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Home » Migos

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Azeez “Laka” Alaka and Brandon Holmes in their future office at No More Heroes headquarters in Little Village
Posted inMusic

No More Heroes are building the future of Chicago rap

by Jack Riedy July 7, 2021August 18, 2021

Azeez Alaka and Brandon Holmes run a music and video production company with a pipeline to the majors and a headquarters shaping up in Little Village.

Posted inBlogs

Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are feuding—and these women in Chicago rap don’t see the point

by Marykate O'Meara October 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Psalm One, Akenya, Sisi Dior, Chimeka, and Mother Nature talk about sisterhood, mutual support, and the pernicious notion that hip-hop has room for only one female star at a time.

Posted inMusic

There’s a good reason everyone loves Drake’s hyperpersonal rap-sing bangers

by Luca Cimarusti August 9, 2018August 18, 2021

The jury’s still out on whether Kiki loves Drake or not, but it’s pretty clear that the rest of the world does, and with good reason. On his fifth official full-length release, this summer’s Scorpion, the Toronto child star turned rapper proves that he’s one of the most consistent artists out there right now; though […]

Posted inMusic

Tink remembers the trial by fire that launched her career

by The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden and Morgan Elise Johnson April 12, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

Punctuation geniuses Migos put exclamation points on hip-hop

by Tal Rosenberg November 22, 2017August 18, 2021

The chief innovation Atlanta trio Migos have brought to rap music is using words as punctuation. (Period). Quavo, his cousin Offset, and his nephew Takeoff don’t merely rap or sing or rap-sing, they pepper their bars with stray words or onomatopoetic sounds that aren’t just stylistic quirks or sound effects (boom), but integral components of […]

Posted inMusic

How Blink-182 gave hip-hop a refreshing Enema

by Leor Galil August 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Blink-182 helped connect the mainstream pop-punk of the late 90s to the Soundcloud rap of today.

Posted inBlogs

With ‘Off the Clock,’ Chicago rapper Jayaire Woods demonstrates why he deserves a bigger audience

by Leor Galil May 31, 2017August 18, 2021

“Off the Clock” is the first single from Jayaire Woods’s imminent third mixtape, Big Wood.

Posted inMusic

Atlanta rap trio Migos have weathered a career path as loopy as their performances

by Leor Galil May 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Atlanta rap trio Migos have experienced a lifetime of music industry ups and downs in less than half a decade. Rappers Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff first made it through the buzz of their breakthrough 2013 sensation, “Versace,” surviving a Drake remix that felt less like a cosign than a jump on something hot. They held […]

Posted inBlogs

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 inBlogs

Cowboy poetry, the decline of the critic, Lil Wayne’s boring prison memoir, and more: the week in music writing

by Austin Brown March 18, 2017August 18, 2021

The Reader collects some of the best and brightest bits from the past week’s music writing.

Posted inBlogs

Rising local rapper Jayaire Woods introduces himself better than anyone else could on ‘PSA’

by Leor Galil September 1, 2016August 18, 2021

On Tuesday, Bellwood rapper Jayaire Woods dropped his first mixtape since signing to Atlanta indie label Quality Control, and he quickly establishes himself on his own terms.

Posted inBlogs

Donnie Trumpet and Chance the Rapper’s new album hit the Web last night without any warning

by Leor Galil May 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Surf, the new album from Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment (aka Chance the Rapper’s backing band), is for sale on iTunes.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best R&B Star on the Verge

by Miles Raymer June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

This 18-year-old vocalist could turn out to be Chicago’s answer to Nicki Minaj.

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