ISSUE FIFTEEN takes on the theme of TIME — a ridiculous theme, quite frankly. It’s so wide-ranging and all-encompassing that we could have taken it anywhere. But for the most part, we settled on ‘how this led to that.’

How cover star DaM-FunK has preserved and innovated a genre-turned-culture of African American creativity. How Atlanta rapper Mercury’s mortality made her a musician. How Malaysia made Intern Lou. How Melissa Gardner documents subcultures surviving. How London artists Steven Julien and Tay Jordan rework the past to create futures — one through a boutique independent label built to last, the other through retro-futurist funk rap from 2089.

This is your copy of Offie Mag ISSUE FIFTEEN: TIME. We can’t guarantee it will heal all wounds, but we hope it stands up to the test of it.