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Vic Mensa seems to finally spread his "Wings" before debut album

Chicago MC Vic Mensa has unquestionably endured more than his fair share of ups and downs and whirlwinds since the debut of Innanetape in 2013. Hip-hop perceives him to be somewhat of a loose…

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Lil Bibby is back with his "Free Crack 4 Intro"

Drill rapper and Chicago native Lil Bibby is back with a new track and some visuals for "Free Crack 4 Intro". Judging by the title, this is the opener to his highly…

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'Superstar' Kami drops an EP on the heels of his LP 'Just Like the Movies.'

Not even a full two months removed from his new wave inspired debut album, Just Like The Movies, KAMI drops off, SUPERSTAR EP, a noisy and experimental four-track project hosted…

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NoName is tearing up her 'Telefone' Tour

NoName (or as I like to call her MoName) is creating rippling waves after dropping her critically acclaimed debut mixtape Telefone in July of 2016. The Chicago born & bred star is currently on…

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Vic Spencer & Big Ghost LTD drop new project "The Ghost of Living"

You might need to take that top 10 list from 2016 that you thought was near finalized and make a revision: Vic Spencer and Big Ghost Ltd have unleashed a collaborative…

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Chicago phenom CLEW gets funky over some jungle beats on "Tarzan" [Premiere]

At this point, everyone knows that Chi-Town is a hotbed for dope music. I don't know if there's something inside the deep dish pizza or what; but there seems to…

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Bari blesses us with his birthday banger titled "Jetpakk"

St. Louis has brought us some boss OG artists like Sylk Smoov & Nelly. But the YGs coming out of the STL are some of the best in the game right…

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The Women of Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago 2016

The weather wasn't the only unreliable factor to this year's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park. Amidst episodes of wind and rain, the 3-day festival (spanning July 15-17) was relatively hit…

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Chi-Town's CJ TheFLii has "SUPER-NATURAL" spit

Chicagoan emcee CJ TheFLii just dropped his long-awaited mixtape entitled SUPER-NATURAL, and the project just so happens to be out of this world. Both Nieklaus and CJ produced the experimental hip hop record that…

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Whitney's new single "No Woman" is soothing country soul in a haze

Chicago's Whitney can be quite accurately reduced to a mix of drummer/vocalist Julien Ehrlich's (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra) soft crooning and guitarist Max Kakacek's (ex-Smith Westerns) melody-induced grooves, but there's really much more to it than that.…

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Chicago's Cj TheFLii and LongLiveCarl are mad "Nice" with it

Sometimes you gotta hit the pause button, chill out, and soak in some intellectual rhymes. Enter Chicago's Cj TheFLii, whose newest single, "Nice," is the kind of track you can nod…

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RahRah The Savage serenades Chicago with "Lakeside"

Everyone and their mom's mom's mom knows Chicago has been home to some innovative and memorable hip hop records as of late, and hometown kid RahRah The Savage is certainly no exception.…

Vic Mensa seems to finally spread his "Wings" before debut album

Lil Bibby is back with his "Free Crack 4 Intro"

'Superstar' Kami drops an EP on the heels of his LP 'Just Like the Movies.'

NoName is tearing up her 'Telefone' Tour

Vic Spencer & Big Ghost LTD drop new project "The Ghost of Living"

Chicago phenom CLEW gets funky over some jungle beats on "Tarzan" [Premiere]

Bari blesses us with his birthday banger titled "Jetpakk"

The Women of Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago 2016

Chi-Town's CJ TheFLii has "SUPER-NATURAL" spit

Whitney's new single "No Woman" is soothing country soul in a haze

Chicago's Cj TheFLii and LongLiveCarl are mad "Nice" with it

RahRah The Savage serenades Chicago with "Lakeside"

Sean Dampte channels growth, freedom, and energy on "Awoodah: Sounds of Kalakuta" (album)

Monsieur Mellow shares an incredible lucid new EP project "Dreaming In Colour"

Geo Baddoo explores healing and self-rediscovery on new single "Save Me"

Yella Yella turns comparison into confidence on new single "Perfect"

THEOS is the sound of the future of French house with Disco-leaning "Love Me Right"

YVNGBRYYY channels honesty, faith and spirituality into his genre-fluid soundscapes

Rising YouTube talent bigboyz is turning viral streams into hit records

Winter Music Conference expands 2026 programming with Sara Landry, Radio Slave, DJ Minx, Danny Tenaglia

Georgina Willis delivers compelling environmental documentary 'INSECT_O_CIDE'

From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton

4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour

4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022