Talib Kweli continues to be one of the most active voices in hip-hop and black culture since his inception into the genre during the mid-1990s in Brooklyn, New York. If you don’t best know him for his music, including his critically acclaimed albums and singles (such as his hit ‘Get By‘), his work Mos Def (making up half of the legendary rap duo Black Star) or being the artist who first introduced us to Kanye West (inviting the young Chicago producer/rapper to tour with him), you may likely know him for his social activism. Often praised for the messages in his music, rapping about equality, compassion, and issues of great dignity (gravitas if you will), Kweli is not afraid to go to extra lengths to commit himself to the issues he raps about.
Talib Kweli continues to be one of the most active voices in hip-hop and black culture since his inception into the genre during the mid-1990s in Brooklyn, New York. If you don’t best know him for his music, including his critically acclaimed albums and singles (such as his hit ‘Get By‘), his work Mos Def (making up half of the legendary rap duo Black Star) or being the artist who first introduced us to Kanye West (inviting the young Chicago producer/rapper to tour with him), you may likely know him for his social activism. Often praised for the messages in his music, rapping about equality, compassion, and issues of great dignity (gravitas if you will), Kweli is not afraid to go to extra lengths to commit himself to the issues he raps about.
Today began North Coast Music Festival’s second day of acts, with performances by artists such as Talib Kweli, Little Dragon, Kid Cudi and many others. Tomorrow will close the festival’s 5th Anniversary with performances by Snoop Dogg, Riff Raff and more.
Earlier this summer at Ottawa’s Bluesfest, Action Bronson continued to rap during his set while walking from the stage to the port-o-pottys. Tonight at Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival he may have topped himself. After jumping into the crowd in the middle of his performance at NCMF’s ‘773 Stage’ Action made his way through his crowd and walked on the ‘312 Stage’, which was setting up for Bassnectar’s headlining performance.
Today kicked off the opening day of Chicago’s 5th annual North Coast Music Festival, which will features acts like Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, Bassnectar, Action Bronson and many others over the weekend. Today we caught some of our favorite acts of the festival, including BadBadNotGood, Chet Faker, Action Bronson and Bassnectar.
The Weeknd’s new video ‘King of Fall’ video is here, since the songs initial release earlier this summer. This video features images of Abel walking through the city, going to parties and hanging out in hotel rooms. See him perform the track live on his upcoming ‘King of Fall Tour’ later this year with Jhene Aiko and Schoolboy Q.
Lil B, the Based God, doesn’t always tour, but when he does its super rare and based and he will be bringing one of these rare performances to Milwaukee this fall.
Fans of Childish Gambino today are eating as the rapper announced a new mixtape, STN MTN/Kauai, and fans can also enjoy Logic’s new track ‘Driving Ms. Daisy’ which features Gambino.
In our inaugural year and summer as your daily source for music, we were given the great opportunity of being invited to cover Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival‘s 5th Anniversary. If you find yourself in Chicago this weekend, The Early Registration has the acts that you should be most excited to see.
The Early Registration 