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Chicago emcee, Add-2 has a video for his song “Cotton Fields.” The song deals with slavery, the civil rights movement and the struggles of Black people toady. Add-2 is 26-years-old and has worked with acts such as Kendrick Lamar and The Roots.
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While in Kanye West’s hometown of Chicago, ‘Ye took the opportunity to show Jay-Z some of his city. They hit Kanye’s childhood home, and he reflects on his early inclination towards art.
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Common has released another visual from his up-coming album, The Dreamer, The Believer. Things take a more relaxed turn from the more intense “Ghetto Dreams.”
How blue is the sky in Chicago?
This time out Mr. Lynn pretty much raps the entire time laid out in bed with ballerinas and whiskey as his supporting cast.
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Former G.O.O.D Music MC Consequence borrows Kanye West’s “My Way Home” instrumental from 2005′s Late Registration and appears to be sending a subliminal message to his old label exec. The song samples the late Gil Scott-Heron’s “Home Is Where The Hatred Is.” (spotted @Nahright)
Cons aired his grievances with Kanye West and his cousin Q-Tip in a
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Common and Obama will work together on Chicago Rally
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Growing up we all had that one old lady in the neighborhood that everone knew not to mess with. Well on Chicago’s South Side, 68-year old Margaret Matthews is THAT old lady.
Police say that Margaret shot a 12 year old boy in the arm Tuesday night after continiously being bullied by the boy and his friends.
According to neighbors, Matthews is a stand up woman who got tired of being
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The Radio Hall of Fame Will Induct Ms. Hughes in November, bestowing its Emerson Award to the founder of Radio One.
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The young and buzzing rapper speaks on the reasoning behind his one-shot video for ‘Who Dat’, capturing a fans emotion through live show, his upcoming album due out later this year and what he hopes listeners will take from it.
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In 1928 Oscar DePriest became the first African American congressman elected to the House of Representatives from a northern state and a national symbol for racial pride. Read more on Oscar DePriest here.
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