The crowds at Adrianna’s wouldn’t rock for just anybody, but as a Calumet City teenager Tink won them over with a mix of drill rap and R&B.
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Groundbreaking Chicago drill rapper Fredo Santana died this weekend
Six years ago Fredo Santana helped make Chicago the epicenter of the rap world, and on Friday he passed away at age 27.
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Chicago rapper Kami has a big hit in the making with ‘Payload’
The standout single from Kami’s June EP, Superstar, gets the party-video treatment for the new year.
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What Chicago media gets wrong about Chance, Keef, and the local hip-hop scene
Critics who fall back on shallow tropes and ignorant cliches deny us an enriching understanding of the musical cultures in our own backyard.
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Fake Shore Drive founder Andrew Barber on ten years of blogging and the evolution of the Chicago hip-hop scene
Fake Shore Drive has grown alongside Chicago rap, becoming an institution in its own right—and it celebrates its tenth anniversary by reuniting Big Tymers for a show at the Portage.
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Rahm: Trump never revealed the name of the cop who claimed to be able to solve Chicago’s gun violence issues ‘in a couple of days,’ and other news
Also, the Cook County penny-per-ounce soda tax will go into effect Wednesday.
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The year Chicago hip-hop beat the haters
For ages, Chicago rappers tore each other down, as though the city could produce only one star at a time—but in 2016 the whole scene seemed to grasp the value of community.
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Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety
Stereogum’s recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.
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Chief Keef meets CeeLo and Eddy Grant on ‘Violence (Army)’
The chopped-and-slopped boogie of “Violence (War)” further broadens the stylistic sprawl of Chief Keef’s already eccentric catalog.
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The week in local rap today: Ty Money, Chella H, Lucki Ecks, Giftz, and Noisey’s new Chicago screwup
Vice’s Noisey: Chicago is supposedly about the local hip-hop scene, but it barely addresses what’s actually happening. Here are a handful of new Chicago rap releases to bring you up to speed.
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Famous Dex weaves a flamboyant style from the threads of oddball Internet rap
Chicago MC Famous Dex transforms a derivative sound into a confident personality on the new mixtape OhhMannGoddDamm.
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Chief Keef’s hologram can’t catch a break, and it’s a win for Keef
Keef’s hologram can’t seem to get a show anywhere near the Chicagoland area, but that might not be so bad for the rapper.
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Lucki Ecks cooks up ‘Mac N Cheese,’ the latest golden cut from his brand-new mixtape
Chow down on today’s 12 O’Clock Track, from the local rapper-producer’s X (Vol. 1).
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Cool off after a long week with Hurt Everybody’s new EP
I Know Where the Light Goes is an 18-minute cool-off zone.
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The unexpected appeal of ‘Faneto,’ Chief Keef’s slow-growing underground hit
The song has become a cult hit since Keef dropped it in early October.