WGCI Big Jam brings Chris Brown, Young Thug, and more

WGCI’s Big Jam returned this year to the United Center featuring performances by some of the biggest names in business. Big Jam was the best place in Chicago to celebrate the end of 2016. Stellar showings from Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Young Thug and many more made for an unforgettable night.Local Chicago talent represented their city strongly with […]

Chicago Acts to Look Out For in 2014

Photo by Bobby Reys Chicago has been on lately. The Second City has always been known as a musical city and the current rate at which it has produced talent as of late is only adding to that legacy. As festival lineups roll out as we transition into Spring, it has become common to find […]

[Mixtape] Lil Herb: “Welcome to Fazoland”

The day has finally come for Chicago’s own Lil Herb to step out on his own. After first hitting the scene early last year with fellow south side artist Lil Bibby on the strength of their joint project which produced nods from the likes of Drake, and a slew of record labels. After sharing the […]

[Documentary] Chicago Hip Hop Profiled in “The Field”

[iframe id=”http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/embed/65971″] WorldStarHipHop, the website best known for knock out videos and general ratchet-ness, decided to bring their cameras to Chicago for a special video special titled The Field, detailing the in and outs of not only the Chicago hip-hop scene, but the social and socioeconomic ramifications that surround it as well. Shot by Sher […]

[Video] Lil Herb: “4 Minutes of Hell” (Part 3)

Photo by Elevator Lil Herb first stepped onto both the Chicago and national scenes late last year with local collaborator Lil Bibby. The pair gained recognition upon dropping Heir Apparents last year and have been branching off individually as of late. Today we have the latest from Lil Herb, with the third installment of his […]

Lil Bibby: “Lettin Up” (feat. Lil Herb & Lil Durk)

Lil Bibby is firing on all cylinders with every single release he puts outs as the day of his his highly-anticipated mixtape Free Crack gets closer and closer. “Lettin Up” is the newest leak from Bibby and it features his east-side compadre Lil Herb and OTF’s Lil Durk. DJ Victoriouz, DJ Bandz, DJ Twin and DJ Keem unleashed […]

Lil Bibby: “Water”

Lil Bibby has made a name for himself with aggressive street anthems detailing rough times on the rougher streets of Chicago. On “Water”, premiered on Complex yesterday, Lil Bibby laces his gritty voice over a soulful sample and high pitched synths that sounds more like a Kanye West track circa 2004. For his part, Bibby […]

[Video] Gianni Blu: “Hotel Infinity”

Gianni Blu made a bit of a name for himself engineering and producing for the likes of Kind Louie and Lil Bibby on their trap/drill track “Crazy”. Talk about range. “Hotel Infinity” is about as night and day as you can get from the drill scene. It’s a house banger with well-placed ambient vocals and […]