship with high fashion and draws from cultural commentaries, archival reporting, and oral histories to delve into the cultural impact of artists like Sean "Diddy" Combs, Lil' Kim, and Cardi B. Krishnamurthy has called Lil' Kim the most "underrated" contributor to fashion. She has called Cardi B, one of the "most exciting" figures in hip-hop fashion. She has said that the LGBT community has been "essential" to hip-hop fashion. Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion received positive reviews including a starred review from Kirkus Reviews that described the book as: "Exciting and exhaustive, this fun hip-hop history explains what your favorite rappers are wearing and why." Booklist noted that "readers are lucky that this brilliant, shining gem of a book exists.... Along with its many nuanced arguments and observations, the book is a stunning historical record of years, people, places, runway shows, brands, and evolutions that should be studied. An essential book about U.S. culture." The New York Times listed Fashion Killa as one of the most stylish books of 2023. 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. In October 2023, she and rapper Drake became involved in a public back and forth after she said she outgrew his album, For All the Dogs, on The Breakfast Club. ELLE has called Krishnamurthy one of the women authors "redefining" the hip-hop books canon. Her brother is percussion prodigy Rohan Krishnamurthy. Books Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion. Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster. 2023. ISBN 9781982176327. References. Discover the Sowmya Krishnamurthy popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Sowmya Krishnamurthy books.