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Chicago rap from 1980s hip house and the fast-rapping West Side of the 1990s to the soul-sample 2000s and the drill movement that spread worldwide in the 2010s.

Read the story: Chicago Rap, Decade by Decade, from hip house to drill.

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Artists

Who came out of Chicago

ArtistChance the RapperWest Chatham, Chicago, IllinoisArtistChief KeefParkway Garden Homes, Washington Park, South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistCommonCalumet Heights, South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistCrucial ConflictWest Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistDa BratWest Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistDA SmartRobert Taylor Homes, South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistDo or DieEast Garfield Park, West Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistE.C. IllaUptown, North Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistFredo SantanaChicago, IllinoisArtistG HerboSouth Shore (“Terror Town”), South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistJuice WRLDChicago, Illinois (raised in Homewood, Illinois)ArtistKanye WestSouth Shore, Chicago, IllinoisArtistKing VonParkway Gardens (O’Block), South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistLil DurkEnglewood, South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistLupe FiascoWest Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistMick JenkinsHuntsville, Alabama; raised on the South Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistNo I.D.Chicago, IllinoisArtistNonameBronzeville, Chicago, IllinoisArtistPolo GOld Town, North Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistRhymefestSouth Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistSabaAustin, West Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistTwistaWest Garfield Park, West Side, Chicago, IllinoisArtistVic MensaHyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
Albums

Records from the scene

AlbumWelcome To O’BlockKing Von · 2020AlbumDie A LegendPolo G · 2019AlbumGoodbye & Good RiddanceJuice WRLD · 2018AlbumCare For MeSaba · 2018AlbumRoom 25Noname · 2018AlbumThe AutobiographyVic Mensa · 2017AlbumThe Healing ComponentMick Jenkins · 2016AlbumColoring BookChance the Rapper · 2016AlbumRemember My NameLil Durk · 2015AlbumWelcome to FazolandG Herbo · 2014AlbumTrappin Ain’t DeadFredo Santana · 2013AlbumFinally RichChief Keef · 2012AlbumLupe Fiasco’s The CoolLupe Fiasco · 2007AlbumGraduationKanye West · 2007AlbumLate RegistrationKanye West · 2005AlbumLupe Fiasco’s Food & LiquorLupe Fiasco · 2006AlbumBlue CollarRhymefest · 2006AlbumWalk Wit MeDA Smart · 1997AlbumAccept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album)No I.D. · 1997AlbumBeCommon · 2005AlbumLike Water For ChocolateCommon · 2000AlbumResurrectionCommon · 1994AlbumCan I Borrow A Dollar?Common · 1992AlbumPower MovesE.C. Illa · 1997

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