Top Dawg Entertainment: The Championship Tour was an epic experience this weekend. I found out last minute that we had tickets available for us. After picking up tickets at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Tinley Park, we made our way to our seats right in time for Kendrick Lamar’s performance. The huge dual illuminated screen, combined with […]
Ice T’s 2016 Art of Rap Festival features Public Enemy and The Sugar Hill Gang
Music festival season just got sweeter for hip-hop purists. The premier of Ice T’s 2016 Art of Rap Festival was recently announced by the rap music legend, actor and entrepreneur himself. This event is set to celebrate the history of hip-hop by featuring a lineup of performances by some of the greatest MCs to ever […]
[Video] Jhene Aiko Performs “The Worst” on Conan
Songstress Jhene Aiko continued her tour of late night TV sets, last night making her rounds at the Conan O’Brien Show on TBS to perform her song “The Worst.” The beautifull, charming Aiko killed the track, as was expected with her having performed the song now on Jimmy Kimmel, Saturday Night Live with Drake and […]
Grading The 2014 Grammy Winners
So, back in December, around the time the Grammy nominations were officially announced, I wrote a post titled “Grading The Grammys” where I gave my two cents on what I thought of the nominees, who I thought should win and who I thought actually would win. The music industry equivalent to filling out an NCAA […]
New Chicago music venue Concord Music Hall to open on 8/17
The historic Congress Theater has been facing some legal problems involving some much-needed renovations. Because of this, a large number of shows have been rescheduled or moved to other venues. Luckily, the Concord Music Hall will be opening its doors for live music entertainment. Located at 2047 N. Milwaukee in Logan Square, the venue has […]
[Event] Kid Cudi, Tyler, the Creator, and Logic at UIC Pavillion 9/20
Kid Cudi’s coming back to Chicago this fall! The rapper, in support of his recent album, Indicud, is embarking on a nationwide tour, “The Cud Life Tour 2013,” and bringing along Odd Future figurehead Tyler, the Creator and up-and-coming Def Jam rapper, Logic, with him. I know this is far in advance, but tickets will be […]
[Video] Chance the Rapper Live at SOB’s (6/20/2013)
Chance the Rapper, arguably one of the hottest young rappers in the game right now, has been touring the country in support of his latest project, Acid Rap. At his headlining show at New York’s legendary SOB’s, the people over at Good*Fella Media shot a small video recap of Chance’s set last night. Featuring a medley […]
[Mixtape] RubyHornet x SoundScape: DJ RTC & Friends Live
On May 30, 2009 DJ RTC set up shop at Do Division Fest, an annual music and arts festival stretching roughly 9 city blocks in the heart of Division street. He asked some of Chicago’s finest emcees to join him during his set. So many artists signed up that it turned into an exclusively Chicago […]