• December 6, 2021

Surrounded in scenery of dilapidated houses, food and liquor stores;  crumbling infrastructure vandalized by RIP signs that pay tribute to the young victims of fratricidal gang warfare, Milwaukee rapper Gwapo Chapo from the neighborhood of Atkinson Ave spits  that his “Trynna Make it Out The Hood.”Chap’s lyrics represents a plea...

• October 23, 2021

And hold firmly to the rope of Allah and do not be divided. Remember Allah’s favour upon you when you were enemies, then He united your hearts, so you—by His grace—became brothers. And you were at the brink of a fiery pit and He saved you from it. This...

• September 23, 2021

D Rose  D-Rose’s life was the subject of drill rap songs.  In the 2012s, the drill rap scene led by artist Chief Keef took Chicago by storm.  “To drill” meant to shoot and the music was associated with the harsh realities of gang and street life on Chicago’s South...