Milwaukee is not the first city that comes to mind when you think about the artists reshaping underground hip-hop. It probably is not even the fifth. But Zenon "Zen" Castillo, the 21-year-old rapper and produce...

There is a specific kind of confidence that comes from making music nobody asked for and watching people choose it anyway. Junii, the Detroit rapper and singer born Shaina Ferrell, knows that feeling well. She ...

Most independent rappers talk about running their own operation. BigDeuceFOF actually built one. The Florence, South Carolina native has quietly constructed an entire ecosystem around his music, from his own re...

Most people couldn't tell you what the Illinois Comptroller actually does. Karina Villa is betting that's exactly the problem. The state senator from West Chicago launched her campaign for the office with a l...

When Dick Durbin announced he was stepping down from his U.S. Senate seat, Juliana Stratton didn't wait to see what the political landscape looked like. She was the first major Democrat to file. That kind of ...

In 2019, Bushra Amiwala became the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States and the first Gen Z woman to hold elected office anywhere in the country. She was 21 years old. Now at 28, with a Forbe...

In 2021, Illinois became the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail. The person who made that happen wasn't a governor or a presidential candidate. It was Robert Peters, a state senator from the So...

When Kina Collins talks about the West Side of Chicago, she's not talking about a campaign stop. She's talking about home. Born and raised in the Austin neighborhood, Collins grew up watching her father head ...

The T.I. vs. 50 Cent feud exposes hip-hop's misogynoir problem and the fight to protect Black women in the culture.

JasonMartin continues to show why he is one of not only Hip-Hop and Rap, but really one of all music’s most hardest working artists over the past several years. Dropping today his hypy new Dj Flippp-produced...