When Tink named her latest album Thanks 4 Nothing, she meant it a few different ways. “Thanks 4 Nothing can mean so much,” says the Chicago singer. “It can mean thanks for not giving me a gift on Valentine’s, or thanks for not giving me enough energy, enough effort. Thanks …
Read More »How Kid Sister Became the Counselor Every Musician Deserves
You probably know Melissa Young as Kid Sister, who, in 2007, as a spritely Chicago MC earned a verse with the city’s burgeoning superstar, Kanye West, on her high-energy dance-rap track “Pro Nails.” Today, she continues to make music; she recently appeared on Black Thought and Danger Mouse’s boom-bap collab, …
Read More »In Chicago, a Shooting Forces Systemic Inequality to the Surface
According to police, last Sunday at around 2:30 p.m. Chicago police officers responded to a “call of a person with a gun” in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood, and saw someone who matched the description in an alley. Police said the subject then ran and shot at officers while …
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