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Music, The Block Beat Oct 31, 2018
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Cupcakke stays fly on a budget at the beauty supply in her old hood

The Chicago rapper doesn’t have to splurge to create her outrageous personas: “Cheap shit with a rich spirit goes a long way.”
- By The TRiiBE
- Tags: The Block Beat, Cupcakke, The TRiiBE, Block Beat, Red Bull Music Festival, Thalia Hall, Cosmo Beauty, Cottage Grove, Cum Cake, S.T.D, Audacious, Queen Elizabitch, Ephorize, Eden, beauty supply, Marilyn MonHOE, Vagina, Gucci, Sally, Ulta, Eco Styler, Elizabeth Eden Harris, ORS Olive Oil, Just for Me, Softsheen, Cantu Shea Butter, Shea Moisture, Payless, Jordans, Video

Music, The Block Beat Oct 17, 2018
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Queen Key demands what she wants—and that matters

The Chicago rapper’s outsize confidence sends a message of support to black women who know the odds are stacked against them.
- By The TRiiBE
- Tags: The Block Beat, Queen Key, My Way, Block Beat, The TRiiBE, Eat My Pussy, G Herbo, Machine Entertainment Group, Blue Island, Homewood-Flossmoor High, Eisenhower High, Pass My Blunt, Ke’Asha Marie McClure, Your Highness, Video

Music, The Block Beat Sep 26, 2018
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It’s G Herbo’s time to give back

Chicago’s favorite street rapper has joined a project to turn part of a shuttered south-side school into a media lab and music incubator.
- By The TRiiBE
- Tags: The Block Beat, Block Beat, The TRiiBE, G Herbo, Herbo, Herbert Wright III, Swervo, Humble Beast, Machine Entertainment Group, Mikkey Halsted, Joseph Bowden, JB, Ghian Foreman, Anthony Overton Elementary School, Anthony Overton Child Parent Center, Bronzeville, South Shore, Terror Town, Rebecca K. Crown Youth Center, Chicago Youth Centers, After School Matters, Marvin Carr, Capo, Glo Gang, Lil Bibby, Kill Shit, Southside, Fazon Robinson, Welcome to Fazoland, Washington Park Development Group, WGCI Takeover Jam, Video

Music, The Block Beat Jul 31, 2018
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Chicago rapper Taylor Bennett wants everywhere to be a place black people can be themselves

When he was a teenager, one of his havens was Navy Pier. And this weekend, he’ll make himself at home onstage at Lollapalooza.
- By The TRiiBE
- Tags: The Block Beat, The TRiiBE, Block Beat, Taylor Bennett, Navy Pier, Lollapalooza, Be Yourself, Chance the Rapper, West Chatham, Brother Mike, YouMedia, rap, hip-hop, Water Tower Place, bisexual, Harold Washington Library, Young Chicago Authors, Video

Music, The Block Beat Jun 27, 2018
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Reality TV star Phor leads a tour through the cradle of his creativity

He’s gone from painting on Nikes and writing verses in his grandma’s Marynook basement to tattooing on Black Ink Crew: Chicago and working with superproducer London on da Track.
- By The TRiiBE
- Tags: The Block Beat, Block Beat, The TRiiBE, Phor, Phor Robinson, Don Brumfield, Donald Brumfield, Black Ink Crew: Chicago, rap, hip-hop, tattoo, tattooing, 9Mag, A Zae Production, Xavier Williams, Chi Town, London on da Track, Marynook, Ryan Henry, Avalon Park, Tasha Anchondo, Thornwood High School, South Holland, Butterfly, Lightning Bug, Nike, Air Force 1, Paul Wall, StricklyPhorInstagram, Phase One, NMOL, No more ordinary lifestyle, Video

Music, The Block Beat May 17, 2018
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The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race

She didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.
- By The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden, and Morgan Elise Johnson
- Tags: The Block Beat, The Vixen, Vixen, black queen, drag queen, black drag queen, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jeffery Pub, Jamal Junior, Aquaria, The Unauthorized Rusical, Savannah Westbrooke, Ebony Delite, Terry D’Mor, Black Girl Magic, Berlin, Metro, Shea Couleé, Boystown, Roscoe’s, south side, Pride, Video

Music, The Block Beat Apr 12, 2018
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Tink remembers the trial by fire that launched her career

The crowds at Adrianna’s wouldn’t rock for just anybody, but as a Calumet City teenager she won them over with a mix of drill rap and R&B.
- By The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden, and Morgan Elise Johnson
- Tags: The Block Beat, Tink, Trinity Home, The TRiiBE, Block Beat, Adrianna’s, Markham, Dixie Highway, Calumet City, Pain & Pleasure, Winter’s Diary, Timbaland, Future, Juicy J, Migos, Gucci Mane, King Louie, hip-hop, rap, drill, R&B, Chief Keef, 3Hunna, Fingers Up, Breakin’ Me, Mosley Music Group, Epic Records, Think Tink, YFN Lucci, Rich the Kid, WGCI, Takeover Jam, the Shrine, DJ Moondawg, Stadium Plus, Signature Banquets, Alter Ego, DJ Reese, Maurice Davis, Promontory, Video

Music, The Block Beat Mar 22, 2018
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How a south-side church taught rapper and activist Ric Wilson to fight back

He grew up attending Fellowship Missionary Baptist, one of the black congregations that nurtured the civil rights movement.
- By The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden, and Morgan Elise Johnson
- Tags: The Block Beat, Ric Wilson, The TRiiBE, Block Beat, rap, hip-hop, gospel, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Clay Evans, What a Fellowship Hour, Anita Wilson, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights movement, We Charge Genocide, Black Youth Project 100, Negrow Disco, Mahalia Jackson, Kirk Franklin, United Nations Committee Against Torture, I’m Blessed, Operation PUSH, Video

Music, The Block Beat Feb 14, 2018
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Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park

The rising rapper considers his teenage stomping grounds home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.
- By The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden, and Morgan Elise Johnson
- Tags: The Block Beat, Vic Mensa, the Block Beat, Tiffany Walden, Morgan Elise Johnson, the Triibe, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Hyde Park Records, 2nd Hand Tunes, Jay-Z, No I.D., Dion Wilson, Roc Nation, rap, hip-hop, Save Money, Chance the Rapper, Joey Purp, Towkio, Brian Fresco, Common, Nuthin’ to Do, Resurrection, Angel Elmore, Participatory Music Coalition, Ribs ’n’ Bibs, Hyde Park Gyros, Vue53, permission wall, Bell Hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, 4:44 Tour, Lollapalooza, Kids These Days, Video

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Cupcakke stays fly on a budget at the beauty supply in her old hood

The Chicago rapper doesn’t have to splurge to create her outrageous personas: “Cheap shit with a rich spirit goes a long way.”

Video
Queen Key demands what she wants—and that matters

The Chicago rapper’s outsize confidence sends a message of support to black women who know the odds are stacked against them.

Video
It’s G Herbo’s time to give back

Chicago’s favorite street rapper has joined a project to turn part of a shuttered south-side school into a media lab and music incubator.

Video
Chicago rapper Taylor Bennett wants everywhere to be a place black people can be themselves

When he was a teenager, one of his havens was Navy Pier. And this weekend, he’ll make himself at home onstage at Lollapalooza.

Video
Reality TV star Phor leads a tour through the cradle of his creativity

He’s gone from painting on Nikes and writing verses in his grandma’s Marynook basement to tattooing on Black Ink Crew: Chicago and working with superproducer London on da Track.

Video
The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race

She didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.

Video
Tink remembers the trial by fire that launched her career

The crowds at Adrianna’s wouldn’t rock for just anybody, but as a Calumet City teenager she won them over with a mix of drill rap and R&B.

Video
How a south-side church taught rapper and activist Ric Wilson to fight back

He grew up attending Fellowship Missionary Baptist, one of the black congregations that nurtured the civil rights movement.

Video
Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park

The rising rapper considers his teenage stomping grounds home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.

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The Chicago rapper doesn’t have to splurge to create her outrageous personas: “Cheap shit with a rich spirit goes a long way.”

The Chicago rapper’s outsize confidence sends a message of support to black women who know the odds are stacked against them.

Chicago’s favorite street rapper has joined a project to turn part of a shuttered south-side school into a media lab and music incubator.

When he was a teenager, one of his havens was Navy Pier. And this weekend, he’ll make himself at home onstage at Lollapalooza.

He’s gone from painting on Nikes and writing verses in his grandma’s Marynook basement to tattooing on Black Ink Crew: Chicago and working with superproducer London on da Track.

She didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.

The crowds at Adrianna’s wouldn’t rock for just anybody, but as a Calumet City teenager she won them over with a mix of drill rap and R&B.

He grew up attending Fellowship Missionary Baptist, one of the black congregations that nurtured the civil rights movement.

The rising rapper considers his teenage stomping grounds home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.

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