On November 4th we celebrate 10 years of Fake Shore Drive alongside Red Bull Sound Select as part of their #30DaysInChicago festival. That’s right our very own 10 year anniversary show featuring Tee Grizzley. But wait, there’s more, not only will Tee be making the trip down from the D, but we’ll also have a…
Picture via @CHADTXTBOOK This past weekend, I had the great honor of being booked as the first-ever ‘g-note’ speaker at the third annual Indianapolis hip-hop festival, Chreece. For those of you scratching your head at the title, it’s a clever mesh of cheers and peace. Got it? Now that we’re past that, I wanted to report…
In an era where hardly any records go gold, let alone platinum, hitting that mark is cause for celebration. So congrats are in order for the Treated Crew’s own, Mano, for scoring his first platinum plaque for producing The Weeknd’s hit “The Hills.” It’s an amazing record that’s been dominating radio since early summer, and…
Produced by Trauma Tone. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from SD, but that’s because the 21 year old spitter has been hard at work on a new project and is almost ready to share with everyone. To prepare everyone for what’s to come, SD drops by FSD today with the world premiere…
The wait is almost over. Vic Mensa’s long-awaited Roc Nation debut, The Autobiography, is only a few weeks away. July 28th to be exact. Earlier this week we got the release date, and tonight we have the cover art as well as the official track list, which clocks in at 13 songs deep. Weezer, Syd,…
Art by Louie Capozzoli RBSS + FSD back again… On August 10th, we’re back with our second Chicago endeavor of the year. For this one, we’re bringing Smokepurpp into the fold for a headlining show at Thalia Hall. And alongside Purpp we have Valee and Cdot Honcho: two of Chicago’s hottest up and coming talents….
Is Chance en route to an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)? Well, if he wins an Emmy Award on September 17th he’ll be halfway there (joining fellow Chicagoans, Common and Rhymefest.) This morning it was announced that Chance has secured an Emmy nod for outstanding original music and lyrics thanks to his incredible Saturday Night…
Chance broke records and changed history this year by being the first streaming artist to win a Grammy. Then he did it twice. Then he did it three times. That’s real hardware. But Chano being a man of the people, has decided to donate his Grammy for Best Rap Album of Year to the historic…
Happy Fathers Day 💙 A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Jun 18, 2017 at 12:07pm PDT TMZ is reporting, via unnamed sources, that Yeezus is set to go back on tour in 2018. But nah, he’s not rehashing what he did with the Pablo dates, this is an all new affair. The…
Words by Quentin Yarolem. Photos by Samantha Fuehring. I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with an appropriate metaphor to help explain Phoelix’s abrupt rise to dominance, but there is really nothing like it. The man went from being totally off the radar to being a part of the trio that produced the two…