ISSUE 7

Presenting NUNAR’s seventh issue, the Act Up: Unrule Issue.

Starring VERDE MADERA, ANNA DIVINAGRACIA, and MALIK DOPE.

Featuring KOTIC COUTURE, INDAPOND, DARYLE LOCKO, FATHER SOKKA, JOHN WELLS, KETU, JIREH.

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Featured Articles

Verde Madera Talks Exhale Vol. 1 and Becoming a Kid Again

For the Act Up: Unruled Issue, Verde Madera speaks to NUNAR about his first-ever photo book, Exhale Vol. 1, resisting the commodification of people and art, and recentering his inner child.

Malik DOPE, Anna Divinagracia, and More Gathered to Launch NUNAR’s Issue 7

Go inside NUNAR’s Act Up: Unruled Issue launch and five-year anniversary toast, held at Chela Mitchell Gallery. Photos by Tina Carzon and Katelyn King.

Malik DOPE is Carrying Go-Go Into a New Era

For the Act Up: Unruled Issue, Malik DOPE talks to NUNAR editor-in-chief Damon J. Barnes on globalizing go-go, fatherhood, and the journey from street performing to world stages.

Recent Articles

Father Sokka Pulls No Punches

How to Stay Creative in a World of Turmoil

David Ayala Engages Queer Aesthetics, Baltimore, and Moral Responsibility

Inside Domo Wells’ NUNAR Cover Shoot

Watch the full video here.

Miss Kam Covers the Nu Era Issue of NUNAR

Issue 5 back cover star Miss Kam for the Nu Era Issue. Read about the rap artist’s bodacious run since her debut Tew Faced dropped in 2020.

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NEW YORK 📍 This Saturday, NUNAR is back in Harlem, NY for another Live In The Garden experience at @stnicksgarden in partnership with @forwardthinking_ns and Uptown Boogie Healthy Project. We’ll be popping up with #ActUp prints and stickers.
World-renowned drummer and role model for the youth 🤝🌍⁠ ⁠ Two young fans approached our Spring/Summer 2025 NUNAR cover shoot with @malik.dope and were lucky enough to walk away with a pair of his drumsticks, only after jamming on his drum set.⁠ &ld
For the Act Up: Unruled Issue, Baltimore’s own John Wells (@lorluck) stands firmly in the vulnerable, radical tradition of rap. With his prior two EPs, ‘Can we link before the world ends?’ and ‘Life is hard, can we do it tog
Last month, NUNAR’s Act Up: Unruled Issue kicked off with a print exhibition and a champagne toast to five years of the magazine. Hosted at Chela Mitchell Gallery in Union Market, which recently opened Shy Glizzy’s curatorial debut, the
🌳 🎼On June 14th, NUNAR did a takeover of ForwardThinking’s (@forwardthinking_ns) Live At The Garden event in Harlem, NY. Hosted by Daniel Ross, the event drew a crowd of 60+ on and off, the event and featured performers from the DMV and NY/NJ
Listen to our Issue 7 Playlist featuring artists from the issue. Curated by Editorial Co-Director @jercshore, the playlist features 14 songs from the 7 musicians featured. This wasn't a coincidence - we promise!⁠ ⁠ #playlist #music #magazine
The name came first as a joke – a high school nickname borrowed from Avatar and crowned with "Father" by internet fate. But the artist behind it is dead serious. Father Sokka (@fathersokka) , the non-binary Ethiopian-Eritrean rapper s
In May, @lockosworld traveled from D.C. to Paris in time for the annual Paris Gallery Weekend to exhibit the European leg of his solo exhibition series, ‘LockoLand’. He wrote a love letter about his time in Paris, printed exclusively in o
@verde.whatever photographed by @raba.jpg and styled by @kikilondonn in Los Angeles for our July Issue.⁠ ⁠ Shop the #ActUp Issue, link in bio 🔗⁠ ⁠ Story by @imgonnanamemydog.doug⁠ ⁠ #verdemadera #losangeles
Issue 7 is here, and we’re officially 5. Thank you for building this with us. RSVPs are closed, but last-minute friends can still join the launch for just $5 at the door. ⁠ ⁠ See you there! ❤️‍🔥⁠ ⁠ @nunarmag⁠ @chelamitchellgallery ⁠ Sounds
First hooked by Backyard Band’s “Fakin’ Like” at 12, Malik DOPE didn’t just hear go-go — he felt it. The feeling led him to start go-go bands with his childhood friends, practicing bounce beats, pockets, sockets, a

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