Jeff Weiss, author of the critically acclaimed Waiting for Britney Spears, is a music writer and cultural critic whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Pitchfork, The FADER, and many other outlets. A former columnist for LA Weekly, he is the co-founder of The Land magazine and the founder of the pioneering hip-hop blog Passion of the Weiss, along with its record label, POW Recordings.