City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to ...

Sir Michael Rocks and Chuck Inglish stopped at the Vocalo studios to discuss how their new album “Hi Top Fade” calls back to the origins of hip-hop. The duo heads to the Empty Bottle on Dec. 19. The ...

On this day in 2004, Chicago rap icon Twista released Kamikaze, his fourth studio album and a landmark in his storied career. Marking its 21st anniversary, Kamikaze remains Twista’s most successful ...

Walk into Private Stock Studios, tucked away in a brick building in Chicago’s Mayfair neighborhood, and you will immediately see images of career-launching albums recorded in part on-site. There’s ...