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Rockford, Illinois hip hop emcee The Last Wordbender delivers a Rocky inspired visual to his lead off single, “Now is the Time 4 Me”, which carries a feature from fellow artist Akeem Kizart. DJ Brickrock does a wonderful job providing an eighties themed production complete with a clever vocal sampled chorus line. Wordbender & Akeem make the perfect tag team …

Illinois recording artist and first lady of UG Promotions releases her Good Eye directed video to her single, “The Duchess”. The song is featured on her new album that also shares the same name, which is available for purchase online now. HaZe “The Duchess”

The Co-Pilots have taken off and refuse to land. One of Central Illinois premier rap duos is back with their new video, “Top Floor”. Using truth filled lyrics and slick camera work from Shaw Studios “Top Floor” is truly an elevating experience. Be on the lookout for their upcoming album slated for an early second quarter release.

Deezy da Paperboy has literally been blowing up. Winning multiple hip hop contests/showcases around the Midwest, releasing critically acclaimed music and videos, receiving spins on both college and top 40 radio stations, Deezy is doing it all. In his latest video the rap veteran is displaying his singing ability. “Exist”, the second single from his “Jus Doin Me” mixtape, finds …

Chicago’s Distinguished Gorillaz Records recording artist J Pizzle unleashes the official video for his latest single “I Feel Like” featuring Jus Foreign, produced and directed by @DGainzBeats.

Having already amassed a large local following in Chicago, emcee Lost Kause is back with his fourth installment in his “Fuck A Hook” video series and for this offering, LK goes in over Beats from Big Sean, Lil Wayne & Drake. With some clever editing tricks and an entertaining skit, the video helps further bring this Chicago artist’s words to …

Peoria, Illinois’ ChiSongwriter pays homage to the late Speaker Knockerz on his remix to “Lonely” with a matching visual from Pat Clark to match.

Rockford, Illinois recording artist WBC teams together with videographer Arissa Washington once again to ask the burning question of “Where Were You” as the young rapper explains how people only come around when you’re doing well for yourself but not there during the struggles. With a nice auto tuned chorus line, “Where Were You” is a nice offering from WBC.

Rockford, Illinois’ own Jewelry Boi teams up with WBC for their FlyGuy Films visual for “On Me”, a smooth, street styled record that details just what you can find on the fellas possession on a day to day basis. https://youtu.be/ODUbnurIkvA

Chicago, Illinois’ Tomahawk Gang presents their compilation mixtape “Year of the Gang” which features the mixing of Chicago’s Ves 120 and the Hawk roster consisting of ILL Brown, Maja 7th, Papi Jamon, Mike Schpitz, Waterr, Preach, Visual, Elementz Emcee, AOK and others. The mixtape features current singles as well as previously released material and is available to stream and download …