Tom Morello and Zayd Ayers Dohrn's new rock/hip-hop musical Revolution(s) views injustice and violence through one family's ...

Born Ivanna Alexandra Martinez, singer and rapper Lexa Gates was raised in Puerto Rico and in Queens, New York, where she ...

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In Wyrd, three sisters wrestle with their otherworldly powers and the unseen forces that prevent them from using them ...

Drill rapper G Herbo didn’t need to book Wintrust Arena for his 30th birthday party to demonstrate his status as one of Chicago hip-hop’s greatest exports. Herb’s stardom seemed assured from the ...

Robert Bruno, a professor at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations, says the wrestling over ...

Chicago rapper Thirteendegrees° is a key member of an underground movement that decenters drill in favor of what he calls ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

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Alabama-born rapper Pink Siifu takes a loose, fluid approach to lots of things—including his musical style and the general idea of authorship.

Terry Guest's Oak at Raven Theatre is a southern gothic ghost story blended with pungent social commentary and family drama.