[C2E2 2016] brought droves of Comic fans to Chicago
Chicago’s answer to San Diego’s Comic-Con and New York’s NYCC gets bigger each year. Chicago’s C2E2 (Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo), held over three days at McCormick Place, drew droves of fans eager to attend the star-studded panels and participate in cosplay showcasing.
Guests arrived donning their best costumes, many of them homemade, embodying their favorite pop culture icons. It’s easy to lose yourself in a crowd of passionate fans as you see costumed heroes like ‘Batman’ and ‘Deadpool’ walking around you.
Chicago’s own actor John Cusack took to the stage the first day to talk with fans about his influential films, Better off Dead, High Fidelity, and Say Anything. Fans were also able to pose for photo ops with Cusack and other guests.
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The second day was highlighted by the Crown Championships of Cosplay, with participants competing for over ten thousand dollars in cash prizes. The second day also featured panels from Supergirl’s Melissa Benoist and Chyler Leigh. They took to the stage answering fans' questions as the new faces of women in the comic universe. Check out our photos below of Benoist and Leigh.
The final day ended with a bang as Golden Globe winner, Oscar winner, and Chicago Native Rhymefest performed from his Man in the Mirror 2.0 album, a tribute to Michael Jackson. Rhymefest also debuted his exclusive cover of the International Iron Man #1 comic issue based on his cover for the album, designed by Marco D'Alfonso has a part of Marvel's hip-hop variant cover series.
C2E2 is set to return to McCormick Place April 21-23, 2017.
[Contest] Win a Pair of Tickets for Phife Dawg and Rhymefest on 6/27
A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg is hitting up The Mid this Friday with Chicago's very own Rhymefest as part of The Official Chicago Tribe 20th Anniversary Celebration. With DJ Kid Spriite, DJ Intel, DJ Sek Uno, and Zebo rounding out the rest of the bill, The Mid will be the place to be at this Friday night. The night's festivities will also include a Crew vs. Crew breakdance battle with a $500 first place prize, so hip hop heads and B-Boys will have something fun to do. Tickets for the event can be purchased here.
However, if you left your wallet in El Segundo, we have a special contest for you right now. We're teaming up with our affiliates over at Chicago Music to give away two pairs of tickets to the event. To enter, follow both Ruby Hornet and Chicago Music on Twitter, then tweet us with #RHxCM. One winner will be selected from each account, so make sure you follow and tweet both accounts to double your chances to win!
Prime's Top 5 Chicago Battle Emcees
Last week I was on a panel and Greg Corner of Kill Hannah and he asked me about the Chicago battle scene. I haven't really kept up with it in a minute, but it got thinking about Chicago's strong history of battle emcees. I decided to reach out to Prime, ne of our city's resident battle historians for an update, as well as a top 5 list of Chicago's best battle emcees. Prime runs down the list, which contains a couple locks as well as a surprise nod.
Check out Prime's List.
RH TV: Closed Sessions w/Skyzoo and Rhymefest
Last week we released "Crack The Code" a Closed Sessions joint featuring Skyzoo and Rhymefest. Today we bring you the story behind the song, in this new Closed Sessions documentary. Check it out below to see how a chance meeting between Skyzoo and Rhymefest turned into a homage to America's first and second cities set to music by K-Salaam and Beatnick.
Closed Sessions Vol. 1 will be available for free download 3.2.10 at www.ClosedSessions.com
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Just Me And My Flip: Warm-Up Session With Rhymefest
"Yeah I gotta cold heart, Crucial Conflict man"
Rhymefest has pretty much finished work on his sophomore album, El Che. With the new LP wrapped up, Fest has teamed up with DJ RTC for The Warm Up, a mixtape to get fans ready for El Che. Last night RTC went to Che's crib to go through some music. One song that came up was "What You Might Miss". Check it out and look for the mixtape coming soon.
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