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Hi, I'm Nick Hancock

I am an avid writer who has a passion for sports and music.

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Hip Hop’s Best Remain at Odds as J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar’s Beef Continues

It all started in October of last year. The beef that is. The beef that is potentially going to prevent the rap community from ever getting more songs like “Poetic Justice” and “Forbidden Fruit” from hip hop’s big three.

J. Cole and Drake released one of the best rap songs of the year on Drake’s “For All The Dogs,” but nestled in the lyrics of “First Person Shooter” was a subtle diss.

“Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? We the big three like we started a league, but right now, I feel like Muham
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West 22nd’s debut album, ‘Nowhere To Be,’ has instant classic potential

It was just around a year ago when I featured the indie-rock band, West 22nd, for my “Hidden Gems” column. In March 2024, they were averaging just over 60,000 monthly Spotify listeners and had a plethora of fun singles and a head-bopping EP in their back pocket. While the quality of their music was worthy of turning heads, they weren’t garnering a ton of attention outside of their college town in Austin, TX.


The student band, made up of five buddies from the University of Texas, has gradually...
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Chicago’s Saba and No ID combine for a raw and unfiltered collab

The Chicago-born rapper, Saba, was once a block of marble, an untouched canvas, a clean slate. The now 30-year-old artist has spent over a decade being chiseled, refined and crafted into one of the most complete artists out of the Windy City.


Influenced by Chicago rap’s founding fathers, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and No ID, Saba is climbing the respective ranks and flirting with veteran status. A handful of mixtapes and albums have all been leading up to his 2025 project, “From The Private Coll...

From Tee-ball to Trackman: Baseball's Analytics Revolution in Amateur Play Check out my long-form journalism story on the rise of baseball analytics

https://pointloma.shorthandstories.com/the-rise-of-baseball-analytics/index.html

A little bit about me.

Hey there, my name is Nick Hancock and I am a journalism and marketing graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University. I have a desire to tell stories and engage with those that stumble across my work. If there's something going on in the world of music or sports, chances are I have or will be writing about it. I've spent all 22 years of my life in sunny San Diego, and have now begun my writing career in the neighborhoods I grew up hanging out in. I've found that my knack for writing can extend beyond journalism, and I can use those storytelling skills in a corporate setting to engage with clients.

Some of my experience includes sports writing for The Coronado News, editing the Arts & Entertainment section of my school's newspaper, The Point, and working as the junior marketing coordinator for RxSight, a leading ophthalmology company in the medical device industry. When I'm not rifling away at my keyboard working on a new story, you may find me on a golf course, at the beach, or in the gym. While I may have grown up in San Diego, I hope to eventually branch out and become rooted someplace new where I can continue to bring my words to life!