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Earlier today Kanye West premiered a brand new song titled ‘Wolves’, track one from his forthcoming album, which features Chicago’s Vic Mensa, as well as ‘Chandelier’ singer Sia. The song was debuted during Kanye’s adidas Yeezy Boost debut show at New York Fashion Week, and after recorded footage of the song leaked, we now have a higher quality version of the track for your listening pleasure. Check out ‘Wolves’ below.
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Late last year, Chicago rapper NoName Gypsy tweeted “We go where the light is. #surf #myHottestVerseEver”, which seemed to suggest that she had a feature on Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment’s upcoming album Surf. This should come as no major surprise as she gave a great verse on Chance’s Acid Rap project. And now after last night, the hints from her tweet hold a little more weight, as she opened up for Mick Jenkins at SOBs in New York City. During her performance she rapped a verse which she told fans would be on Surf. No word yet if “We Go Where the Light Is” is the title of the Surf track, but check out NoName Gypsy’s performance of her verse below.
Also be sure to check out our photos of Chance’s recent “Open Mike” event in Chicago, where he brought out King Louie and Hannibal Buress to perform with a number of young Chicago artists.
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Big day for Kanye West and the artists he is putting on today. Earlier today fans got to hear the first track off Kanye’s forthcoming album, titled ‘Wolves‘, which features Chicago’s Vic Mensa. During his Roc city classic concert in New York City with Kevin Durant, Kanye West brought out New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap to perform his 2014 song ‘Trap Queen’. Kanye described the track as one of his favorite songs right now and wished the rapper good luck in his future. If Fetty wasn’t building a name for himself enough before, this appearance and Kanye co-sign will definitely help. Check out the video for ‘Trap Queen’ below.
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According to famous American deejay DJ Skee, and hints from Drake’s Instagram, Drake is dropping a brand new mixtape for fans tonight. After dropping his new short film “Jungle” earlier today, it really seems like Drizzy season is here. Check out the evidence below!
Every Thursday we review albums that are considered “classic” in our “Throwback Thursday Review” series. This week it’s the classic fire flames debut from one of hip hop’s greatest duos: The Clipse’s Lord Willin’. Ahhh, this was the album that started it all for me. This was the very first hip hop album that I ever listened to, and Lord Willin’ was the album that got me into the genre for the long haul. This classic LP swayed me from groups like Fall Out Boy and Rise Against, genres like alt rock and punk rock, and I finally realized that rap and hip hop is the most complete genre in terms of all the factors that go into the making of an album and the complete product that is released.
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Rapper Mick Jenkins is one of our Top Chicago Artists to Watch for in 2015, and his new OnGuad produced track ‘Time’ is proof why. ‘Time’ is set to appear on The FDC and 119 Productions’ upcoming Chicago Sights ’N Sounds compilation, and you can stream it now, below.
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It has been awhile since we have got new news from Drake. Although ‘0-100’ was Grammy nominated and the song of the summer in 2014, the year was still relatively quite for Drizzy. Well good news for Drake fans, as today the OVO rapper took to his Twitter, to share a new short film, titled “Jungle”. Watch the Karim Huu Do directed 14-minute short film, full of footage from Drake’s come up and even some snippets of new music, below.
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For those who don’t know Donda’s House is a non-profit organization created in honor of Kanye West’s late mother, Dr. Donda West. The mission of Donda’s House is to honor the educational legacy of Dr. West by implementing arts, health/wellness, and literature experiences that transform youth. In addition to their daily operations and weekly events, Donda’s House has put on a number of big events in the past year specifically, including their “Behind the Mic” event with Big Sean and their community showcase at this year’s AAHH! Fest. Now because of Illinois budget cuts, Donda’s House and its mission has been threatened, and they are asking for your help to make sure that all of Chicago’s youth has access to arts and a safe space at Donda’s House.
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Yesterday Chicago’s Chance The Rapper continued to give back to his city, by hosting his first “Open Mike” event. From raising $100,000 for Chicago schools, to attending Big Sean and Donda’s House‘s “Behind the Mic” event for young Chicago artists, Chance always puts on for his city. Last night though, Chance and the Young Chicago Authors gave local high school students a night that they would not forget, as the Chicago Cultural Center was packed with nearly 300 young artists. In addition to young musicians, poets, and comedians getting on the mic, some of the pros got to hit the stage too. Chicago comedian Hannibal Buress and rapper King Louie both performed for the young crowd, and SAVEMONEY‘s Vic Mensa was even in attendance.
Check out our photos below as we sent our photographer Andrew Baker to capture some of the best moments last night, and be sure to stay tuned as this is just one of many similar events that Chance will host in Chicago.
BY DAN GARCIA
In 2015, if you are a rapper and you have zero internet presence, you won’t make it, its that simple. YouTube, Vevo, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook… these are just a few things a rapper needs for relevancy. So it is no surprise that some rappers owe a great debt to the Internet and certainly some rappers more than others have utilized the world wide web to build their fan base. Of course there are others, but when I think of rappers that truly win at the Internet, I think of artists like Lil B, G-Eazy and Watsky, for a number of different reasons. And what do these rappers all have in common? Coincidentally (or perhaps not) they all are from the Bay Area.
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