Claim: Los Angeles-born Lorraine Ali began her career writing for LA Weekly and went on to write for other publications such as Rolling Stone, The New York Times and GQ, in addition to appearing as an expert voice on television.
Evidence: Los Angeles, California She began her career in the 1990s writing about local Los Angeles music artists for the LA Weekly before becoming a regular writer with the Los Angeles Times under the editorship of Robert Hilburn. Her work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, the New York Times, GQ, and Newsweek, where she was a senior writer and music critic from 2000–2009. Ali often appears as an expert voice on television.