Mannie Fresh

As the man behind the seminal hip hop blog Cocaine Blunts and its little brother Tumblinerb (as well as an entertaining and informative Twitter account), Andrew ‘Noz’ Nosnitsky still engages in the nearly unheard act of actually providing witty, substance-rich commentary and analysis. Coming up as a blogger for XXL, Noz’s self-titled “wide frame survey of hip hop” and scholarly research are backed with years of engagement, and have earned him prominent features in influential publications such as The Wire, Pitchfork, Billboard, The Fader, and for National Public Radio, as well as a regular column on Pitchfork.