20 year old rising rap star, Tink, first made waves when she released her debut hit single "Bonnie & Clyde". The track blew up in her hometown, Chicago, and eventually made its way to ears all across the country. Since then, this concious beauty has made tracks with other big Chi-town artists such as Lil Durk, Jeremih and Chief Keef to name a few. Hit producer, Timberland, reached out to the artist and has taken her under his wing. Timberland even said that his former protegee, Aaliyah, came to him in a dream and told him Tink was the one.
Tink is currently working on a new album produced by Timberland that is said to come out this summer. She already has buzzin track, "Around tha clock" featuring some commentary from The Breakfast Club DJ, Charlamagne The God that will be on the album. Tink also recently came out with a video to her new single "Ratchet Commandments" that brings awareness to the way people act these days ; lowering ourselves to be poppin on the gram or to get money. With bars like " I told Tim Like , Im irritated, devastated// I thought, I thought we had some young queens, what you mean//We act belligerent, generation of ignorance."The song was even featured on Love & Hip Hop New York ( how appropriate lol). Check out the Video Below.
Check out her interview Below & Her Other Hit "Around The Clock"
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Are you apart of the Black Revolution? This year has shed light on unlawful police killings of unarmed black men (e.g. Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, ETC). Unfortunately, this has shown Americans that racism in this country was never resolved only swept under the rug. Issues on race can no longer be ignored when statistics are showing that 2 black men are killed per week by a police officer. African-Americans are speaking out and no longer sitting and watching the police slowly kill off out black kings. Protests have been sprouting up all over the world, from Ferguson, Missouri all the way to Hong Kong. The recent killings of TrayvonMartin, Micheal Brown and Eric Garner has caused a worldwide uproar. People want justice for police killings/brutality everywhere ! Many protesters boycotted this past Black Friday and Cyber Monday and big retailer felt a big hit. Blacks have the largest amount of spending power (about 1.2 trillion worth) in the world but only 2 percent of that money goes to black businesses. This year people were urged to buy black or from small businesses and stick it to major retail giants (e.g Target, Walmart). The boycott worked because sales fell 11% from last year. Is this the dawn of a new day in America? Well, Americans as a whole has definitely made a statement that we have awakened and that injustice to anyone is injustice everyone !
Derrick Rose Showing Support For Eric Garner
Saint Louis Rams Support Mike Brown
Even celebrities are now speaking out on these injustices. The St. Louis Rams held their hands up while walking into the stadium to honor Micheal Brown. Also, Chicago Bulls basketball player, Derrick Rose, wore a shirt saying Eric Garner's last words "I can't breathe" to show his respects as well. This shows that black lives do matter and we as African Americans have to be heard.
Being or becoming a vegan can be a really tough thing to do. You have to know which grocers to shop at and make sure none of your food has meat, fish or dairy in it. On every corner is a fast food joint like McDonald's or Burger King but most places like that do not offer vegan options. So I have composed of list of all the best vegan restaurants in Chicago. You should only want the healthiest and natural foods to go in to your body.
1.Raw
Chicago Raw is a cool vegan eatery located in the oh so trendy west loop neighborhood. This restaurant is a great option for you vegheads that love smoothies and raw juices. Raw offers acai berry smoothies and green juice. They also offer a huge variety of vegan meals including: egg salad, fresh garden spinach lasagna, sweet potatoes pancakes & more. For all my veganistas outside of Chicago , Raw has an online store ! Location: 131 N Clinton St. Chicago ,IL; West Loop Website:http://www.chicagorawfood.com/ Price: $ Under 20 Dollars Rating: 4.3/5 Stars
2. Urban Vegan Urban Vegan is a popular restaurants with two locations in hippest areas of chi-town. Urban Vegan specializes in vegan Thai cuisine and offers options like soy chicken, soy pepper steak, veggie fried rice and much more. This is definitely a go-to restaurant for veggies. Location: Lakeview- 1605 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL Lincoln Park- 1550 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago,IL Price: $ under 20 Rating: 4.1/5 Website: http://www.urbanveganchicago.com/ 3. Green Zebra Green Zebra is known as one of the most top-notch vegan restaurants in Chicago. It is owned by a world renown chef, Shawn McClain, and he started this restaurant because of his love for pure fruits and veggies. The menu has foods such as black bean pot-stickers (yum !), Parmesan risotto, Tuscan kale salad and a variety of other options. I recommend making reservations online and dress to impress ! Location: 1460 West Chicago Ave, Chicago IL ; West Town neighborhood Price: 31-50$ Rating: 4.0/5 Website: http://www.greenzebrachicago.com/
4. Vegetarian Soul One of the only vegan restaurants on the far south side of Chicago, Vegetarian Soul is must try. Located in the rising Chatham area for over 25 years. This restaurant specializes in vegan soul food and offers an amazing juice bar. Their menu is impeccable with so many options including: BBQ twist platter, black eye pea burger, veggie gyros, soy ice cream and endless other options. Location: 203 East 75th Street, Chicago, IL Price: Under 20$ Rating: 4.9/5 Website: www.originalsoulvegetarian.com/
5. Native Foods Native Foods is quickly becoming a national veghead favorite. They have locations all over the country in veggie loving states like Colorado, California , Oregon and newer locations in Washington, Dc and Chicago. I often refer to this restaurant as the 'Applebee's' of vegan food because they have so many options and they also have great alcoholic beverages. They have 4 locations in Chicago and with foods like gold rush ciabatta, zucchini date cake, and the yo amigo taco salad why wouldn't you want your veggies dreams answered here ! Location: Hyde Park- 1518 East Harper Court ; Lakeview- 1023 West Belmont Ave; Loop- 218 South Clark Street ; West Loop- 14 South Clinton St. ; Wicker Park - 1484 North Milwaukee Ave ; All Located in the city of Chicago ! Price: Under 30$ Rating: 4.8/5 website: https://www.nativefoods.com Bonus Video On Why Being Vegan Makes You Look How !
My hometown, Chicago has recently been receiving a lot of media attention not only because of its high crime rate but for it's blazin underground hip-hop scene. Chicago aka "Chiraq's" rap community basically started what is known as drill music. Rappers from the Chi have been receiving worldwide recognition with artists like Chief Keef, Lil Herb, Dreezy & more. King Louie is also one of the innovators of drill music but hasn't got much attention as his peers. King L has been featured on Kanye's album YEEZUS and has his picture on the cover of Common's new album Nobody's Smiling.
King Louie's face featured on Common's Album Cover Nobody's Smiling
Despite all the attention and being signed to Epic Records, King Louie has yet to come out with an official album but his mixtapes never disappoint. The rapper's new mixtape Tony has been receiving a lot of love from the hip-hop community. On the mixtape are unforgettable songs like "Difference" feat Slitta , "Live and Die In Chicago" and "B.O.N". King L takes fans into the life of a Chicago drilla and has more of a grittier flow on this mixtape. I listened to the entire mixtape and it wasn't one track that I could not connect with on some level. Louie is exactly what hip-hop needs because in world so full of facades and fakery everyone is looking for that one artist who is gonna keep it real.
Hey there hippy girl, it's the weekend so you know it is time for fun in the sun. Here is the weekend guide to the best events in the city this weekend. Summertime Chicago is the best place for a hippy girl to wander and find some fun.
West Fest
When: July 12th-13th
Time: 10am-10pm
Why you should go: Great food, awesome music, drinks, games and lots of cool hipsters all around the Logan Square area.
YMCMB artist Nicki Minaj took the internet by storm yet again. Early this morning, Nicki released a hard hittin hood track entitled "Chi-raq" which features rising Chi-town emcee Lil Herb. In the track, Lil Herb spits few bars from his hit song "Kill Shit " along with some new bars. Herb has been receiving major buzz since Drake co-signed his lyricist MC status a few months ago on twitter and also with the release of his mixtape Welcome to Fazoland back in February. It seems Nicki caught on to Herb's wave and we will hopefully be seeing more of this collab in the future. After the release of Nicki's previous album Pink Friday (2010), Nicki vowed to her barbs that she would go back to her gritty hip hop steez instead of the bubblegum pop music she released on that album. With singles like "Lookin Ass Nigga" and Her remix to "Danny Glover" by Young Thug she is proving that she will not let her fans down. "Chi-raq" will be featured on her upcoming album Pink Print which she has yet to set a release date for. Nicki spits on the outro of the song “I might give you a new trick every week until this album drops…..I don’t know, I figured they wanted some more.”
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