Picking right back up where they left off The Padded Room has returned!  The Dynamic Duo husband and wife team the BoBo’s host their poetry set the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at Say Ashe boutique and style bar located at 456 East 75th Street. It was a rainy evening but that […]

Danni Gurl is one of the female Emcees holding it down in Chicago.  I have always liked to watch the women take control of the mic. It’s still pretty much a male driven industry. Big shout out to women who hold it down for the female Emcees. Take a listen as she shouts out all […]

Days of our lives

Ray ILLA performs

Many people say that hip hop is dead. The genre has changed a little in my opinion but at it’s foundation has it changed or just the delivery? I was blessed to grow up in an environment where I was exposed to much of the music that is sampled and referenced in today’s R&B and […]

  Music is therapeutic and therapy is just what I needed after another long week at work!  This evening with Aniba Hotep & The Sol Collective started out a little different, we were able to engage them in a question and answer session before their show started. Right off I will just state that they […]

  I think I have been going to poetry sets for a year now.  I’ve loved poetry since elementary school. Every year Chicago Public Schools had an academic olympics and part of those competitions was the oratory competition. During the oratory competition various students around the city performed poems with various subject matters and deliveries. […]

Premiere of ILLA’S new joint!  

Hip Hip recently had a birthday. It is now 40 years old. It has evolved, mutated, and grown over the years. Hip Hop isn’t just music, it’s a culture and has become such a dominant force that its influences can be seen in many products and services. I grew up in the Golden age of […]