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2023 CHICAGO ARTISTS TO WATCH

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2023 CHICAGO ARTISTS TO WATCH

The Beginning of A New Era

The 2023 CHICAGO ARTISTS TO WATCH LIST lives up to its name, “The Beginning of A New Era.” Chicago is embarking on a renaissance. A period of time where our new artists are emerging in various genres, taking unconventional routes, and co signs from heavy hitters in music. Chicago is on the rise in multiple genres, like that 2012 wave we love to argue about, and What’s The Word is proud to do our part by putting them at the forefront. The list this year was longer than it’s ever been. One hundred plus artists, the arguments, the validity, the comparisons, all led down to 25 of the hottest from the crib.

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Whether you believe it or not, this list matters. It’s imperative to Chicago and essential to the industry. It starts the right conversations, gives other platforms more insight on who they should be paying more attention to, and it’s a cheat code for record executives and influencers to know who is executing the right work in Chicago music. Most important, it helps gets our artists music heard.

With that being said, here’s to the Beginning of a New Era: Your 2023 Chicago Artists to Watch List.

25. CECE BKE

24. AUSAR

23. SHAYLIN B

22. 8MATIKLOGAN

21. WAVY WAVEZ

20. SIZZY THE ARTIST

19. LADY XO

18. WAVY 1500

17. HXLLYWOOD

16. GLOCKBOY BOBO

15. PRETTY LIYAH

14. THF MOODA

13. MONI DA G

12. GOALDEN CHYLD

11. LIL BLESSIN

10. TRENCH BABY

09. KASHH MIRR

07. THE TWIN & LIL TWIN

06. AMARI BLAZE

05. HXRY

04. CHIEF WUK

03. JASON IVY

02. SENITE

01. MELLO BUCKZZ

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