Lately it seems like G Herbo can’t even play a show in Chicago, but the city’s favorite street rapper has found another way to give back: he’s joined a project to turn part of a shuttered south-side school into a media lab and music incubator.
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ThoughtPoet is on a mission to capture the beauty in black Chicago
“I write, I act, and I try to do more with my photos than just capture moments.”
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Chicago rapper Taylor Bennett wants everywhere to be a place black people can be themselves
When Chicago rapper Taylor Bennett was a teenager, one of his havens was Navy Pier. And this weekend, he’ll make himself at home onstage at Lollapalooza.
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Reality TV star Phor leads a tour through the cradle of his creativity
Phor has gone from painting on Nikes and writing verses in his grandma’s basement to tattooing on Black Ink Crew: Chicago and working with superproducer London on da Track.
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Chicago corruption for sightseers: Walking tours show seedy underbelly of the city’s politics
“I lure them in with promises of wacky Blagojevich stories, and leave them with civics,” journalist Paul Dailing muses.
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The city’s only black-owned gay bar, the Jeffery Pub, in photos
The south-side club’s drag shows are spectacular, true, but this venerable club has much more to offer.
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Tink remembers the trial by fire that launched her career
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.
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How a south-side church taught rapper and activist Ric Wilson to fight back
Rapper and activist Ric Wilson grew up attending Fellowship Missionary Baptist, a south-side congregation that helped nurture the civil rights movement.
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Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands
Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands, black digital media platform the TRiiBE crowdfunds new projects, and more.
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Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park
Rising rapper Vic Mensa considers his old Hyde Park neighborhood home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.