Check out Chance the Rapper and Colin Tilley‘s film debut, titled “Mr. Happy”. In the Tilley directed short, Chance the Rapper plays a depressed man Victor, who discovers a MrHappy.com website where he can hire a hitman to kill him. Speaking with VICE, Tilley said “Chance is like one of the most down to earth people I’ve ever met and right away I was like, ‘This dude is really special.’ We talked about film and he was telling me how he wanted to get more involved in it.” Good thing they got together, because you can watch their new short film below. It gets depressing at times (but that’s the point), so be warned. Ever since Outkast’s “Idlewild”, it has been hard to see one of your favorite rappers contemplate suicide on film. Only time will tell if this leads to Chance dipping his toes into more acting in the future.
Two big name rappers with Chicago roots, Chance the Rapper and Ludacris (Oak Park, IL), surprised Chicago Public Schools students this week with a surprise appearance at Alcott College Prep, for the “Get Schooled, Get Connected” program. So far the program has been very successful, which helps connect youth across the country with online educational resources to help with their high school to college transition. It is always great to see Chance give back to the community, as this is just one of many events that Chance the Rapper has hosted or attended to give back to the Chicago youth. Check out some photos below, as friend of the site Jesus Montero was there to capture some of the best moments from the event.
The best and brightest of this past week in music, as well as a throwback track! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings. This week we have new music from Action Bronson and Chance the Rapper, Meg Myers, Kid Cudi and more! Continue reading Songs of the Week ft. Action Bronson, Meg Myers, Kid Cudi & More!→
There quite a few musicians who look like they be brothers or sisters, and even some that look practically identical. You pretty much can’t watch a Toro y Moi video on YouTube without seeing at least a few people make a Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) related joke in the comment section. So we wondered what it would be like if some of these doppelgangers got in the studio and actually made a song together. Check out our list of the five musician doppelgangers that need to work together, with some that could maybe happen one day and some which definitely aren’t as likely.
Listen to the official release of ‘Cold Stares’, a track by electronic artist Nosaj Thing and Chicago’s Chance The Rapper. Chance originally shared the track on his SoundCloud and now Nosaj has made it available for streaming. The song will appear on Nosaj Thing’s forthcoming album, Fated, which will release on May 5, via Onnovative Leisure.
In less than a couple week’s, DJ Oreo (DJ for Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa) is bringing his energetic festival to Reggies Rock Club in Chicago on Saturday March 14th (10pm-2am). And now today we have the line-up as Oreo Fest is set to feature performances by Lil Herb, Katie Got Bandz, Leather Corduroys, Alex Wiley, Cago Leek, Z-Money, Ego, Bandman Kevo and many more special guests! This is a 17+ event, but if you’re of age you definitely won’t want to miss out. Check out a promotional video below and get your tickets now at Oreo’s website before they sell out. The presale special is over but tickets range from just $15 to $40 (for express entry and premium viewing)!
Chance The Rapper and Action Bronson made a great team last time, with Chance’s Acid Rap track ‘NaNa’, and now this time Action returned the favor by recruiting Chance for his new track ‘Baby Blue’. ‘Baby Blue’ is off Action’s forthcoming Mr. Wonderful album, and is produced by Mark Ronson (‘Uptown Funk’) and co-written by BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe. Be sure to get Mr. Wonderful onMarch 24th (available for pre-order now on iTunes) and listen to ‘Baby Blue’ below.
This week Chance the Rapper and Donnie Trumpet (of The Social Experiment) stopped by Power 105.1 for their first ever appearance on “The Breakfast Club” with DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee. Its only right that the two Chi-town grown artists paid a visit to The Breakfast Club as the classic John Hughes film of the same name was filmed just outside of Chicago. Check out the full interview below as Chance talks about his come up, getting a phone call from Jay-Z, Obama and much more. Chance and Donnie also talk about their upcoming album Surf and Chance even gives an indirect shootout to The Early Registration for our coverage on his recent Open Mikeevents (around the 32:30 mark).
Canada’s premier music fest, Squamish Valley Music Festival, has revealed its 2015 lineup. Taking place at the Centennial Fields in Squamish, British Columbia, this year’s festival runs from August 7-9 and includes a number of great acts. Headlining the festival this year includes Drake, Mumford and Sons, and Sam Smith but the undercard is just as great. Squamish fans in 2015 will be able to check out performances from Chance the Rapper, Schoolboy Q, Brandom Flower, Alabama Shakes, Hot Chip, George Erza, Vance Joy, Benjamin Booker and many more. Check out the lineup poster below!
Let’s admit it, we all have a favorite rapper of two that we wish we started listening to well beyond when we actually did. So for our new series we will be showcasing an artist that you probably should be listening to by now, but for whatever reason maybe they flew under your radar, and you want to get up to date before they continue to take off. So for this week, there is no better rapper to showcase than Chicago’s Vic Mensa. With the release of Kanye, Vic, and Sia’s new collaboration ‘Wolves‘, there will be a lot of rap fans who are just now learning all there is to know about the SAVEMONEY rapper. Vic has been huge in the city of Chicago for quite some time, but maybe you have slept on him for too long. Don’t worry! We got you covered with a Late Pass.
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