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Lizzo and Chance The Rapper have definitely put in their 10,000 hours. Often times, when it comes to super-stardom… outsiders just see the peak but never see the mountain-climbing it took to get to that spot. I’m proud of both of these artists. Lizzo is from our city and ruling the world. Chance is changing […]

This story gave me chills. It warms my heart to see how much Chance The Rapper does for his community. He donated $1 Million to give support to those affected by mental illness. I encourage you to do your part to give back to your corner of the world as well. You don’t necessarily need […]

This past Tuesday (March 27) the Museum of Fine Arts installed the “Cloud Column” by Anish Kapoor which is similar to the famouse “Cloud Gate” otherwise known as the bean.  However, some people in Chicago isn’t too thrilled. As part of her column titled “Unoriginal 4th Place Houston get it’s own Bean..Whatever” posted on Tuesday, […]

Chance the Rapper announces the launch of the New Chance Arts and Literature Fund for Chicago public schools.

Chance the Rapper met with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday to discuss drastic cuts to Chicago public schools. He noted he was frustrated with the meeting.

The Chicago rapper responded to a Trump tweet posted back in January.

Trump threatens to send the Feds to Chicago to end the 'carnage' from violence. City officials welcomed the assistance.

President Obama will give his final speech on January 10 at McCormick Place, the same place he celebrated his 2012 presidential win.

Sixty one people were shot in the Windy City this holiday weekend and of those marked by gun violence, 11 died from their wounds.

According to police officials, there were 27 shootings that left 12 individuals dead and 48 others wounded.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois has lost more people than any other state during the course of the year.

A Cook County judge has ruled that Antonio Brown is not guilty of gun charges stemming the fatal shooting of his son, Amari, 7, in 2015.