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Home » Kweku Collins

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Don’t let anyone tell you what Chicago rap is till they see Kweku Collins and Joseph Chilliams

by Leor Galil October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

When the morning show on Fox 32 invited Chicago rapper and Pivot Gang member Joseph Chilliams to perform on October 3, his appearance was hooked to an informal celebration of the 2004 comedy Mean Girls; lead actress Lindsey Lohan mentions October 3 in a throwaway scene, and the date has since become affectionally known as […]

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Behind the scenes at Pitchfork: Kweku Collins [PHOTOS]

by Tim Nagle July 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Photographer Tim Nagle covered Kweku Collins both backstage and during his Pitchfork performance on Sunday afternoon. Kweku at Pitchfork 2018

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its 2018 aftershows

by Tyra Nicole Triche June 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Headliners of Pitchfork’s 2018 aftershows include Japanese Breakfast, Girlpool, and Kweku Collins.

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival reveals the final names of its 2018 lineup

by Leor Galil March 13, 2018August 18, 2021

It took three weeks, but Pitchfork has now announced the names of all the artists performing at its 13th festival, including headliners Fleet Foxes and Lauryn Hill.

Posted inBlogs

‘I represent’: Rapper Ajani Jones on the city, his mother’s encouragement—and his fascination with dragonflies

by Leor Galil March 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Before the Chicago hip-hop label Closed Sessions released Jones’s Cocoons, he talked to the Reader at length about bugs, his high school speech team, and finding his voice.

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its second wave of acts for 2018

by Leor Galil March 6, 2018August 18, 2021

Reader intern Rachel Yang returns to the Violet Hour to see who will join the 14 previously announced performers at this summer’s Pitchfork Music Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Kami and Kweku Collins join a young hip-hop revolution with their new releases

by Leor Galil May 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Kami’s Just Like the Movies and Kweku’s Grey EP partake in a movement that’s stretching the vocal language of hip-hop.

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David Leggett at Shane Campbell Gallery, Kweku Collins, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen March 24, 2017August 18, 2021

Scientific Art + Karaoke, MAC & Cheese Cook-Off, and more happenings from March 24-26

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Lollapalooza 2017 lineup: Chance the Rapper takes a victory lap with a bunch of predictable acts

by Leor Galil March 22, 2017August 18, 2021

The local rap hero is one of the few bright spots on an otherwise anemic Lollapalooza lineup that also includes Lorde, Migos, the XX, Run the Jewels, and, um, Liam Gallagher.

Posted inMusic

Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

by Kevin Warwick December 22, 2016August 18, 2021

These modest Chicago imprints have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

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FeelTrip launches a cold-blooded dance-music label

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil December 13, 2016August 18, 2021

FeelTrip launches a cold-blooded dance-music label, Ryan Ensley of Shiloh returns with the twangy new Sonny Falls, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Diverse artists and activists come together at weekly Hyde Park series the Corner

by Julia Dratel December 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Every Monday at the Promontory, Sam Brown and Sasha Tycko nurture a democratic, welcoming creative community.

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Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety

by Leor Galil July 29, 2016August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions

by Leor Galil April 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Thoughtful young Evanston rapper and producer Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions with the release of his first album.

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From Kanye’s new album to Closed Sessions’ latest release in a few simple steps

by Leor Galil February 10, 2016August 18, 2021

There’s a link between Hibernation, the new EP by Closed Sessions producer Boathouse, and Kanye West’s seventh album.

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