This year's playlist comes in two parts and includes everything from Prince's "U Got The Look" to Chance The Rapper's "Acid Rain."

Meet music newcomer Sir The Baptist, a 28-year-old artist who's inspiring youth to become their best selves through music and morality.

It's that time of the week again when we troll the hottest trending Twitter topics on Socially Decoded.

National

The Chicago area teen banned from her high school prom is finally getting her big day at the dance. Taiylar Ball was banned from her prom at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in suburban Chicago for using the n-word in a spoken word poem during a school talent show a few weeks ago. Ball was, however, allowed to […]

Hip-hop is reeling over the loss over the death of legendary emcee, Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest.

Sometimes you happen to stumble upon an artist who just captures your entire attention.  Eryn Allen Kane is an up and coming R&B Soul artist from Detroit.  Kane has been working with a lot of Chicago’s up and coming artists, such as Chance The Rapper and the Social Experiment, but keep an eye on her […]

  Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment recently released a free album on iTunes titled “Surf.”  The Social Experiment’s front man, Chance the Rapper, shared this photo of the recording session with Erykah on his Instagram page.  Badu is featured on the song “Rememory,” where her calming voice soothes a heartbroken Chance.  The photo is […]

Summer tour season is over, but that just means the kick off for tons of tours this fall. Here are four you definitely won’t want to…