Frazier Tharpe
Senior Associate Editor
Frazier Tharpe is an editor at GQ specializing in dictating entertainment coverage, as well as contributing profiles on the likes of Jerrod Carmichael, LaKeith Stanfield and Bobby Shmurda, and perhaps most [in]famously, John Mulaney. Frazier also specializies in on-camera interviews and apperances, moderating panels, and previously hosted the podcast Watch Less. He will likely continue pitching Jay-Z for GQ's Man of the Year as long as he's employed here.
Oscar Isaac Took Smelling Salts for a Key Frankenstein Scene
Alongside Guillermo del Toro, the actor reminisces on getting into the zone to play the mad scientist.
Steven Soderbergh Can’t Save Star Wars. Can Anybody?
As news breaks that Disney passed on Soderbergh and Adam Driver’s idea for a Ben Solo movie, GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe wonders if this venerable franchise is more cooked than a rotisserie porg.
Task Is the Show of the Year
The HBO series restored the feeling of old Sunday-night prestige classics. Now let’s keep it one-and-done, writes GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe.
Task's Jamie McShane on that Brutal Finale
The well-travelled character actor gets on the phone to discuss Perry's fate, biting Mark Ruffalo, and whether we've seen the last of Task.
Timothée Chalamet Is Redefining the Rollout
Strategically unveiling his radical new look and taking Times Square flanked by ping-pong-ball-headed minions, the Marty Supreme star is making the movie-star promo cycle cool by making it weird, writes GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe.
D’Angelo’s Last Song
The last piece of music the R&B GOAT released was a seven-minute odyssey with Jay-Z.
Does the Dog Die in ‘Good Boy’? Writer-Director Ben Leonberg Answers All Our Burning Questions
Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, gives one of the all-time great canine performances in his screen debut. His secret? “He has no idea he's in a movie,” Leonberg tells GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe.
The Kendrick Lamar/Drake Beef, Explained
From “Like That” to “Not Like Us” to the Pop Out and unprecedented lawsuits, we've got your complete guide to the rap feud that's captivated pop culture all year long.
Drake's Lawsuit Over “Not Like Us” Is Officially Over
The rapper's defamation suit alleging Universal Music Group conspired against him with Kendrick Lamar was formally dismissed by a judge.
Diddy Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison
The mogul was seeking 14 months with time served while prosecution wanted 11 years.
The One Thing Leonardo DiCaprio Doesn’t Get Enough Credit For
Sure, he's one of the most acclaimed actors alive—but despite a sterling run of comedic performances that continues with One Battle After Another, we still underrate how funny he is, writes GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe.
Young Thug Is Up to His Old Tricks With His Uy Scuti Album Cover
The whiteface stunt is just the latest in a long line of elaborate album-art trolls designed to provoke.
With Bad Bunny, Jay-Z Pulls Off Yet Another Super Bowl Swerve
The Roc Nation founder follows this year's Kendrick Lamar extravaganza with another booking guaranteed to have Facebook uncles seething.
The Best Part of Alien: Earth Was the Aliens
Noah Hawley’s Alien franchise prequel series had a lot going on, but it hit the hardest whenever it let its many creatures actually run loose.
Cardi B Settles All Family Business on Am I the Drama?
On her long-aborning second album, the “WAP” rapper serves perfectly-chilled revenge—and turns up the heat on a few new beefs, writes GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe.
Jay Electronica Is Dropping a Ton of New Music, So the End Must Be Near
The revered and anti-prolific rapper just released three new projects over the weekend and says he has sixteen more where that came from.
What The Pitt's Big Emmy Night Means For The Future of TV
A throwback trauma-center procedural takes the crown from its prestige-drama competition, and GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe wonders if we're in for a TV landscape where everything new is old again.
Are Teenage Streamers Holding Drake’s Iceman Album Hostage?
The rapper fumed on a call with Adin Ross after an anonymous group leaked three unreleased songs from Iceman—unless this is all a viral stunt, because that's how the world is now.
Mamdani, Dipset, and the Greatest New York Anthem That Never Was
Right-wing grifters are trying to smear the mayoral frontrunner for making a Juelz Santana reference on Twitter—but at least it's an excuse to revisit a perfect NYC rap song.
Justin Bieber’s Swag II Makes Swag Look Like a Rough Draft
Less than two months after surprise-releasing his first new album in four years, music’s most famous gated-community dad drops a sequel that actually lives up to the title, writes GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Reunite as Narcs on the Edge in The Rip
Get an exclusive first look at the duo’s latest collaboration, a tense throwback cop thriller from Joe Carnahan that hits Netflix next year.
Steven Victor’s Hot New Nike Collab Is a Supercar for Your Feet
The Clipse manager is proud of his racing-inspired Air Max Dn8, but he can’t wait to show you what else he’s cooking up: “This is going to be the shoe of the year in 2026,” he tells GQ.
Remember When Scorsese Made a Giorgio Armani Documentary?
Made in Milan, which is available in full on YouTube, might be a good comfort watch for anyone mourning the fashion legend today.
How SeaWorld—Yes, SeaWorld—Programmed the Summer’s Most Viral Concert Series
The 60-plus-year-old San Diego theme park made waves with a lineup full of ’90s and ’00s hip-hop and R&B, including Fat Joe, Ginuwine, and the Ying Yang Twins. GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe talks to park execs about how this happened and what comes next.