Current musical obsessions of Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube, Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions, and Reader writer Leor Galil
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Chicago rapper Noname helps honor the life of Hadiya Pendleton tomorrow
Thursday’s Wear Orange Party for Peace includes a set by Noname, whose recent single is a tender celebration of life.
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Twilite Tone forms a Chicago-rap dream team in an effort to end gun violence
The veteran local rap producer recruits a bevy of Chicago MCs to record “Put the Guns Down.”
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Donnie Trumpet and Chance the Rapper’s new album hit the Web last night without any warning
Surf, the new album from Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment (aka Chance the Rapper’s backing band), is for sale on iTunes.
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Poetry in the age of hip-hop
The new anthology Breakbeat Poets showcases poetry by and for the hip-hop generation.
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Saba, Longshot, Beach Jesus, and plenty of other Chicago rappers will keep you busy Friday
There are three great local hip-hop shows on the horizon—but they’re all on the same night, so choose wisely.
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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Mick Jenkins headline two stacked hip-hop shows on Saturday
Two big local hip-hop shows kick off Saturday night, one featuring 90s legends Crucial Conflict and Twista, the other anchored by rising stars such as Mick Jenkins.
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RIP Brother Mike, poet and mentor to Chicago’s hip-hop scene
Mentor to a generation of local MCs that includes Chance the Rapper, Saba, and Mick Jenkins, poet and educator Mike Hawkins passed away at age 38.
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Listen to rapper-singer Noname Gypsy’s ‘Cherrypie Blues,’ off the new cassette compilation from Two Syllable Records
This lovely, woozy ditty appears on Chicago Cassette Compilation: Volume 2, which comes out on Tuesday.