We proudly present the 2026 Artists to Watch List, a curated selection of 25 Chicago artists we believe are actively...
AKIA stopped by WHATS THE WORD for a conversation covering everything from tour stories and struggle meals to growing up...
On April 13th 2025, we put together a list that captured the heartbeat of Chicago’s music scene heading into 2025....
Big Lex pulls up to WHAT’S THE WORD TV for an unfiltered conversation about her journey from college athlete to reality TV star on...
Rhymefest said Ye provided free admission to student leaders and community organizations as his two-night Ye Live Concert Tour stopped...
The iconic celebration of R&B and soul is coming home. BET is bringing the Soul Train Awards back in 2026,...
Nicki Minaj will serve as a celebrity judge for the Trump administration’s Million Dollar Pitch Competition, where five small businesses...
A man set himself on fire outside the Trump trial in NYC. Max Azzarello, the self-described researcher who set himself...
Police officials respond to an attempted bank robbery and a bank robbery in the northwest suburbs an hour apart. Officials...
A Maryland teen has been arrested on a charge of threatening mass violence after officials say they uncovered evidence that...
NBA Youngboy was arrested on Tuesday, April 16 during his house raid. During the raid, officials found weapons, prescription pills,...
Marty Small and his wife, a local school district superintendent, were charged with assaulting daughter “on multiple occasions” in December...
An 81-year-old Ohio man has been charged in the fatal shooting of an Uber driver he believed was working with...
Danielle Johnson attributed to one of the most horrific murders in L.A.
Today around 2:40 this morning a shootout occurred outside of the Chicago Greyhound station police said. A licensed concealed carry...
Traffic was returning to normal on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago late Monday morning, after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the I-190...
A former medical practitioner in North Dallas, Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz, has been found guilty of injecting a poisonous substance that...
