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Cory Gunz and label mate Euro stopped into Shade 45 to sitdown with DJ Kay Slay. The both killed these freestyles to SAP Ferg’s “Shabba” and Young Dro’s street hit “FDB.”

Vic Mensa drops his newest hype track “Feel That” produced by Smoko Ono.

Platinum producer DJ Pain 1 and experimental rap pioneer Sole are teaming up for an album. Dubbed DEATHDRIVE, the forthcoming set aims to “eschew the rapper persona of martyr/prophet and speak from the riot line,” combining the Anticon founder’s knack for incisive political invective with the trap-addled sonics of a beat-master best known for his work with Young Jeezy, 50 …

In the fifth episode of Chiraq, we step outside of drill music and catch up with Chicago rapper Vic Mensa and the rest of his SAVEMONEY crew. They spend the day gathering cash to bail fellow rapper Joey Purp out of jail, and on the way we chat about the city’s scene. Vic doesn’t associate himself with the Chiraq lifestyle …

It’s the night of Lollapalooza, but that doesn’t matter because inside and outside the venue, the crowd is packed to the walls. Afterwards, we roll through the South Side of Chicago with Durk and meet his family, learning about the life from which he came, and why he “terrifies the city.”