Perhaps even more than a music city, Chicago is a basketball city. With a historically popular high school basketball circuit watched by the entire country, sometimes it’s forgotten that these are kids, often coming from extremely poor families and essentially competing for the oppurtunity to possibly feed their loved ones. Chance and DWade combined their forces…
G Herbo had an incredible 2017, and kicks off 2018 on a major note with his hometown comrade Chance The Rapper, who joins Herb and Uzi Vert on the official remix for “Everything.” They’re not even playing fair on this one. Chano went insane. Stream it below, and be sure to grab it at the…
It’s here. The greatest Christmas gift of all: Chance The Rapper & Jeremih’s second collaborative project, Merry Christmas Lil Mama: Re-wrapped. Last night, Chano and ‘Mih took to Chicago’s Power 92 to premiere the project with Hot Rod, and as promised on air, they gave DJ Pharris the exclusive as the full, edited, album just…
At 24 years young, Chance The Rapper has seemingly done it all. From Saturday Night Live to Grammys, to now having his very own Starbucks gift card. Yep, just in time for the Holidays, Chance is partnering with Spotify and Starbucks for a limited edition Starbucks card that will also benefit his Social Works non-profit….
Last year, Chano and ‘Mih connected to give us the best Christmas gift of all time: a Christmas album. The duos Holiday opus, Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama, shook things up last year, and rumor has it they’re coming back for part two this year — in the form of a full album. Oh really? On…
On November 4th 2017, Chicago music company Fake Shore Drive celebrated their 10 year anniversary alongside Red Bull Sound Select’s #30DaysInChicago series. The sold out event of over 1500 people was held at Chicago’s storied Portage Theater. FSD reunited the Big Tymers (Mannie Fresh & Birdman) and had performances and appearances from Chance The Rapper,…
Chance the Rapper made an appearance at a Chicago City Council meeting today meant to vote on the proposal to purchase 30.4 acres of land in West Garfield Park to build a public safety academy. Chance, along with 40 community organizers called the No Cop Academy Coalition, made a speech speaking out against the planned…
Noah Callahan-Bever’s great Blueprint interview series is a weekly watch for me, but today is one that everyone really needs to check out. In this latest installment, Noah sat down with Pat The Manager, who serves as Chance The Rapper’s manager and righthand man. They talk about Chance’s early days, how they built their empire…
Tonight, Chance further proved why he’s one in the best in the world right now. The top of his class, the top of his genre, and at the top of music. Chance recorded this track with Daniel Caesar this past Saturday (as in two days ago), and tonight they premiered it on The Late Show…
After seeing some significant success with his Juke/Footwork version of Vic Mensa’s The Autobiography album, he steps back in the ring to take a crack at Jamila and Chano’s great and still bubbling “LSD.” Fya went back to the lab to put a very Chicago twist on an already very Chicago record. No complaints here….