Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify and Apple Music playlists at the bottom of the page. "Everything is a weapon," ...

Early in our conversation about his new album Deathfame, Quelle Chris reveals that a good deal of the album was made in about a week or two. Upon further inquiry about that period from earlier this ...

Rapper/producer Quelle Chris is an underground fixture who never does things the way that he's supposed to do things, and that extends to the release of his new EP. Quelle Chris' last album was the ...

Quelle Chris exists in his own, self-contained galaxy in the hip-hop universe. He knows no other way. The unconventional rapper, producer, and songwriter has developed an impeccable resume over a ...