INTRODUCING THE DECEMBER COVER STARS

INTRODUCING THE DECEMBER COVER STARS
Rolling Stone's December 2023 cover featuring DJ Khaled. The hitmaker talks about his new album, who else he'd like to collaborate with, and more. 

@djkhaled has made more hits than you can count and has done it all just by being himself. Now the hitmaker graces Rolling Stone's December 2023 cover 🔑 We linked up with Khaled in his home and on the golf course this summer to talk about the star's absurd positivity, new album, who else he'd like to collaborate with, going to Mecca, feeling inspired by new genres, and more. Hit the link in bio to read to interview and see all the photos.

Photographer @dvnchrstphr
Writer @jeffihaza
A force to be reckoned with in the worlds of music, film and fashion, the multi-talented artist Janelle Monáe has embarked on a new era of self-discovery.

#JanelleMonáe stars on one of @bazaaruk’s five special-edition covers to celebrate the 2023 Awards issue.

@janellemonae wears @richardquinn
EIC @lydiasmag
Photography @sheekswinsalways
Stylist @mirandaalmond

“There’s a freeness that you have around you when you’re at your best, when you’re doing your thing at your peak.” So says Nicki Minaj, who has been hard at work writing, recording, mixing, and re-mixing her fifth studio album, “Pink Friday 2,” out next month. For the best-selling female rapper of all time, now 13 years into her career, the new record represents a return to form. “When I look back at a lot of my music, I’m like, Oh, my God, where was the me in it?” Minaj says. “So for this album, I went back to the old game plan.”

For Vogue’s December Issue, @nickiminaj opens up about her highly anticipated new project; giving birth to her son amid the isolative unease of the pandemic; and feeling at peace with her body—something that encourages in other women, too.

 Photographed by @normanjeanroy, Written by @robertjhaskell, Styled by @maxortegag, Vogue

“I grew up watching fighters,” Fantasia says, describing the women in her life, specifically her mother and her late grandmother. “I watched them fall and I watched them get back up. They never quit. A lot of that is embedded in me. It’s in my blood. It’s in my DNA.”⁠

In her Power of Women cover story, the “American Idol” Season 3 winner opens up about turning down Oprah, surviving an overdose and returning to the role of Celie in upcoming film “The Color Purple.”⁠

(📸 @vsteves)
In this issue: @gapplaylists’ quest to resurrect every Gap in-store playlist from the 90s, how a beloved Japanese soap opera shaped the Iranian secondhand trade, @rubyrouxbijou changes ableist attitudes one pair of thrifted high heels at a time, @danamolly’s elegy for the estate sale, @mohhamed_sherif’s Cairo flea market tour, @yanayatsuk’s antiques road trip, the astrological signs as thrift store paperbacks … and so much more!

On the cover: @mmmmelonee is hip to be (granny) square in @theseriesny, styled by @ezaks and photographed by @elenamudd. Design by @corbinlamont. Editorial by @e____l_____f______. Photos editor: @jackierus.
Presenting our next #GQMOTY cover star: Travis Scott.

This year, @travisscott bounced back into the spotlight with the summer’s biggest album and a mega-tour to match. And yet, he’s still striving for something even grander.

For GQ’s Men of the Year issue, we hit the road with one of the most dynamic entertainers of our time as he opens up about edging back into the world, finding balance in “Utopia,” and how his daughter Stormi helped inspire his latest album.

Written by Chris Heath
Photography by @jack_bridgland_studio
Styled by @mobolajidawodu
Produced by Patrick Mapel @campproductions
Hair by Yazmin Adam
Barber Ian Owens
Skin by @heeezooo
SFX Makeup and painting by @worshipmina
Set Design by @itsmyjello / Jones MGMT

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