Photo by Bridges Alex Fruchter. DJ RTC. Call him what you want, we just call him a Chicago industry legend. Label owner, journalist, DJ, promoter, professor, artist manager — he’s truly done it all. From his early days at HipHopCongress.org & SoundSlam.com in the early 2000s, to heading up the groundbreaking and game-changing Chicago-based blog, Ruby Hornet;…
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KAMI & Vic Mensa connect for the great “Right Now”
Produced by Smoko Ono & Knox Fortune SaveMoney 16 is still alive…Hey, we have a couple of weeks left. KAMI’s long-awaited album is slated for a 2017 release. Finally. I hear it’s dropping early in the year, which is even better news. Every time I run into him I hound him about. He’s truly one…
Watch Vic Mensa Perform “16 Shots” with Travis Barker on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Necessary viewing. There couldn’t have been a more perfect night for Vic Mensa to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live than last night. Vic hit the stage at Kimmel and performed “16 Shots” with a little help from Travis Barker, but over halfway through the performance, Vic cut the music off to share a few…
Towkio & Vic Mensa connect for the “G W M” video
This video is fire. They got real wild and shot a couple of locations most wouldn’t dare film at. In fact, two of these spots are places that I’ve always said “if I was a director, I’d figure out how to get up there and make that shot happen.” Well, they did that. Why? Because…
Watch Vic Mensa’s “16 Shots” Video
To honor the second anniversary of Laquan McDonald’s tragic death at the hands of the Chicago Police Department, Vic Mensa drops his powerful new video for “16 Shots.” This one is serious, and they snapped on the message, visuals and content. 16 shots is in reference to the number of times the CPD shot the…
Malcolm London Premieres “Northstar” featuring Vic Mensa & Maceo Haymes
Produced by Iasko On Monday, October 17th, Malcolm London will leave his mark on the Chicago music scene forever. He’s accomplished so much in his young years in various fields, that it’s only right he makes a splash within the hip-hop world. His official debut, OPIA, is due out on Monday, and as we’ve told…
Vic Mensa – Go Tell ‘Em
Vic Mensa opens the new The Birth Of A Nation: The Inspired By Album with a brand new joint, “Go Tell ‘Em.” The soundtrack is currently available on iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify and other digital retailers and streaming services, but you can listen to Vic’s contribution right here, right now. Listen to “Go Tell ‘Em” below.
Pics: Mano’s “The Hills” 7x Platinum Party @ Lite
Sunday night, we took to Lite nightclub in celebration of Mano’s “The Hills” (which he produced for The Weeknd) going seven times platinum. Yes, that’s seven million copies sold. It’s still climbing as well, so I won’t be surprised if this single hits 10 million sold when it’s all said and done. Diamond for those…
Vic Mensa & Joey Purp – 773 Freestyle
Produced by Papi Beatz and Jake Osmun. While on the road together for their Back With A Vengeance tour, Vic Mensa and Joey Purp keep the SaveMoney Summer rolling right along by taking some time out to hit everyone with a new brand joint — “773 Freestyle.” Vic and Purp went in on this one….
Watch Vic Mensa’s Powerful Set @ Lollapalooza
Photo by Jake Osmun Lollapalooza 2016 has finally come to a close. Thankfully. It was a marathon weekend, now spanning four long days. Four long days filled with lines, surge pricing, inebriated zombie teenagers, people weirdly stalking Malia Obama, awesome after parties, weak after parties, real industry people and real fake industry people. It was a lot to…