The south-side rapper performs with Cam’ron and ShowYouSuck after dropping his Life of a Savage 4 mixtape.
Tag: Chief Keef
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Listen to the Willie Hutch song both Chief Keef and Chance the Rapper sampled
It’s “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out,” and, yes, Dr. Dre sampled it back in the day too.
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Interscope drops Chief Keef
Nearly two years since Keef’s major-label debut Interscope drops the local drill rapper.
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Check out up-and-coming local MC KD Young Cocky
His version of Lil Wayne’s newish “Grindin'” is one of many reasons to do so.
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New moments of strange bliss from Chief Keef and Supa Bwe
Both local MCs dropped new material the past week, and the new tunes exhibit some alluring strangeness.
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Common and Kanye West make Aahh! Fest a great end cap to festival season
Common, Kanye West, and a cast of friends helped make Aahh! Fest an excellent new edition to the overcrowded festival season.
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Twista talks about his new album, The Dark Horse
The Chicago hip-hop veteran chats about what inspired the title of his new album, working with rising local rappers, and getting involved in the community.
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King Louie addresses his life in Chicago with Tony
The southeast-side rapper occupies a desirable but peculiar position in Chicago’s hip-hop community, though that doesn’t appear to bear much influence on the music that’s made him a face of the scene.
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Best Rapper Taking Drill Into Pop
In his hands it’s clear that drill relies as much on melody as it does on percussive, gunlike spitting.
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Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class
Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class: Alex Wiley, Saba, Spenzo, Taylor Bennett, and ZMoney
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 4/16: Riff Raff, the Nexus Project, and Anna Blessing
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, April 16
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Cutting through the Noisey: A Gchat about Vice music website’s Chiraq video series
Vice’s music site just wrapped up its eight-part “documentary” series on Chicago’s hip-hop, so a couple Reader writers hopped on Gchat to discuss it.
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Taking on The Field: A Gchat conversation about World Star Hip Hop’s new Chicago documentary
Two Reader writers talk about a new documentary on Chicago violence and the city’s rap scene.
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My five favorite Chicago rap details of 2013
It’s been a fantastic year for Chicago hip-hop, and there are more ways to remember it than simply listing great albums; these are five details that, in some small way, helped make 2013 such an outstanding year in local rap.
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Houston rap in photographs
In Houston Rap photographer Peter Beste shares images of one of the new century’s most influential hip-hop scenes.