Nineteen-year-old rapper Rockie Fresh has taken the independent hip-hop community by storm since the release of his 2009 mixtape Rockie’s Modern Life, appearing on popular blogs like 2dopeboyz and ...

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Chance The Rapper reportedly wins at trial against his former manager and receives $35. On March 20, following a two-week ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — It was a high-flying lifestyle, quite literally, until federal agents arrested rap artists and their entourages ...

Chance The Rapper put on an epic and passion-filled performance for his home city at the Huntington Bank Pavilion on Friday. Showcasing the release of his new album “Star Line,” the rapper used his 90 ...

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Acid Rain, Chance the Rapper’s second mixtape, which dropped April 30th, is much more than a homage to drug culture or a meditation on substance use. Instead, Chance the Rapper’s sophomore attempt ...

This story was originally published in 2016. A Chicago teacher is determined to show his students that school is cool - and that working hard can be fun. Dwayne Reed, a first-year teacher, got ...