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How the death of rapper John Walt sparked new positivity for the City of Chicago

It’s 46 degrees in Chicago today. The storefronts are covered with holiday decor and the warm energy from families parading the city masked the windchill. It’s Thanksgiving weekend and for…

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MFnMelo serves up substantive mellow rap with “Yallwhadinthere”

Chicago collective Pivot Gang’s MFnMelo returned November 25th with new album Everybody Eats, of which “Yallwhadinthere” was a triumphant standout. MFnMelo's voice is generally grounded and relaxed on Everybody Eats. “Yallwhadinthere”…

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Chicago’s Pivot Gang drops their “SoHo Freestyle”

Hailing from the west side of Chicago, the hip hop collective Pivot Gang has dropped two new tracks and they are calling it the Two Piece Tour Pack. One of the…

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Introducing Pivot Gang and 'You Can't Sit With Us'

The westside Chicago group Pivot Gang debuts with You Can't Sit With Us. The squad has been releasing singles over the past few months, and the full 13-song album dropped…

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Pivot Gang and Smino show us why they're the new "Bad Boys"

"Gang in this bitch like Wolfgang Puck" indeed, Joseph Chilliams. Pivot Gang enlist longtime friend and collaborator Smino on the latest single from the group. The gang also took to…

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Pivot Gang lay down the law on "Studio Ground Rules" [Video]

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who once said, "I ain't made it till the whole squad eating." Many artists live by this old adage, from A$AP Rocky's A$AP Mob…

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Joseph Chilliams just proved he's a better dance than you on "Fergie"

Oh, wow, would you look at that, another dope Chicago rapper? The only thing more impressive than The Windy City’s impossibly deep roster of talent is the fact that each…

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MFnMelo's latest track paints him as "The Giver"

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/335658461" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] Chicago’s MFnMelo is your go-to Pivot Gang member for big man raps. Melo was introduced on Pivot Gang's 2013 mixtape, JIMMY. From the…