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New Featured Chicago Artist: Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

New Featured Chicago Artist: Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

Hip hop is one of the most eclectic genres in the world and at times it can even be hard to define. Nnamdi Ogbonnaya makes things even more difficult to pinpoint with his highly fascinating, essentially genre-less music that ranges from rock inspired tracks to pop-art funkiness that seems to have a mind of its own. Often times the Chicago artist’s music feels like pure ideation put onto wax and his unique sound breathes creativity in a way few bodies of work do. You never know what to expect when Ogbonnaya drops music and that’s a beautiful thing.

New Featured Chicago Artist: ICYTWAT

New Featured Chicago Artist: ICYTWAT

Check out ICYTWAT, our new featured Chicago artist. You can see his full artist page here.
To put it bluntly, Chicago is packed with talented hip hop artists. While the scene is crowded, ICYTWAT has proven to be a force in the Windy City thanks to his highly interesting, catchy music that is a divergence from the typical hip hop sound. Full of melancholy, extremely confident concepts, ICYTWAT has shown that he makes music he likes and it doesn’t matter if that’s different from what’s trending at the moment. Luckily for him, the aesthetic he has cultivated has resonated with a wide audience and he’s found great success with his craft.

New Chicago Music Playlist: 7/8/18-7/17/18 Featuring Valee, Juice WRLD, Young Chop & More

New Chicago Music Playlist: 7/8/18-7/17/18 Featuring Valee, Juice WRLD, Young Chop & More

It might be a few days late but we’re back with another weekly Chicago playlist. New artists this week include some very dope MCs including Austen Nobles, Snowy Joey, Kaliyah X, Dfree Da Vinci, Matt Muse, and Lord Haiti. Everyone on the playlist this week dropped some very solid music and with new projects from Taylor Bennett and Smino, it was bound to be a good week. Other artists featured on the playlist include Ro, who has remained incredibly consistent the past few weeks, Kahrion, Juice WRLD, Valee, NickG, Young Chop and more. Listen to all 30 tracks below and tune in again next week for more Chicago music.