Rob Markman is a hip-hop journalist.

^[7] He is currently the Director of Artist Relations at Genius.

He has conducted interviews with Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj , 50 Cent, Drake, [[LINK|lang_en|J._Cole|J.

Cole]], and Kendrick Lamar.

Rob Markman grew up in Brooklyn.

He was surrounded by hip-hop.

The first song he learned the words to was Slick Rick’s "La Di Da Di."

Before beginning his career in journalism, Rob Markman worked in the mailroom.

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He got his start freelancing for publications like Complex, *The Source * , *Vibe *, and Don Diva magazines.

He has held full-time editor positions at Scratch, *XXL *, *MTV News *. Since then, Markman has interviewed artists like Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, [[LINK|lang_en|J._Cole|J.

Cole]], and Kendrick Lamar .

He's also interviewed pop artists outside of the rap industry, including Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry.

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In 2012, he teamed with Wiz Khalifa for an interview on the rapper’s *Taylor Allderdice *mixtape.

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While at MTV, he produced and starred in “RapFix Live” and “Hottest MCs in the Game.”

In August 2015, he joined Genius as their Director of Artist Relations.

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In 2017, Markman announced his foray into rapping.

Shortly thereafter, he released his first EP, Write to Dream.

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Markman's favorite album is Nas's *Illmatic *. ^[10] He's a fan of the New York Knicks.

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