There’s been a number of documentaries focused on Chicago’s hip-hop scene over the past five years, and today Billboard has thrown their hat in the ring with their very own: Saving Chicago: Inside Hip-Hop’s Movement to Make Chicago a Better Place. While most of the recent docs have focused on the negativity of the local…
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Rhymefest f/ John the Author – #copsNrobbers
Produced by S1, Epikh Pro, Damon Ranger & Xzibit In the wake of getting robbed at gunpoint for his wallet, Rhymefest links up with John the Author for a banger. to voice some grievances he had with police service he received at the station. Oh, and he enlisted an impressive lineup of producers for this…
Video: The Field: Chicago — WSHH’s Documentary on Chicago
It appears WorldStarHipHop has fully jumped into the documentary film-making landscape, and today they make their debut with The Field: Chicago (which is executively produced by Q from WSHH). We’ve seen this movie teaser floating around for the past few weeks, as it boasts appearances from Lil Durk, Lil Reese, King Louie, Lil Bibby, Young Chop,…
BLX [Mikkey Halsted, Rhymefest, Twone Gabz & Juice] – Pain
As discussed a few weeks ago, Rhymefest, as part of the The Black Youth Project (BYP) and Power of Purpose, Inc. (POP) have joined forces to release The Pledge, a 14 song mixtape which takes a stand against youth violence in Chicago. The project, which was helmed by ‘Fest, features Fest, Lupe Fiasco, Tito Lopez,…
Rhymefest Announces Anti-Violence Mixtape
To combat the recent surge of violence in Chicago, Rhymefest announces The Pledge, a 13 song project, featuring local artists taking a stand. ‘Fest, Mikkey Halsted and Kaye Fox have all signed on to contribute, and they’re still accepting submissions — the last of which need to be in by July 27. The Black Youth…
Rhymefest Speaks To WGCI About Chief Keef Incident
Last week, in a guest post on the DonnieNicole blog, El Che had some choice words for Chief Keef and his influence. In the post ‘Fest titled Chief Keef Is The Bomb, he opens up about Keef, and the corporations that stand to profit from him. The column popped up all over the internet, so…
Video: Rhymefest On The Morning Riot After Party
Typically you’ll catch me posting my appearance on Tony Sculfield & The Morning Riot’s After Party, but today Tony and the gang had on a special guest: Rhymefest. They go in on a lot of interesting topics here. Social issues, hip-hop and much more.
Video: Behind The Scenes Of Rhymefest & Kanye West’s Alligator Boots
Shot, chopped and directed by Konee Rok. Some of you may recall that Rhymefest and Kanye West were working on a show for Comedy Central a while ago, but it never got picked up. Here we have some behind the scenes footage of ‘Ye, Rhymefest, Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Kimmel and a host of others as…
Video: Power Of Sound Documentary
Salute to everyone involved in this program. I’ll let Javin have the floor: The Power of Sound is a music workshop that provides Chicago Public Schools’ students, involved in the Mentor Advocacy Program, with hands on experience with music industry professionals in an effort to develop and hone their musical talents and industry experience. This…
Rhymefest Defends Kanye West
Earlier today, Rhymefest took to his Twitter account to defend ‘Ye after Consequence’s comments on WGCI Friday morning about ‘Fest, GLC and Really Doe being hush about Kanye’s wrongdoings. KANYE and I been speaking lately it interesting I see people who think he owes them stuff. I never understood letting another human have control over…