If you haven’t heard by now, Chance The Rapper had a pretty good year last year. The Chicago kid dropped Acid Rap in May and went on to essentially take the music scene by storm. After getting practice opening for Childish Gambino and Mac Miller on their tours, Chance decided to end 2013 right, by […]
Chance The Rapper: “Interlude (That’s Love)” Live
Back in November, Chance The Rapper took a few days off of his headlining “Social Experiment” tour to play a pair of sold out shows at The Riviera in his hometown of Chicago. The dates, sandwiched around Thanksgiving were a milestone in the young artist’s career, a full year almost to the day since he […]
[Video] Donnie Trumpet & Peter CottonTale Talk Tour Life
Video by FragDfilms Donnie Trumpet & Peter CottonTale have been very busy lately. The pair of Chicago-raised musicians each saw a transformation in their careers last year as Chance The Rapper’s Acid Rap, aided by horn play from Donnie and plenty of production from CottonTale, vaulted their close friend to the forefront of not only […]
[Video] Donnie Trumpet: “Don’t Leave” (Feat. Vic Mensa)
Chicago’s own Donnie Trumpet stays busy. After last week, which saw him drop a project, Loopie, and appear on Mike Golden’s song “Hey Jane” with fellow Save Money member Vic Mensa, Donnie is back with a video for “Don’t Leave”, another turn with Mensa handling the rap end of things. The video, shot by Naveen […]
[EP] Donnie Trumpet: “Loopie”
Former Kids These Days trumpet player Nico Segal has been building a following under his moniker Donnie Trumpet for some time now. Having dropped the somewhat, self-titled Donnie Trumpet late last Summer, the multi-talented young artist is back with his latest five track EP, Loopie. The name derives from the loop-based sensibility of the track. […]
Mike Golden & Friends: “Hey Jane”
Later this month, Mike Golden & Friends will release their latest project, Utopia. Today, we get the lead single from the project, released today via the Internet. Featuring fellow Chicagoans Vic Mensa and Donnie Trumpet, “Hey Jane” is an emphatic play on dealing with the relationship with “Jane”. Golden offers up an inspired, soulful chorus […]
[Video] Chance The Rapper Performs on Arsenio Hall
Chance The Rapper and co. wrapped up their “Social Experiment Tour” yesterday in Los Angeles with a performance at the Nokia Theater. Before heading there, though, they made a stop at the Arsenio Hall Show where Chance, backed by his band of Peter CottonTale, Nico Segal, Nate Fox and Greg Landfair, and looking fresh to […]
Early Chance The Rapper Tracks Discovered
Complex’s Kyle Kramer is reporting a swath of mostly unheard Chance The Rapper material that was unearthed via Reddit late last night. The new (old) music is from Chance’s high school days at Jones College Prep and after school sessions at YouMedia, the local poetry and spoken word program held at Harold Washington Library in […]