Some new vibrations from Mr. Ivy. And whenever we have new J, it’s a welcomed addition to the site. You can never have enough. So raise your glass, raise your hands, and toast to “Raise Your Vibration.” Yaw is on the feature. Check out the J. Ivy & Marco Simmons-directed clip below.
Directed by DGainz. Produced by 25th Hour. This is powerful. Illi links up with the legend himself, J. Ivy, for the very astute “PTSD.” Illi has always been very vocal about depression and life as a black man in Chicago, and he paints a picture for the world to see with his DGainz-directed video. It…
Iconic Chicago poet and renaissance man, J. Ivy, is back with a brand new album: My Daddy’s Records. This project is a collection of poems from his Dear Father book, set to production from some of the game’s finest including Ski Beatz, JT, Marshall Knights, Chris Rob, Reality. But J. isn’t alone here, he’s brought some…
Directed by Cam Be It’s safe to say that gospel rap (or however people want to box it in) is having a moment right now. But one artist who has been paving the way for years is J. Kwest. He’s been dropping that music with a message before the inception of FSD. Yeah, he’s been doing…
Directed by Cam Be From J’s recently released book, Dear Father: Breaking the Cycle of Pain, which dropped last week. We highly suggest you go support the book right here, and check out J’s site, where you can also submit a letter of your own. J. Ivy needs to write, and you probably do to….
Chicago renaissance man, J. Ivy, guested on Fox 32’s Good Day Chicago this morning to talk about his new book, Dear Father, and its accompanying tour which kicks off this weekend at DuSable Museum of African-American History. J goes in-depth about his career, book and book tour and details everything you need to support him…
Directed by Chris Velona In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday yesterday, J. Ivy has decided to unveil a new video from his upcoming book, Dear Father: Breaking the Cycle of Pain. It’s incredibly shot, incredibly directed and features some riveting imagery of J doing what he does best. And please listen to…
As poet/author/artist J. Ivy prepares for the release of his new book, #DearFather #BreakingTheCycleOfPain, on January 27, 2015, he’s decided to kick off his promo trail with a series of mixes featuring unreleased gems, hard to find features and loosies you might have missed. It’s a very comprehensive collection of the best of Ivy. Sleep…
Producers Sean C and LV grab Tree G, OG Bun B, 100s and J. Ivy for “Get My Money Up”, which you can get an earful of below. The collaboration is from Sean C and LV’s Loud Dreams Vol. 1 LP, which was officially released today and includes original tracks from a lot of your…
Produced by 183rd. The windy’s own J. Ivy assists Smoke DZA on his new single “Black Independence”, which Billboard got the green light to release today. The new joint is the first offering from DZA’s Dream.ZONE.Achieve album, scheduled to be released April 1st. Stream/download “Black Independence” below.