By Aashi Venkat, Monta Vista High School
• September 20, 2022
“I ain’t perfect, but anything I did to any of you –-- y’all deserved it”
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion unleashes a glorious thunderstorm of pent-up emotions in her seventh studio album “Traumazine.”...
By Trisha Atluri, Coppell High School
• September 21, 2021
Lost in the music, her fingers pick the guitar strings independently of her mind, as naturally as if she was born with an instrument in her hand and a melody in her head.
Since graduating from Coppell...
By Aditya Shukla, Monta Vista High School
• September 15, 2021
“Donda” is the 10th studio album released by Grammy-winning rapper and producer Kanye West. After three listening parties where Kanye lifted himself up into the air, burned himself alive in a...
By Vinay Joshi, Pleasant Valley High School – IA
• September 14, 2021
After an utterly chaotic rollout, Kanye West’s highly anticipated Donda, an album dedicated to the tragic death of his mother, has finally been released.
Although recording sessions for Donda began...
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![Finishing her night out after attending a local concert, senior Grace Sauers smiles at the camera. She recently started a business, PrettySick, that takes photos as well as sells merch at local concert venues. Next year, she will attend Columbia Chicago College majoring in Graphic Design. “There's such a good communal scene because there [are] great venues in Austin,” Sauers said. “I'm gonna miss it in Austin, but I do know Chicago is good, it's not like I'm going to the middle of nowhere. I just have to find my footing again.” Photo Courtesy of Grace Sauers.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Grace.png)
