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  • Mic Drop: Hip-Hop, House and Where We Hail From
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    Mic Drop: Hip-Hop, House and Where We Hail From

    It’s a new month, and you know what they say about April—how it brings showers and all that. Well, this week’s artists have showered us in house, hip hop and dancehall tracks. House is just one of those genres that you can’t help but dance to and while traditional beats are incorporated across different genres,…

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    Bella Morais

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  • Watch: Young Chicago Authors Is a Safe Space for Black Youths

    If you want to meet the next breakout music artist or poet, look no further than the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Division Street in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Every Tuesday, raw artistry is brewing between the brick walls at Young Chicago Authors, a literacy organization that provides free poetry, hip-hop and journalism workshops for…

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    Ashley Velez

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  • Watch: Chicago’s Love Letter to Chance the Rapper

    Chance the Rapper is just days shy of his 24th birthday, and he’s already regarded as one of the most important figures to ever come out of Chicago. “He’s a true role model,” says Emily Jones, a Chicago native. “It’s kind of like what Barack was for us in 2008.” The love is reciprocal. Chancelor…

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    Ashley Velez

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