Morgan Elise Johnson
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The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race
She didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.
by The TRiiBE | May 17, 2018
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Tink remembers the trial by fire that launched her career 2
The crowds at Adrianna’s wouldn’t rock for just anybody, but as a Calumet City teenager she won them over with a mix of drill rap and R&B.
by The TRiiBE | Apr 12, 2018
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How a south-side church taught rapper and activist Ric Wilson to fight back 2
He grew up attending Fellowship Missionary Baptist, one of the black congregations that nurtured the civil rights movement.
by The TRiiBE | Mar 22, 2018
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Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park 5
The rising rapper considers his teenage stomping grounds home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.
by The TRiiBE | Feb 14, 2018
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The second annual Chicago Poetry Block Party proves that poetry belongs to everyone
by Morgan Elise Johnson | Aug 1, 2017