Marcus J. Moore

Marcus J. Moore is an esteemed music journalist, editor, event curator, professor, and author of "High and Rising, aka the De La Soul book," a blend of cultural biography, memoir, and critical analysis being published by Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. His previous book, "The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America," was released in October 2020 by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, to critical acclaim. Marcus has been a contributing writer with The Nation and a senior editor with Bandcamp Daily, a platform he helped launch. He co-leads the jazz-focused "5 Minutes That Will Make You Love..." series at The New York Times. Elsewhere, his music coverage can be found at NPR, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The Atlantic, among other outlets. In 2023, he had his own monthly column at TIDAL called "The Liner Notes," where he wrote about esoteric music and key figures from all eras and genres. In early 2024, Marcus conceptualized "A Night at The East," a special performance for New York City Winter JazzFest that featured younger stars like Shabaka and Julius Rodriguez playing alongside legends like Billy Hart and Gary Bartz. Two years prior, Marcus was an associate editor on the Smithsonian’s highly-publicized "Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap." He has worked with the Denver-based record club Vinyl Me, Please as its Hip-Hop Director, where he reissued classic rap albums, some of which had never been on vinyl before. He also co-executive produced "Miles Davis: The Electric Years," a fully-licensed anthology of the musician's most challenging work.