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News & Politics, Feature Feb 14, 2019
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Hip-hop taught Andre Vasquez about community—and he wants to take those lessons to City Hall

In the 90s he rapped as Prime and joined underground collective the Molemen. Now he’s a socialist candidate for 40th Ward alderman, hoping to unseat entrenched incumbent Patrick O’Connor.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Feature, Andre Vasquez, 40th Ward, alderman, candidate, Molemen, Prime, Optimus Prime, Patrick O’Connor, Maggie O’Keefe, Dianne Daleiden, Ugo Okere, Ed Burke, Rahm Emanuel, Reclaim Chicago, Blaze Battle, Direct Effect, KRS-One, Juice, Bernie Sanders, Bern Fest, Over Easy Cafe, Jon Cignarale, Democratic Socialists of America, Civilian Police Accountability Commission, DSA, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Affordable Requirements Ordinance, Lane Tech, Juvenal “PNS” Robles, Juvenal Robles, PNS, Visual, Ed “Panik” Zamudio, Panik, Ed Zamudio, Alberto “Mixx Massacre” Espinosa, Mixx Massacre, Alberto Espinosa, Vakill, Donald “Vakill” Mason, Donald Mason, Pugs Atomz, Nacrobats, Double Door, Subterranean, Gramaphone Records, Ritual of the . . ., E.C. Illa, Rubberoom, Rhymefest, Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Atmosphere, Slug, Unbreakable, Madman, The Optimus, Scam Artists, Verbal, Robust, Qwel, Middle Ground, AT&T, Kaplan University, Purdue University Global, Shadow Master, Awdazcate, Black Lives Matter, Ja’mal Green, My Block My Hood My City, Jahmal Cole, Kim Foxx, Amanda Weaver, Drinks and Discourse, Kristi Sanford, Colin Bird-Martinez, Rossana Rodriguez, Maria Hadden, Que Billah, Todays Lesson, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 12, 2017
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A people’s history of Kevin Coval

For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Kevin Coval, Young Chicago Authors, Louder Than a Bomb, A People’s History of Chicago, Haymarket Books, Tia Chucha Press, Bob Boone, Danny Coval, Luis Rodriguez, Guild Literary Complex, Will Caref, Alternative Schools Network, Tina M. Howell, Lit X, Mad Bar, Avery R. Young, Dennis Kim, Denizen Kane, I Was Born With Two Tongues, Typical Cats, Rhythm, POETREE Chicago, YouMedia, Brother Mike, Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, Malcolm London, Mark Eleveld, EM Press, Anthony Arnove, Howard Zinn, Anna West, rap, soul, poetry, spoken word, open mike, Third World Press, Haki Madhubuti, Angela Jackson, Bill Ayers, Nate Marshall, Alex Kotlowitz, Jamila Woods, Mick Jenkins, The Breakbeat Poets, Black Girl Magic, Gwendolyn Brooks, Noname, Chance the Rapper, Nico Segal, A People’s History of the United States, Henry Gerber, Saba, Society for Human Rights, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Ron Hardy, Thomas Dorsey, Sun Ra, Molemen, The Black Poets, Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, KRS-One, Nikki Giovanni, Jayne Cortez, Amiri Baraka, Don L. Lee, L-vis Lives!, Def Poetry Jam, El Cuarto Año, Marc Smith, Uptown Poetry Slam, Black Writers Conference, Slingshots, Kamilah Forbes, Teaching Artist Corps, Wordplay, Jon Siskel, Greg Jacobs, Patricia Smith, David Hernandez, Brother Wayne Teasdale, Anacron, Video

Arts & Culture, Book Review May 5, 2015
Recommended
Poetry in the age of hip-hop

Music courses through the new anthology Breakbeat Poets
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Book Review, KRS-One, The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Nate Marshall, Haymarket Books, hip-hop, Mick Jenkins, Noname Gypsy, Saba, Chance the Rapper, Louder than a Bomb, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Franny Choi, Lil Wayne, Michael Cirelli, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2013
Best shows to see: Zomes, Sweet Talk, Clinic, and Maria de Buenos Aires

The highlights from this week's Soundboard
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Do This, Music, Best shows to see, Zomes, Sweet Talk, Clinic, Maria de Buenos Aires, Soundboard, Babies, Joan Soriano, Eleventh Dream Day, Fred Anderson, Ernest Dawkins, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake, Janet Bean, Dave Mason, KRS-One, Mykal Rose

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Jukebox to Play Ride the Lightning in Its Entirety Just Because

The Whirlaway Lounge
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, play Ride the Lightning in its entirety, Whirlaway Lounge, Metallica, Ride the Lightning, Dr. Dre, The Chronic, Rage Against the Machine, KRS-One, I Got Next, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2009
Video
It's not about the bling

Sonali Aggarwal champions the music's activist potential in her documentary "Whatever Happened to Hip Hop?" screening Saturday in the Humboldt Park Art Fair Film Festival.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, George Clinton, Rhymefest, KRS-One, Humboldt Park, Film Festival, hip hop, art fair, MC Lyte, Afrika Bambaataa, Jean Grae, Sonali Aggarwal, bling, Katrina, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2008
KRS-One and Pugslee Atomz: Stop the Violence

KRS-One comes to town with his Stop the Violence project and plays the Cubby Bear with Pugslee Atomz on Sunday.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Chicago, Hip-Hop, Pugs Atomz, KRS-One

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Hip-hop taught Andre Vasquez about community—and he wants to take those lessons to City Hall

In the 90s he rapped as Prime and joined underground collective the Molemen. Now he’s a socialist candidate for 40th Ward alderman, hoping to unseat entrenched incumbent Patrick O’Connor.

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A people’s history of Kevin Coval

For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.

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Poetry in the age of hip-hop

Music courses through the new anthology Breakbeat Poets

Best shows to see: Zomes, Sweet Talk, Clinic, and Maria de Buenos Aires

The highlights from this week's Soundboard

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Best Jukebox to Play Ride the Lightning in Its Entirety Just Because

The Whirlaway Lounge

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It's not about the bling

Sonali Aggarwal champions the music's activist potential in her documentary "Whatever Happened to Hip Hop?" screening Saturday in the Humboldt Park Art Fair Film Festival.

KRS-One and Pugslee Atomz: Stop the Violence

KRS-One comes to town with his Stop the Violence project and plays the Cubby Bear with Pugslee Atomz on Sunday.

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Video Hip-hop taught Andre Vasquez about community—and he wants to take those lessons to City Hall

In the 90s he rapped as Prime and joined underground collective the Molemen. Now he’s a socialist candidate for 40th Ward alderman, hoping to unseat entrenched incumbent Patrick O’Connor.

Video A people’s history of Kevin Coval

For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.

Recommended Poetry in the age of hip-hop

Music courses through the new anthology Breakbeat Poets

Best shows to see: Zomes, Sweet Talk, Clinic, and Maria de Buenos Aires

The highlights from this week's Soundboard

Critics' Picks Best Jukebox to Play Ride the Lightning in Its Entirety Just Because

The Whirlaway Lounge

Video It's not about the bling

Sonali Aggarwal champions the music's activist potential in her documentary "Whatever Happened to Hip Hop?" screening Saturday in the Humboldt Park Art Fair Film Festival.

KRS-One and Pugslee Atomz: Stop the Violence

KRS-One comes to town with his Stop the Violence project and plays the Cubby Bear with Pugslee Atomz on Sunday.

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Hip-hop taught Andre Vasquez about community—and he wants to take those lessons to City Hall

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A people’s history of Kevin Coval

Recommended
Poetry in the age of hip-hop

Critics' Picks
Best Jukebox to Play Ride the Lightning in Its Entirety Just Because

Video
It's not about the bling