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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 15: Editor in chief of Thrasher magazine Jake Phelps talks at The Museum of Modern Art on October 15, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images
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Thrasher Magazine’s

OG tastemaker gets a deep dive

7:00 AMIf you read Thrasher, you know who editor Jake Phelps is. If you don’t, he’s basically one of the most hardcore humans on Earth. The mag has been around as long as I’ve been alive, and if you want to take a look back at what the skate world was like through the eyes of a truly pioneering person, check out this long form profile of Phelps from The California Sunday Magazine.

Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.