You know Paypa. A central figure of the legendary Chicago hip-hop collective, Project Mayhem. He’s been a part of some of the greatest songs, videos and one-off projects of the past 5-10 years, and today he puts his best foot forward on the solo tip with his new short film, PAYPAMAN The Film. This three-part…
Author: Andrew Barber
New Project: DJ Bandz – Chilanta 2
DJ Bandz is a man of the world. The earth is his turf. So it’s only right that he brings two of the hottest city’s in hip-hop together for one mixtape. Enter: Chilanta 2, the second of his Chicago-to-Atlanta mixtape series. The project is hosted by his righthand man Lil Durk, and features new music from…
Lud Foe f/ Lil Durk – Gang Shit
Something fresh from DJ Bandz’ new Chilanta 2 mixtape, which is dropping today. The return of Lud Foe and Lil Durk. Yeah, it appears this relationship is deeper than meets the eye. And what? You thought they were done after the “Cuttin Up” remix a few weeks back? Think again. Today, they keep the streets…
Video: Matti Baybee – 100 Bands
Directed by @Jvisuals312 & @Mark_Emory It’s only “100 Bands” or more for rapper du jour Matti Baybee and his latest video. It’s big money talk, and a bag is beeping through on the other line. Be sure to click over below.
Video: Castro f/ King Louie – Dirty Money
Directed by Dada Creative. Produced by Blockondatrakk. With Block on the track, Louie and Castro get real filthy in their ode to dead presidents, “Dirty Money.” Blue faces, green faces — it doesn’t matter. They don’t discriminate, because it’s all dirty on the inside. And that’s actual facts.
Chance The Rapper’s ‘Coloring Book’ Will Debut in Top 10 on Billboard
Chance continues to set trends and break records, and this week Chi’s hometown hero will make history (yet again) on the Billboard charts as the first-ever artist to chart off streams alone. HDD is reporting that Coloring Book, which was an Apple Music-only release, will debut with an album sales equivalent of 40-50k — enough…
Video: Chin Chilla Meek – Intro
Directed by SheHeartsTevin Chin Chilla Meek has been in and out of the game for the past 4-5 years, but promises a full return to form in 2016. Merk Murphy tells me she’s going to be unloading new content each and every Monday for the foreseeable future, so color us excited. Today, she enters the…
The Legendary Fya Man – Harry Potter
Fya Man, formerly of The Guys, has had a name change. Well, it’s more of a name addition, as his moniker has been lengthened to The Legendary Fya Man. A tall order from the rising Chicago artist. But hey, he’s been rolling with Malik Yusef recently, so what they’re working on must be something special…
Watch Mick Jenkins on The Interview Show
Mick Jenkins was a recent guest on Mark Bazer’s long-running talk show, The Interview Show, which was recently picked up by WTTW (a big congrats to Mark on that.) Anyhoo, Mick dropped by to talk about a slew of subjects including racist cops, his career, his art, society and much more. It’s a really dope chat. It…
Video: Ran$ah – Rumors
Directed by Bryan Zawlocki. Produced by Plu2o Nash. What’s the first rule of Fight Club? Man, who cares about rules. Rules are for the un-savage, and when you get Ran$ah and Plu2o on the same track it’s about as savage as it gets. But in this new clip for “Rumors,” Ran$ah takes it to the…