Stereogum — In the past two days, we’ve seen two videos of black men needlessly dying at the hands of police, and artists, like the rest of us, are left staring at their social media feeds and wondering how the fuck any of this is going to stop. Last night, Dr... more info

Chicago Tribune — On Wednesday evening at Grant Park, it seemed Lollapalooza had come early. Thousands of teenagers and twentysomethings all flooded the north end of the lawn, peacefully, staking out seats an hour early for a performance by a premier musical act. This... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Chicago’s own Chance the Rapper will be performing at Taste of Chicago Wednesday evening, according to a tweet he posted this morning. Tmw at 5 we’re playing the Taste. — Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 5, 2016   While his band D... more info

NME — The rapper tweeted the centre was "inaccessible if you're black or friends with black people" more info

Chicago Tribune — In an exceedingly overcrowded music festival season, it may be hard to justify spending entertainment dollars on yet another one, but Mamby on the Beach made a solid case for itself with its idyllic locale alone. Add to the beautiful Oakwood Beach se... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Something went down over the weekend between Chance the Rapper and the management of Chicago-based bowling alley, Whirley Ball. The Coloring Book rapper went to Twitter to speak out about how the establishment’s staff treated him u... more info

Stereogum — Chance The Rapper has been a vocal fan of WhirlyBall for a while now, but after an incident last night, he’s calling for a boycott of the Chicago amusement center. On Twitter, he alleges that during his last visit, he was mistreated by staff after ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Lifted from Fresco’s up and coming mixtape ‘Casanova’, dropping on 5th July, this one is set to be a soundtrack to plenty of summer cookouts and parties. more info

Stereogum — Savemoney is a versatile Chicago clique still steadily on the rise with the undeniable, jubilant ascension of Chance The Rapper, a maturing Vic Mensa, and the surprising Joey Purp all dropping collections of songs recently that range from solid to ex... more info

AllHipHop — IS THE CHANCE THE RAPPER ON PRINCE'S LEVEL!? more info