- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
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MC Tree shows his roots on Sunday School II
Reflecting on Tree's Cabrini-Green roots and rap career as he drops the next big local mixtape, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 10, 2013
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Chicago rapper Lucki Ecks and the new trap tag
Local rapper Lucki Ecks is prepping a mixtape called Alternative Trap, but he's not the only one who has been toying with the southern-raised rap genre.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2013
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Chicago rap's big day out at SXSW
Chance the Rapper's ascendance continues at SXSW, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2012
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Chief Keef's Finally Rich is good, bad, and mostly OK
Some decided to love or hate Chief Keef's Interscope debut prior to its release, but the album shouldn't inspire such strong feelings
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 25, 2012
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Why we won't post the alleged Lil Reese assault video
The music media is buzzing about a video in which Lil Reese allegedly assaults an unnamed woman—but the Reader prefers to join the conversation without reposting the clip
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 15, 2012
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
