Update 4:45pm: A few hours ago, Chance announced on Twitter that his meeting with Governor Rauner is back on, and is scheduled for tomorrow morning (Friday). We’ll keep you updated with more details as they become available. On Monday, Chance The Rapper took to Twitter to announce that he was scheduled to meet with Illinois…
Words by Nandi Howard. Photos by Bryan Allen Lamb. The 18-year-old biomedical engineer major is creating the perfect formula on how to sustain your creativity while trying to live the day-to-day college life…or close to it. While finishing up her freshman year at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Nina Tech records music, does her chem…
Due to popular demand, J. Cole has added an astonishing second Chicago date for his selling-like-hotcakes ‘4 Your Eyez’ world tour. On July 24th and NOW THE 25th, J. Cole’s highly-touted 4 Your Eyez Only world tour blows through Chicago, for two larger-than-life shows at the United Center. Cole World, alongside his Dreamville squad, will…
Milwaukee native Renz Young brings his Kyndal J-assisted track “Black Roses” to life in the official video/short film, which depicts the tragic death of fellow Milwaukee native Derek Williams — a young man who suffocated in the back of a squad car after being beat by Milwaukee police officers. The video, which is premiering right here on…
Another day, another power move from Chano. Moments ago, Chance took to Twitter to announce that he plans to meet with Republican Governor Bruce Rauner this Wednesday to discuss education funding in the city of Chicago, among other things. This comes just weeks after the Governor publicly congratulated Chance for winning three Grammys. Chance responded…
They’re baaack My personal favorite Chicago music festival, Pitchfork Music Fest, returns to Union Park on July 14-16 for their yearly installment. And this years headliners have just been revealed: A Tribe Called Quest, Solange and LCD Soundsystem. TRIBE! SOLANGE! Serious. What else do they have up their sleeve? Well, that hasn’t been revealed yet…
It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (2/17) it’s eligible for the list. Now we aren’t saying these are the BEST songs of the week, but they are the staff’s faves and joints you can catch us bumping in the office.
Art by Runsy (@Runsyyy) Today’s the day — my first official mixtape, February 24th, is finally here. After dropping plenty of mini-mixes online and hitting people with new mixes every week on The Drive on Shade 45 (shameless plug), I figured it was only right to drop a tape/compilation project of my own featuring music…
Juicy J, alongside Belly and Project Pat, hits Chicago’s House of Blues on Friday, March 17th as part of Juicy’s RubbaBandBusiness Tour. The event is 18+ and the doors open at 6:30pm. A few tickets are still available now, but don’t waste time as this show WILL sell out. You can purchase tickets right here, right…
Legendary Yonkers, NY trio The Lox hit Chicago as a group for their first time in years on March 7th. That’s right, Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch descend upon the Windy City in exactly two weeks as part of their Filthy America…It’s Beautiful Tour. From Bad Boy to Ruff Ryders to Roc Nation, these guys…