Earlier today, The Throne hit the streets of Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood – 79th & South Shore drive to be exact . Turns out, they also shot footage which they later aired at tonight’s second show at the United Center. Hit the jump for a couple more flicks.
Young Guru On WGCI’s The Morning Riot
Legendary engineer and Roc-A-Filliate Young Guru is currently in Chicago for the Watch The Throne festivities, and this morning he dropped by 107.5 WGCI’s Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot to talk about the tour, working with Jay-Z, and what they have coming up in the future. He’s a super cool and humble guy and…
Video: The Furious 5 & Grand Master Flash, Common, Lupe Fiasco & LL Cool J – The Message [2011]
This is major! At last night’s 2011 Grammy Nominations Concert Shouts to Boogz
Kanye West Hosted Private WTT Afterparty Catered By Harold’s Chicken & Garrett’s Popcorn
After night one of Kanye West & Jay-Z’s WTT tour stop in Chicago, Kanye reportedly had a private, invite-only party backstage, that was catered by famous Chicago haunts Harold’s Chicken and Garrett’s Popcorn. Jay-Z, Beyonce, Don C, Million $ Mano, GLC, Mailk Yusef and John Monopoly were all in attendance. No word on a part…
Video: L.E.P. Bogus Boys & King Louie Remember Pacman
Last weekend, the Bogus Boys (and the Infared Music team), King Louie and a slew of family and friends celebrated the memory of the late-great Larro a.k.a. Pacman–an aspiring rapper who was tragically gunned down over a year ago. Here we have the footage from the event. R.I.P. Pac. Thanks to J How for the…
Pics: New adiZero D. Rose 2’s Modeled After Chicago’s L Train
Just in time for the Holiday’s, adidas and Derrick Rose roll out the Rose 2 Windy City edition, which hit stores on December 15th. Fashioned after Chicago’s L train, the shoe features a map of Chicago’s trainline inside the shoe, with ‘The L’ on the back. Very Chi-centric. Derrick will debut these special edition sneaks…
Video: L.E.P. Bogus Boys Crooks & Castle’s In-Store
As we noted yesterday, the Bogus Boys are the face of Crooks & Castle’s 2011 Holiday line. And while out in Cali at C&C’s flagship store, the Bogus Boys celebrated the honor with an in-store performance. Here they do “Rush Hour” for the crowd, and rumor has it a video with Meek Mill is on…
Video: Kanye West & Jay-Z Perform “N***** In Paris” 8 Times In Chicago
With the WTT tour hitting Yeezy’s home last night, it was only right that the “N***** In Paris” performance record of 7 be broken here. What are the chances of The Throne going for 9 tonight?
Video: FSD On WGCI’s The After Party 12/1/11
Streaming live video by Livestream Live @ 9:15am. Drew’s live in the studio with Tony Sco, Sherm and Leon Rogers. We’re talking Watch The Throne and much more…
Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & R. Kelly Up For Multiple Grammy’s
Alight, it’s WTT week, so I’m mailing this post in. Regardless, Chicago is holding it down at this years Grammy’s. Better, more in-depth coverage coming tomorrow. SunTimes Chicago-based artists reflected lots of Grammy glory. Along with Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco, who headed up the rap categories, R. Kelly received two nods for best R&B…