Chicago
Chicago's Young Pappy Followed the Gangsta Rap Dream to His Grave
Twenty-year-old Shaquon Thomas was an up-and-coming rapper who couldn't steer clear of the cops or the bullets of enemies.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Cancer Survivor Was Expelled from School for Too Many Absences
Also this week: A woman stabbed a man with a pen because he was snoring on a plane.
Kim Longinotto Is the Blessed Mother of Documentary Filmmaking
We met up with the British filmmaker to talk about her latest documentary, Dreamcatcher, a bleak but strangely warming film about an ex-prostitute turned guidance councillor in Chicago.
Cry-Baby of the Week: Someone Cut a Woman's Brake Line Because She Took Their Parking Space
Also this week: A woman allegedly threatened to blow up her daughter's school because she failed an exam.
Why Common Deserves the Grammy for Best Rap Album
The Grammys do still matter. Because of that they need to make the right choice, and that choice is Common.
These Former Skinheads Are Fighting Racism
For those skins who repent – who repudiate their white-power ideals – it's a long road to achieving any sort of atonement.
Holy Shit, Lil Durk and DeJ Loaf's "What You Do to Me" Remix Is Beautiful
According to 2DopeBoyz, they're now rumored to be a couple, and, if that's the case, what a match!
Listen to Chance the Rapper and Lucki Eck$ Team Up on "Stevie Wonder"
Two of Chicago's finest young rappers just made your Sunday afternoon a lot better.
What Killed Eric Garner, Racist Cops or Cigarette Taxes?
It's fine for conservatives to use Garner's tragic death to decry the "nanny state," but they also shouldn't ignore the racial disparities that run through the US justice system.
Billy Corgan Talks About His New Album and Why People Don't Like Him
"You are held up like kind of a piñata, but they forget that you are still there, so how much of a piñata can you be?"
Lil Herb and Earl Sweatshirt Made a Song Together Called "Knucklehead"
The hook and vibe is total old-school New York, which is obviously what you get when you combine the hottest young talents out of LA and Chicago.
From Viola Trills to Chicago Drill, Meet D. Brooks Exclusive, the Hip-Hop Producer with a Classical Ear
The producer, who's rubbed shoulders with both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and some of the hardest drill rappers in Chicago, breaks down his best beats.