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Alex Wiley on the road to becoming his “Own Man”
Chicago indie label Closed Sessions releases the first latest single from young, charismatic Chicago rapper Alex Wiley.
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12 O’Clock Track: Alex Wiley and Kembe X reconnect on the electrifying “Know Normal”
The Village rappers team up for a strangely alluring track.
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Roy French’s cure for wintertime blues
The local rapper’s colorful new mixtape just might be the thing you need to get through the winter.
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The Reader’s guide to Pitchfork afterparties
Pitchfork afterparties: There’s no Bitchpork this year, but there is Rotted Tooth, plus plenty more.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 7/2: Irvine Welsh, Alex Wiley, and a bechamel burger
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, July 2
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Best Place Where Music and Clothes Meet
The bond between local hip-hop acts and the folks behind this city’s streetwear stores and brands is tight.
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Alex Wiley opens Club Wiley
The Closed Sessions marquee rapper dropped his debut yesterday, and its experimental, maximalist pop sound is part of what makes it so endearing.
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Another tab of Acid Rap: More nuggets about Chance the Rapper’s life, music, and forthcoming mixtape
Couldn’t get enough of Chicago MC Chance the Rapper in the Reader‘s B Side cover feature?
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Win a Closed Sessions CIMMfest prize pack
Try your hand at rap-related movie trivia and win a pair of tickets to Closed Sessions’ CIMMfest showcase and a limited label T-shirt.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/5: Level-Up Magazine, Todd Diedrich, and Chelsea Prince
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Friday, April 5, 2013
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DJ and editor Alex Fruchter on leaving Ruby Hornet to focus on Closed Sessions
The man known as DJ RTC: “Curren$y, he sent me an e-mail, just three words: ‘I’m with you.'”
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Gossip Wolf: New blood in Anatomy of Habit
Gossip Wolf: New blood in Anatomy of Habit, a new band from Josh Chicoine of the M’s, and a new mixtape from Alex Wiley
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Check out Alex Wiley’s debut mixtape at Jugrnaut tomorrow
The Village rapper celebrates his forthcoming Club Wiley mixtape with a listening party
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It takes the Village
Kembe X and the Village have gone high school dropouts to hashtag hip-hop hustlers