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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]