Tag: rap

Lil Yachty came to the Electric Factory Aug. 24 with a few of his friends. These friends included Evander Griiim, Sailing Team and Nicky D’s…

Week 9 is already here and that means the term is coming to a close. Finals and major projects are hitting everybody hard, and people…

When we were taking “bets on how quick Tyler can reach maturity,” who guessed seven years? Our raspy-voiced walking paradox returned for his fourth studio…

Anticipation for Vic Mensa’s debut album has been high since his fantastic mixtape, “Innanetape,” was released in 2013. And while other Chicago rappers, like his…

Arriving at the dim ambient space at The Foundry the night of June 6, I didn’t know what to expect. I had never been to…

Wale, a Washington, D.C. native, headlined the Theatre of Living Arts May 26 to a sold-out show as part of “The Shine Tour.” “Shine” is…

Joey Bada$$ is an interesting artist in the context of his contemporaries. He is a window into a generation past, that is widely considered a…

“So I was taking a walk the other day …” In 2015, Kendrick Lamar released one of the greatest rap records of all time. “To…

Despite the moniker, Chicago rapper Noname is gaining nationwide fame. Noname thrust herself into the underground hip hop consciousness with a melancholy, show-stealing, roughly-40-second verse…

My interest in Nav, the Toronto-based, OVO Sound-signed rapper, began in the summer of 2016 when my then 15-year-old cousin began playing music from his…