The Chicago hip-hop veteran chats about what inspired the title of his new album, working with rising local rappers, and getting involved in the community.
"When my dad and I started approaching the city limits and seeing the buildings, that was the first time I started to feel sad, which was strange, 'cause that was the time I should have felt most excited."
For $60 million the Greater State Street Council wants to demall it, restreet it, recar, rethink, and revive it as the heart of a new Loop. It's a great plan—for 1985.