Max Mohenu

Content Producer/Culture + Creative Writer

Canada

36-year-old content producer with over 15 years of experience in music and culture writing.

Currently working as a freelance producer for several clients.

A bulk of my work includes long-form features, essays, short-form reviews, and news pieces for publications like VICE Media, Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, CBC, Redbull, and SSENSE, among others.

I've worked in project management, communications, marketing, and creative production for smaller brands, agencies, and record labels.

In these positions, I've handled product release copy, media releases, artist's bios, social media copy, along with all other aspects of the campaign or project.

Former clients include Cascine Records, Father/Daughter Records, Shed Agency/Universal Music Group, Spacebomb Group, Nueva Forma Records.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions about my work.

[email protected]

Portfolio

Press Materials/Artist Biographies

Spacebombgroup
02/16/2021
McKinley Dixon Artist Bio

Richmond, Virginia-based artist McKinley Dixon has always used his music as a tool for healing, exploring, and unpacking the Black experience in order to create stories for others like him. On his previous two self-released albums, Dixon's songs looked at concepts ranging from self-love to police brutality, and the complex trauma Black people navigate collectively and as individuals.

Father/Daughter Records
03/09/2019
Christelle Bofale Artist Bio

Artist biography for Austin, Texas-based songwriter Christelle Bofale. Written by: Max Mohenu Commissioned by: Father/Daughter Records

Long Form/Editorial (Music, Tech, Design, Culture, Essays)

CBC
12/02/2020
Backxwash didn't fit into the Montreal experience - so she created her own | CBC Music

Beyond the 6 is a CBC Music series that highlights hip-hop artists and scenes across Canada. Toronto is widely known as the country's hip-hop capital (and a central spot for music in general), but many cities and communities east to west, north to south, have long had highly successful underground hip-hop scenes or are now developing their own.

BeatRoute
12/16/2019
Frank Ocean: Queer Icon of the Decade - BeatRoute

When Frank Ocean's heartfelt letter surfaced on Tumblr in 2012, the mainstream media's expectations for a black queer revolution were heavily misguided. The act of saying "I'm gay" for any black person is packed with nuance and an inherent fear that looms within our history and cultural norms. Some of the hardest lessons and personal [...]

Red Bull
10/25/2018
Here's everything you need to know about the ballroom scene

© Bruno Destombes From pop and R&B hits to RuPaul's Drag Race, vogue and ballroom's cultural visibility in the mainstream has come a long way from the 1980s New York City underground scene. In the 80's, being a marginalized queer person meant you couldn't simply find community, you had to make one all on your own.

OMG.BLOG
11/29/2016
OMG, a Q&A with Lizzo

It's not every day your live show is compared to the likes of Tina Turner and Beyoncé, but Minneapolis-based rapper Lizzo is truly a force to be reckoned with. Since making her debut in 2013 with the debut album LIZZOBANGERS, she's been earning international acclaim, playing huge festivals like SXSW and Glastonbury, and making a number of high profile talk show appearances on The Real and Late Night with Stephen Colbert.

Vice
09/01/2016
Take a Psychedelic River Voyage in the Video Game for Joel Ford's New Airbird Single

THUMP: To start, tell us a little about the concept behind the video game for "Streamer." Joel Ford: It's this rad, borderline cheeky, virtual environment. Ghostdad took a 3D picture of me sitting down and turned that into a caricature of me sitting cross-legged in this river flying forwards or backwards, depending on how you control it.

Ssense
Lil Yachty Is Infinite, Reckless, and Floating

Everybody's talking about the lil' boat from Atlanta, and if you spend a few minutes researching Lil Yachty, it is easy to see why. The 19-year-old rapper cuts a striking figure with his beaded braids and colorful ensembles, reps a sober lifestyle, and has turned a fascination with boating into a personal aesthetic.

Short-Form Copy (News Stories, Reviews)

Vice
10/21/2016
Shambhala Is Raising Money to Fight British Columbia's Affordable Housing Crisis

One hundred tickets to next year's sold-out Shambhala Music Festival in British Columbia are being raffled off this weekend in a fundraiser for a local housing charity. The proceeds of the ticket sales are going to Nelson CARE Society's Room to Live campaign, which helps provide safe and affordable housing options in Nelson.

Pitchfork
Sabella: "Loving Like This"

English singer-songwriter Sabella's debut track is a lounge-ready quiet storm. As she croons, "And I'm far too young to be loving like this," Sabella's anguish echoes R&B divas whose hearts were broken but still strong. "Loving Like This" is a gleaming testament to the process of detoxing old emotions, the grueling act of letting go that is so much easier said than done.