In “Snow on tha Bluff,” J. Cole complains from the sidelines about how Noname fights for Black people.
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Turning life lessons into a Korporate Bidness
“As long as I got YouTube and the latest iPhone, I’m Gucci.”
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Started from the Bottomyards, now we’re gentrified
A hyper-colored, Afrofuturistic graphic novel captures how white privilege feeds on Black neighborhoods.
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Nilaja Sun’s No Child … and more goings-on 9/17-9/20.
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Chicago rapper Noname opens all the doors on the new Room 25
Noname’s debut album mixes her serious social commentary with a new sensuality and humor.
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Sketch show Black Boy Joy and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Artist/writer/prankster Derek Erdman’s show and more goings-on 9/10-9/13.
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The World Music Festival and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Fall Out Boy at Wrigley Field and more goings-on 9/7-9/9
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The documentary Minding the Gap and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Odetta at the Empty Bottle and more goings-on 9/3-9/6.
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Heartbreak Hotel and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Matianak at Reggie’s Music Joint and more goings-on 8/27-8/30.
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People of Culture will be taking over the DuSable Museum this weekend
A celebration of African culture will be happening at the DuSable Museum.
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Lyrical Lemonade’s first outdoor festival: scads of Soundcloud rap, thousands of teenagers, and hours of waiting for food
Three Reader writers hash out the highs and lows of the Summer Smash, which showcased a young rap scene that’s innovating a vital new sound but also celebrating alleged abusers.
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At the Perry Mansion Cultural Center, Sam Smith wants to reshape the narrative of black life in America
The culmination of his project will be a reconstruction of a slave ship in the museum’s basement.
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BlacKkKlansman and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Josie Dunn at Lincoln Hall and more goings on 8/10-8/12
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Manual Cinema comes home to debut The End of TV
The shadow puppetry performance collective will be producing a two-week run of the show at the Chopin Theatre.
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Pirates of Penzance and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Charles White at the Art Institute and more goings-on 7/16-7/19.