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King Von was born in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood of Chicago in 1994, and though he retreated to Atlanta to find peace and escape his hometown, his trouble with the law never truly escaped him. Many of his most popular songs paid tribute to Chicago; he was best known as a chronicler of street life, building narratives of tense nights on the streets and his desire to escape the gangster's mentality.
Kendrick Lamar now holds the distinct honor of the highest-grossing rap tour of all-time. Lamar has taken the top spot with his run of The Big Steppers tour, which supported his Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers album. Baby Keem and Tanna Leone supported the run of shows.
Chicago rapper Rowdy Rebel premieres his new impressive single dubbed “Whamm”. The song “Whamm” fills in as a follow-up to Rowdy Rebel previous delivery titled “We On It” featuring, DBoyLo.
If you don't know who Lil Reese is, Chief Keef featured Lil Reese in his smash song "I Don't Like. which paved the path for him to work with other rappers, including Lil Baby.
In the early 2010s, he emerged from Chicago's drill culture and quickly gained recognition for his collaborations with Chief Keef and Fredo Santana.
During his recording career, R-Kelly sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him the most commercially successful male R&B artist of the 1990s and one of the world's best-selling music artists.
It is no secret that disgraced singer R. Kelly will never get out of jail with his massive 30-year sentence New York racketeering conviction in his lifetime. But now, the Feds are adding a little more injury to insult— pushing for an additional 25 more years to be tacked on to his Cook County sentence because he continues to show no remorse for his decades of sexual abuse to minors and vulnerable women.
R. Kelly’s former business manager asked a federal judge to award him $850,000 in attorneys fees after a jury acquitted him during the same trial in Chicago at which the R&B singer was convicted of child pornography charges.
Derrel McDavid’s attorney wrote that deserves to recoup the legal fees after enduring a “frivolous, vexatious and bad faith prosecution over which he prevailed.” Attorney Beau Brindley filed the 18-page request with U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber late Monday (Oct. 17).
R. Kelly is now expected to serve 30 years behind bars after his sentence was announced today in New York. The R&B legend would find himself in trouble after several women over the years would come forward to share their stories regarding abuse.
Chicago-born R&B superstar R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, punctuating a remarkable fall from grace after decades of sexual misconduct allegations.
Jay Z is joining his wife in the fashion and beauty investor space.
ESSENCE recently reported that Beyonce joined Rihanna and others as an investor in a French women’s apparel brand—now it has been reported that Jay-Z is backing premier beauty brand Madison Reed in an investment totaling $33 million, according to Bloomberg.
Lil Durk came back to Chicago for a special night wrapping up his 7220 Tour at the United Center a venue that once upon a time didn’t allow him to perform there. Ahead of Monday’s show Durkio launched an HBCU college program through his Neighborhood Heroes Foundation, where he will introduce students to different kinds of career paths.
Sandbridge Capital and Jay-Z’s venture capital business are investing $33 million in beauty brand Madison Reed.
Madison Reed will use the money to expand its hair color-bar presence, the firms said in their announcement Thursday. The company wants to add locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, hire 850 new colorists and expand its omnichannel offerings.
R. Kelly’s new lawyer asked for an acquittal in his sex crimes case on Thursday, February 17, arguing that prosecutors were influenced by the Me Too movement in bringing charges that didn’t fit the allegations against him. Prosecutors were “invigorated by an influential social movement determined to punish centuries of male misbehavior through symbolic prosecutions of high-profile men,” Jennifer Bonjean, who successfully appealed Bill Cosby’s conviction, wrote in court filings.
Vi City’s smash single “OnGod" featuring Harv has now amassed 1 million views on YouTube! With a plethora of promotion, including features on BET Jams, SiriusXM Radio, Gangsta Grillz, La Leakerz, and more — the traction for “OnGod” has spiked tremendously. Along with reaching his first “M” on YouTube, the record has 500k+ streams on both Apple Music and Spotify — and 230k+ plays on SoundCloud.
After the Wrap-Up Magazine aired the previous matchup between Kim Kardashain and Carmen Ortega, it is safe to say that Kim can advance to the next round. This time Celebrity Match Up teams Kim Kardashian with Larsa Pippen (wife of NBA star Scottie Pippen.)
Chicago managed to lock him down long-term at a bargain-basement price.
But how? And how did they get away with it for so long?
No matter how well he played or how important he was to the team, Scottie Pippen was underappreciated because of his status on the Bulls. Even as Chicago's No. 2 Pippen averaged over 16 points, Jordan would get most of the credit.
Scottie Pippen is preparing to tell his side of the story following his dissatisfaction with Michael Jordan's docu-series, The Last Dance. In an Instagram post promoting his upcoming memoir, UNGUARDED, the six-time NBA champion claimed he would tell "stories I've kept to myself for years."
The Chicago Southside Wolfpack youth football team got a surprise visitor to their practice that they’ll never forget –
former president Barack Obama.
“I told you I was coming by, coach! You didn’t believe me!” the former president and sports fan said, laughing.
