Jon Caramanica

Jon Caramanica (born October 12, 1975) is an American journalist and pop music critic who writes for The New York Times.

Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Caramanica went to Stuyvesant High School. He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1997, after which he attended Goldsmiths, University of London. He published articles in Rolling Stone and Spin before becoming a senior contributing writer for XXL. In 2006, he left XXL to become the music editor for Vibe, He began working for The New York Times in 2010, after previously having freelanced for the paper. In 2020, he announced he is writing a book about Kanye West, titled KANYE: How the College Dropout Changed America. As of 2026, the book has not been released.