Demarco Hines was raised in Brooklyn by a Nigerian father who blasted Fela Kuti in the kitchen and an aunt who introduced him to Whitney Houston before he could read. He covers hip-hop, pop, and celebrity culture for Latetown Magazine, with a particular focus on how Black artists navigate mainstream success without losing the plot. Before joining the team he spent three years running a music column for an independent Brooklyn publication that nobody outside the borough knew about but everyone inside it read religiously.