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 […]
Vic Mensa performs private show for Summer of Collaboration
Summer of Collaboration presented by AT&T partnered with Vic Mensa for a private show at Chicago’s AT&T Michigan Ave store with street photographer Vivian Maier’s. Maier was street photography’s best kept secret. Maier worked as a nanny in the Chicago suburb North Shore in the late 1990’s. That’s where while working she took what would become […]
[Video] Spenzo: “Wife Er”
Chicago native Spenzo has seen his name pop up on radio stations and websites across the country on the strength of his 2013 Young Chop-produced hit single “Wife Er,” off his latest project, In Spenzo We Trust. Last night, the track got a visual treatment that helps explains Spenzo’s policy on women these days. The […]
[Video] Vic Mensa in the Morning Riot Afterparty
Vic Mensa was back in town yesterday for a quick stop in while on the road with J. Cole and Wale on the “What Dreams May Come” tour. Before hosting a pop up shop at 657 W. Lake in Chicago’s Loop, Mensa stopped by WGCI’s Morning Riot After show to to kick it with Tony […]
[Video] The Whoevers on WGCI Morning Riot
One of the biggest gripes artists have had with the Chicago market over the years has stemmed from getting local radio play. WGCI has done a lot lately to dispel that problem, hosting several Chicagoland artists on their Morning Riot show, including Chance The Rapper and Lili K. Most recently, The Whoevers visited Tony Sculfield […]
[Video] YP: "Greatest AKA Ali" (Presented by DJ Moondawg)
WGCI’s DJ Moondawg brings us the latest from YP with a video for “Greatest” off his latest mixtape Restless. The video, directed by Hi-Def, plays on the song’s Muhammad Ali-esque vibes with YP rapping in a boxing ring and overlays of Ali’s voice and old fight footage. Check out the video below.