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Hip-Hop Wired has reported on several accounts of violence in the city of Chicago, and with the outbreaks occurring everyday, a young rapper is using his surroundings in hopes of attaining stardom. 13-year-old rapper Lil Mouse has released tracks full of bad language, glorifications of violence, and disrespect towards women (who he calls b-tches). One […]

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Lupe Fiasco is not about beef, he’s about making amends. The Chicago native and youngster, Chief Keef, have had a storied dialogue on Twitter, but Fiasco still has love for the teenager. Keef is one of many artists that the “B-tch Bad” rapper has spoken on in recent weeks, and while he was critical of the […]

News, Politics, Video

Mitt Romney gave his opinion on the teachers strike in Chicago, placing the blame on President Obama for allegedly standing on the side of educators versus the students. In a statement released Monday (Sept. 10) Romney said that he was “disappointed” in the Chicago Teachers Union’s decision to “turn its back on not only a city […]

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Teachers in Chicago announced Sunday (Sept. 9) night that they will go on strike after being unable to reach an agreement over salaries and benefits. This is the first time that a strike has occurred in 25 years, leaving many parents of an estimated 400,000 students, wondering where their children will go while the teacher’s union and […]

EDITORIAL, News, Politics

Chicago, resplendent with its towering skyline, has always battled with its reputation as a city plagued by corruption and crime. Just a short distance from the sparking downtown “Loop” area, the South and West sides of the Windy City show evidence of neighborhoods hit hard with poverty and gang culture.  Atop the heap stands Chief […]

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The fall out surrounding the murder of 18 year-old Chicago rapper and suspected gang member Lil Jojo is just getting started. After JoJo, born Joseph Coleman, was found dead on Tuesday, September 4th on Chicago’s South Side, some of his rivals, including rappers Chief Keef and Lil Reese, took to Twitter to comment on the […]

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Lupe Fiasco‘s been going through a lot lately. He’s been gearing up to release his fourth album, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1. Other than that, he got into a very public discussion with the controversial fellow Chicago Rapper, Chief Keef, that resulted in next to nothing. Lupe tried his hardest to […]

Features, News, Politics

Although some may have scoffed at Lupe Fiasco declaring in a radio interview last week that rising rap star Chief Keef “scared him” as a result of the Chicago teen’s violent depiction of their shared hometown, a quick look at the staggering rise in the murder rate of Black and Hispanic teens due to gun […]

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Gun violence in Chicago has claimed the life of yet another youngster. Rapper Lil Jojo was one of two people gunned down in overnight shootings on the city’s South Side Tuesday (Sept. 4). Police found Jojo—born Joseph Coleman—unresponsive on the street. He was riding a bicycle when a gunman driving a tan or gray vehicle […]

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The Chi-Town player, GLC, is back with another visual off of his new mixtape, The Anti Simp. In this video, GLC and his ever present ISM is riding around the city in his beloved hometown  and speaks the real talk as he’s always been known for. It’s hard to find somebody in Hip-Hop that keeps it realer […]

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The violence in Chicago is out of control. With more than 300 homicides in the city since the start of the year, and no signs of change, the city is in crisis. Starting from Friday (Aug. 31) through the next day, seven people were shot, one of which was gunned down in front of his […]

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Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has been getting a lot of media of late for his outspoken stances, including railing against negative song and video reviews and expressing weighty emotion when talking about the violence in his hometown. The latest buzz moment for the Lasers rapper was sparked by some pointed criticism for one of his […]