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Home » Dinner With John

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Pivot Gang celebrate the life of a fallen member at the third annual John Walt Day

by Leor Galil November 21, 2019August 18, 2021

The members of west-side collective Pivot Gang have been calling themselves a boy band since long before Brockhampton was a twinkle in Kevin Abstract’s eye. Because Joseph Chilliams, Frsh Waters, MFn Melo, and Saba all rap, this self-description has caused some confusion, but as Pivot Gang see it, there’s not much to differentiate them from, […]

Posted inMusic

Folk project DPCD celebrates a graceful, uncluttered new album

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 1, 2019August 18, 2021

Folk project DPCD celebrates a graceful, uncluttered new album, the John Walt Foundation holds its annual Dinner With John fund-raiser, and more.

Posted inMusic

The DJs of Windy City Soul Club celebrate ten years of getting asses moving

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil November 21, 2018August 18, 2021

The DJs of Windy City Soul Club celebrate ten years of getting asses moving, Sunny Woodz throws a release party with a bonkers bill in West Chicago, and more.

Posted inMusic

Chicago rap crew Pivot Gang honor a fallen comrade

by Leor Galil November 21, 2018January 27, 2022

Pivot Gang cofounder John Walt is memorialized in Saba’s Care for Me—and by an arts nonprofit that bears his name, which holds its flagship concert fund-raiser this weekend.

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The classic Smoking Popes lineup releases its first full-length in nearly two decades

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 9, 2018August 18, 2021

The classic Smoking Popes lineup releases its first full-length in nearly two decades, not-quite-retired Chicago rapper E.C. Illa reissues two old Kanye collabs, and more.

Posted inMusic

Charlie Coffeen of Sidewalk Chalk gives Dilla’s Donuts the big-band treatment

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 6, 2018August 18, 2021

Charlie Coffeen of Sidewalk Chalk gives Dilla’s Donuts the big-band treatment, John Walt’s arts mentorship foundation hosts a fund-raising dinner on the anniversary of the rapper’s death, and more.

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Joseph Chilliams talks about the losses he overcame to release one of the year’s best Chicago hip-hop albums

by Leor Galil September 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Pivot Gang cofounder Joseph Chilliams released his debut, Henry Church, in August, after months of career highs and personal lows—including the death of friend and collaborator Dinner With John.

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RIP Chicago rapper-singer Dinner With John, cofounder of Pivot Gang

by Leor Galil February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Dinner With John, born Walter Long Jr. and formerly known as John Walt, was stabbed to death yesterday at age 24.

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