Rap took over the 2010s. Nearly every genre, from pop to jazz, embraced instruments like the hi-hat and 808 drums. The nation was introduced to..
This is a man’s world and hip hop is typically regarded as a young man’s game. Since hip hop’s start in the 1970s as an..
If you’ve ever heard of Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday or Bayside, you have Victory Records to thank. The Chicago-based independent leader in post-hardcore and..
“Everybody wanted ‘Yandhi’/Then Jesus Christ did the laundry,” Kanye West raps on his long-awaited album, Jesus is King. In September of last year, West was..
Many students at DePaul are transplants to the city — in fact, only about 18 percent of students enrolled in fall 2018 were from the..
Last Friday night London singer Nao performed at the Metro. Chicago’s own R&B and pop artist Jean Deaux set the vibe with her low key..
Sherlock Holmes is a mythic figure. He’s the most portrayed movie character, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, with 70 actors playing him..
The four members of hardcore band Buggin Out squeezed together on two red vinyl booths in the corner of the cramped kitchen at Bricktown, a..
On January 3, 2019, Robert “Bobby No-Nose” Panozzo Sr. sat inside the Leighton Criminal Court Building to receive his sentencing. Panozzo is a member of..
On March 6, women’s clothing retailer Charlotte Russe announced that it would be closing all 500 of its stores nationwide. My heart sank as I..