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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.”

“Miley Over Molly” is the second single off of “To Whom It May Concern”, Nicholas May’s debut EP set to be released for free via e-mail in the near future. You can E-mail MayMaticLive@gmail.com to receive the Chicagoan’s project for free upon release. http://youtu.be/OIZ2wtJTItA

Mizzle is a rapper hailing from the Northside of Chicago a.k.a. Tha Pole and this is his brand new single “I Did That” featuring Chicago Westside native Murf Dilly.

Chicago emcee J-Merk gets a Wu-Tang inspired beat from producer Grime Lab to swing lyrical samurai swords all over on this cut titled “Armageddon”. Listening to the track, one could say the Wu could be proud of this one.

Chicago, Illinois emcee Gizzo let’s the world know that he plain out doesn’t give a f@@k on his latest track “#IDGAF”. Giz goes straight schizo over a dope beat full of layered drum patterns and some slick Rhodes chords, definitely a dope cut.

Back in 1993 if you were at a house party and “12 Play” came on everyone knew what that meant, everything got dark, quiet, and everyone went in there own corner with there significant other. So we decided to bring back those memories on Valentines Day by letting you jam to the full “12 Play’ album by R. Kelly. http://youtu.be/QMeroj9oVVE …

Bruza The General emerges back on the Chicago music scene giving tribute to one of the freshest in the game “Don C.” produced by Xcel. He describes the culture of Chicago with this new joint to kick off his upcoming mixtape release entitled “Draft Pick” being release in Spring 2014 presented by Okeboy Music Group that will be hosted by …

Spenzo fresh off dropping his single “Wife Er” drops his “Devil Is Lie Freestyle” letting everyone know that 2014 is the year of the SPENZO.

Once again, the sick syllable spitta Words is back with new music and for this rip, the Chicagoan goes ham over A$ap Mob’s “Trillmatic”. There are so many hip hop quotables on this track right here you’d swear it belonged in The Source back in the nineties. Words is definitely an artist to watch for in 2014.