Features, Festivals, Music, Reviews

Riot Fest 2021: Saturday in Review

After how ever many months of being inside, the festivities at Riot Fest on Saturday showed that people are ready to have fun again. NYC art punks Les Savy Fav […]

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Today

Chicago Continues to Remember ’68 DNC, “Anti Bait Truck” Event Gives Away 10,000 Shoes, Rauner Vetoes More Legislation – Third Coast Today 08-27-18

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“Anti Bait Truck” Event Gives Away 10,000 Pairs of Shoes Rapper Vic Mensa’s SaveMoneySafeLife Foundation gave away thousands of pairs of shoes at an “anti bait truck” event in Englewood […]

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Aloha Poke Faces Protests, CPD Verbally Tussles with Vic Mensa, Shooting Numbers Down – Third Coast Today 08-13-18

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Chicago Police Threaten to Arrest Vic Mensa at Bud Billiken Parade Rapper Vic Mensa, who served as grand marshal of this year’s 89th annual Bud Billiken Parade, got into a […]

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Music, Reviews, Venues

Vic Mensa Kicks Off This Summer’s Vans House Parties

As the days get warmer and the nights get shorter, Chicago kicks into full summer mode with concerts and festivals all across the city. To start things off right, the […]

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Film & TV, Music, Reviews, Video

Towkio and Joey Purp Let Loose at a Basketball Game in New Video

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Towkio released his latest EP, Community Service 2, last month. One of the highlights of that album was his collaboration with comrade-in-arms, Joey Purp, on the single “Playin Fair.” In it, Towkio […]

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Festivals, Music

Vic Mensa and the (Attempted) Radicalization of Lollapalooza

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIihVpZBiqX/   Last week, our friends at Chicago Reader asked a question. Can Vic Mensa radicalize Lollapalooza? We’re not quite sure his message reached everyone, but during Mensa’s headlining set […]

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