Whether they came from within and without the building. She was known for interrogating story ideas as they bubbled up. And the thing that I am remembering about her now is that she brought such deep knowledge, such a deep cultural context to every conversation, one of her key roles here was completely invisible to the public. And that's within and without genre work. She sought out and not just featured, not just highlighted, but championed writers that I don't know if NPR might have ever done without her. She was adamant that a platform like NPR feature the work of writers or critics of color, queer writers, from the disability community, body types. WELDON: Yet, her mindset was about as staunchly anti-gatekeeping as I can imagine. I mean, she assigned many book reviews, which meant she assigned the books that got coverage, but she also assigned who would write or talk about them as well. Her position at an organization like NPR made her a de facto gatekeeper. What listeners may not have a - as clear a sense of is how good she was at her job. That's what marked her as a nerd.īut that's the public face. We all knew here - so smart, so funny, so passionate in a way that ignited your curiosity about the thing that she was passionate about. And first up, I want to say - and I think Stephen will touch on this, but I am so grateful to this show, that so many people had the chance to get a sense of the Petra that. Glen, you and I have talked about how instrumental Petra's interest in genre fiction was to the way NPR coverage evolved. Boy, she had a ton of passions - romance fiction, science fiction, "Doctor Who," "The Great British Bake Off," her cats, her friends, her family. And she was also, I think, the main voice of NPR Books on social media. She was instrumental in developing the Book Concierge, which is so beloved, which - same thing. She worked on the summer reader polls, which are one of those massive projects that everybody loves, that you can't always see all the enormous amount of work that go into them. If you followed the wonderful growth of NPR Books in recent years, a lot of that was Petra.
She's one of those people who's had, like, half the jobs at NPR. She had most recently been working on the Culture desk, but she also directed and produced for NPR radio shows. She had been at NPR for more than 20 years. On today's episode of NPR's POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR, we wanted to take some time to remember Petra. We're so sorry to have to share with you that our panelist and our friend Petra Mayer, who was an NPR Books editor and a treasured fourth chair for us, died suddenly on Saturday of what's believed to be a pulmonary embolism. HOLMES: So we are sharing some very sad news today.
HOLMES: Also joining us is our friend Barrie Hardymon, senior editor at NPR Investigations. HOLMES: Also with us is Glen Weldon of NPR's Culture Desk. I'm here with Stephen Thompson of NPR Music. For 'Black Beatles' to be so true to us and our sound-we weren't chasing a sound-it solidifies that the world is ready for us and what we have to come.Hey, I'm Linda Holmes. The way it came together couldn't have been more natural, and it's amazing to see people feel the same way, and gravitate to the record so naturally. "'Black Beatles' is the best song I have produced so far in my career.
1 for both, is something I could have never imagined or dreamed of," Mike told Billboard the day the song shot to No. "To be able to put Gucci Mane, the person that gave me my first opportunity in music, and Rae Sremmurd, the debut artist from my on what's both's biggest record ever, and the first Billboard Hot 100 No. The producer celebrated the track's success, sharing an Instagram of champagne with the caption, "Hate it or Love it the underdog's on TOP ! 🍓🍾🍓🍾🍓🍾🍓🍾🍓🍾 #1 Hot 100 #1 Global Spotify." The song continued its reign at the top spot for weeks on end before finally being dethroned on the Hot 100 by The Weeknd's "Starboy." We also can't imagine if he hadn't put his touch on Rae Sremmurd's "Do Yoga" or their undeniable hit, "Black Beatles."Ī huge moment for came in November when the Mike Will Made-It produced Rae Sremmurd track, "Black Beatles," became the No. He linked up with Zaytoven to handle production on Gucci's post-prison release, Everybody Looking, and brought Gucci's voice back to life for us all. The hip-hop producer's career reached new heights over the past year as he helped whip up hit songs for Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane, Young Thug, Tinashe, Beyoncé, Jeezy, Kid Cudi, and Snoop Dogg. You would be hard pressed to find another producer that had a 2016 as massive as Mike Will Made-It.
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