Column: Common Highlights Mentorship At Roosevelt Univ. American Dream Conference
One day a young man was sitting in on a group discussion and he was asked, “what is his definition of the American Dream?” Some time was took to ponder […]
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Essay: Drill, Trap Leaving Legacy Of Devolution, Neglect In Rap
David Evans contributes essays and cultural criticism to WARR
Essay: In Defense Of Criticism, Well Meaning Or Otherwise
David Evans contributes essays and cultural criticism to WARR “If I don’t like it, I don’t like it, it doesn’t mean that I’m hating”- Common, The 6th Sense Criticism — constructive […]
3-Man Weave: Rollin’ The Dice With Bulls Starting Five
Co-hosts of The D & Davis Show, Ken Davis and Demonze Spruiel, first formulated their chops talking to one another about sports while working in their day job. Several years […]
Alec Baldwin, Chance the Rapper Bridging Gaps With Poetry Rap
View this post on Instagram Alec Baldwin and @Chancetherapper performing at #ltab2015 A post shared by Young Chicago Authors (@youngchicagoauthors) on Mar 1, 2015 at 6:09pm PST Certainly the most […]
Entertainment: Common, Gina Rodriguez and More Represent Chicago at Golden Globes
No doubt the coolest moment at Sunday’s Golden Globes for Chicagoans was the winning of best original song to the tune “Glory” from the movie Selma, written and performed by […]
Listen: Regal Selector No. 6/Recapping the AAHH! Festival
It was meant to be a breath of fresh air into the Chicago hip-hop scene, and it was, but it was more like a hot flame that heads gravitated toward […]
Music Review: Common Delivers with Nobody’s Smiling/New Regal Selector
ed. note — The review below was written by Vance Brinkley, a hard-working young talent out the D.C. area (or “urrea”) who has previously contributed to AllHipHop.com among other outlets […]
Watch: Common Makes Media Rounds Plugging “Nobody’s Smiling”
Chicago’s original breakthrough rap artist drops his 10th solo album today and by the sound of it, “Nobody’s Smiling” is the South Side rep at his most present with the […]
Watch: New Bull Doug McDermott Plays Horse with 99 Regular Folks
As it would turn out, Doug McDermott and the Chicago Bulls were a fit both sides were determined to see happen. The Bulls acquired McDermott, the 11th pick in last […]
