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TobyMac’s funk, pop and positivity “Hits Deep” on Fiserv Forum, plus Corey Asbury, Mac Powell, more

For a guy who’s been going since the late 1980s as one third of rappers turned rockers DC Talk, it’s remarkable that TobyMac has retained his relevance as a solo artist [More…]

Wintrust Arena “Love Hard” over the R&B combo of Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Jaheim, K. Michelle

A decade passed since R&B singer/songwriter, actress and television personality Keyshia Cole went on the road, but she proved to be as popular as ever when the “Love [More…]

Leading rapper Travis Scott takes United Center to “Utopia” during “Circus Maximus” extravaganza

Closing out 2023 with the best-selling hip-hop album, which is currently nominated for a Grammy Award, and instantly moving more than half a million tickets gave Travis Scott [More…]

Flo Rida welcomes Hard Rock to “My House” of pop, hip-hop, leaves nothing but a “Good Feeling”

It’s been impossible to pinpoint Flo Rida since he burst out of the radio circa the late 2000s, armed with an Atlantic Records contact and some seriously contagious pop [More…]

Rapper Lil Wayne, country rocker Jelly Roll lead Allstate through 103.5 KISS FM’s tenth Jingle Ball

Either by careful planning or timely coincidence, the tenth anniversary of 103.5 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball wound up bringing both veterans who’ve been lighting up the [More…]

Akon supplies Radius and “The Superfan” with euphoric R&B, hip-hop, EDM and pop combo

Senegalese-American artist extraordinaire Akon has two decades under his belt as a global tastemaker in styles as widespread as R&B, hip-hop, EDM, dance and pop, selling [More…]

United Center “Livin’ La Vida Loca” thanks to the “Trilogy” of Enrique, Pitbull, Ricky Martin

Previous Latin pop combinations of Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Ricky Martin have proven immensely popular, but put them all together, and “The Trilogy” Tour is truly [More…]

Ms. Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation,” The Fugees’ reunion fills and thrills United Center

The pandemic prevented The Fugees from reuniting for the 25th anniversary of “The Score,” but holding out a couple of years meant it became that very same birthday for [More…]

Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, De La Soul, guests get United Center into “N.Y. State Of Mind” as hip-hop turns 50

The 50th anniversary of hip-hop has prompted a multitude of artists to hit the road, though the genre-wide celebration may have possibly reached a pinnacle when Wu-Tang Clan, [More…]

“Just Like Heaven” when gothic gods The Cure wrap Riot Fest alongside The Dresden Dolls, AFI

As epic and electrifying as it was when Riot Fest rolled into the weekend, anticipation grew exponentially as every second ticked towards The Cure, an act so colossal in both [More…]