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Music on the mind: Here are the must-see acts at the 2025 Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City

Iowa City Press-Citizen 02 Apr 2025
Chicago hip-hop duo Angry Blackmen, made up of Quentin Branch and Brian Warren, first made waves with the release of their single “OK!” in 2017.
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Lyrical Lemonade Reveals 2025 Summer Smash Lineup Feat. Young Thug’s First Post-Trial Live Set

Stereogum 27 Mar 2025
Lyrical Lemonade is bringing back its annual hip-hop festival Summer Smash this June 20-22 at SeatGeek Stadium in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview. (It’s where the Chicago Fire used to play back ...
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Things to do in Chicago March 27-April 2, 2025

Chicago Sun-Times 26 Mar 2025
The quintet Butcher Brown plays a Southern psychedelic mix of jazz and hip-hop mixed with rock, funk and soul ... Orchestra Noir presents “Y2K Meets ‘90s,” a nostalgic, high-energy ride featuring R&B and hip-hop hits from both eras.
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Saba and No ID Threw Everything Into the Pot on Their New Album

New York Magazine 19 Mar 2025
Hip-hop instituted that the beatmaker makes a beat, rapper makes a rap ... What does it mean for you to still be Chicago hip-hop artists, but to be doing that from somewhere else? ... music rap hip-hop chat ...
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Platinum-selling R\u0026B artist coming to River City Soul Fest this summer in Peoria

Journal Star - Peoria 19 Mar 2025
The lineup of the 2025 River City Soul Fest will include a widely acclaimed rhythm and blues artist ... In his 30-year career, the Chicago native has collaborated with rappers Big Pun and Fat Joe and hip-hop duo Clipse.
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L.A. Crip leader turned gang interventionist ran ‘mafia-like’ enterprise, feds allege

The Los Angeles Times 19 Mar 2025
The series billed itself as examining the “power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.” Henley said he robbed cars as a juvenile and moved to Chicago after “getting kicked out of California.” When he returned to L.A.
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LaVar Ball shares on-brand first thoughts since leg amputation: 'I'm the Big Baller. I'm hard to kill.'

Sportingnews 18 Mar 2025
LaVar Ball spoke out for the first time in a while on Tuesday ... "Then they cut off my foot," LaVar said ... MORE ... LaVar has watched LiAngelo become a hip-hop star while Lonzo (Chicago Bulls) and LaMelo (Charlotte Hornets) continue to shine in the NBA ... .
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Things to do in Chicago March 13-19: The Mix

Chicago Sun-Times 12 Mar 2025
The 70th annual Chicago St ... Chicago ... Blige, the queen of R&B and hip-hop soul, performs songs from her new album, “Gratitude,” which celebrates the love and thankfulness she has towards her life, family, friends and fans ... Chicago.
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