GLC (Gangsta L. Crisis) captured the attention of listeners looking for honesty and integrity in Hip Hop music with one heart-felt guest appearance. Just as much as it was his flow, it was the power in the words he rapped on “Spaceship” that gained GLC an audience and fan base. Now a few years removed from his entrance to Hip Hop’s mainstream, GLC is the epitome of the ism, honor, mackin’ & integrity.

One must wonder how a rapper without any full-length album, and little radio play can manage to pick up two Grammies as well as the respect and admiration of Hip Hoppers across the board? GLC’s formula for doing so is a combination of Life, Love, and Loyalty. GLC is able to connect to listeners both in the streets, as well as professional walks of life by possessing an uncanny display of ism. He says, “When I go into the booth, I don’t have a rap voice, or a rap character that I become. I’m the same G at all times. I’m that man with an interesting life off 87th street who loves woman & spits the rawest of life changing game. I speak to the Cathedral! Come & join the congregation, hustlers, players entrepreneurs, people trying to better themselves are all welcomed.”

GLC has continually bettered himself and his music through hard work and dedication. He found poetry and Hip Hop at an early age, and used both to cope with the passing of his parents. While dealing with the pain, a growing talent presented itself. For years GLC seemed to be caught between two worlds. He worked in clothing stores, while continually hustling in the streets. Throughout this time he also harbored dreams of being a Hip Hop artist, and infused his songs with lyrics that spoke to his people grinding in the streets of Chicago, as well as those working a 9-5. Eventually he decided that music was the best way to accomplish his dreams and he would not let any roadblocks stop his journey towards success.

“As long as you’re talking about the negativity, you’re only attracting more negativity into your life. Stay positive. I was dead broke. I was living in my sister’s basement. All I had was a VS-880 (8-track recorder) but I did 2-3 songs a day,” GLC recalls.

“The way the music was back then, the skill level I’ve acquired over the years, it wasn’t that back then. But it took that to get to where I am now. It took that hard work. It took that perseverance, it took the dedication, discipline, and determination. I wasn’t sitting around complaining about what I didn’t have. I focused on getting what I didn’t have. So, as long as you focus on bettering yourself, that’s what’s going to happen. If you sit around letting your problems get the best of you, you’re not going to make it in nothing. That’s negative. Negativity is not the way. You got to eliminate negative people out of your life.”

That positive attitude is what has led him to become one of the most respected and sought after artists in a city known for its cold temperatures and colder shoulders. A full believer in Karma, GLC chooses to collaborate with artists even if the short-term benefit is small. He reasons, “God has really blessed me to make it this far, and to almost be done with my album. As long as God has blessed me, it’s only right for me to spread those blessings. So that’s why I get in the studio with somebody and they can put ‘featuring GLC’ on the cover of their thing. This might help push what they’re doing, and I don’t see nothing in return. My blessing’s going to come.”

It is only natural for GLC to have that mindset. After all, his blessings started when childhood friend, Hip Hop icon Kanye West, offered GLC a guest appearance on his debut album, The College Dropout. GLC took advantage and delivered a verse that will resonate with listeners for years to come. He followed it up with another stellar performance on “Drive Slow,” from Kanye’s sophomore LP, Late Registration. Since then, GLC has released mixtapes with DJ A-Trak (Drive Slow), DJ Geno (I Ain’t Even On Yet), as well as Sean Mac (Honor Me). All the projects show that he is more than a one-verse wonder. In fact, he welcomes the doubters as they only propel him. “I thank God for the haters. I look at it like this, if everybody doens’t like you, then you’re doing something wrong. If everybody says they love you, you got to question that because someone might be being phony.”

Beyond the haters, GLC is fueled by his own motivations for greatness, and his honor as a man. He says, “I could have been like, ‘yeah. I made it on a Grammy award-winning album,’ and quit. Or, ‘now I’m on two Grammy award-winning albums,’ and quit. I performed all over the world, Staples Center, United Center, Madison Square Garden, I did all that. Abbey Road where the Beatles recorded, I did that. I did so much that I can tell these stories to my grand kids and be like, ‘this was my life and I’m cool.’ But there’s so much more. I want to leave a legacy. I don’t just want to leave memories when I’m gone. I want to live forever. You live through your legacy. I want people to say, ‘you see that building right there? That’s the GLC Foundation.’ When people see my grandkids they say, ‘that’s GLC’s grandkids.’ That means something. That means that I’m still alive because I’m still in your head when I’m dead and gone.”

GLC presents a refreshing alternative in an industry that is quick to stab someone in the back, as well as forget a name. After introducing himself to the world via Kanye West, GLC is ready to take flight on his own accord. And he’s got plenty of room to take his audience with him.

“My album is going to take you to a place, It’s not going to be a listening experience-it’s going to take you to my world. So, whenever you feel like you’re in a certain mood and you want to escape all your problems, although you’re still going to have to face that reality at the end of the day, whenever you need a simple escape, that’s when you put my CD in. My album will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it make you feel unstoppable! You will be inspired to get it, being what ever you desire! “

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“At the end of the day, Q.B.’s clever wordplay, entertaining subject matter and unusual character are what will open the world’s eyes and allow him to introduce himself”-Tory Fredricks ( Source Magazine, Unsigned Hype 2005.)

His reputation for having one of the best live performances in Chicago, as well as his ability to pack crowds into venues with no record deal or radio play has set the stage for Que B.I.L.L.A.H. ‘s entrance onto the global Hip-Hop scene.

In 2005 he was recognized by Source Magazine’s Unsigned Hype. Joining the ranks of Mobb Deep, Notorious B.I.G., and Common, he became the first Unsigned Hype from Chicago since Common. Fueled by this newfound notoriety, Que decided it was a no-brainer and began pursuing his music career full time. In the years following, he has sold over 20 thousand mixtapes and has performed at nearly every concert venue in Chicago. After getting looks from Ludacris’ DTP Records, Que joined Luda on a national tour opening for Rich Boy, Twista, David Banner, Chingy, Rah Digga, Nocturnal, Shyne and many others.

Que B.I.L.L.A.H.‘s aesthetic can be attributed to his love for Hip-Hop and Comedic legends. Redman, Busta Rhyme, Common, Outkast, KRS One, PE and The Roots, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappell, Bernie Mac, and Dick Gregory all equally influence Que’s thought process. The result is the perfect formula for feel good music which has the uncanny ability of organically connecting with the masses while presenting to the youth an alternative way to live and love Hip-Hop.

Both the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune have written articles commenting on Que Billah’s performance prowess and on wax he’s able to ‘bottle’ his live show’s energy, a quality that has been picked up on by the video game industry. In 2006 Que’s music was featured on the highly anticipated video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, and in 2008 on Midway Games Blitz the League.

Recently, Que Billah collaborated with national recording artist KRS One and fellow Chicagoans The Cool Kids on songs which have since garnered massive internet buzz worldwide. And Billah’s buzz grows stronger every day as his 2010 projects near release. An all-video mixtape/DVD titled You Can’t Do That On Television (mixed by Chicago legend DJ 33 1/3) is on deck for July 2010 and his 1000 Words video project is slated for Fall 2010.

Dreezy, born Seandrea Sledge is a 20 year old female songwriter, rapper and performer from the south side of Chicago. The oldest child of two native Chicago mid class working parents, Seandrea was a natural born poet. She was inclined to music for as long as she can recall and at the tender age of 8 years old, began pinning poems.

As a teenager, and now a child of divorced parents, Seandrea began to live between two worlds, one in the inner city of South Side Chicago with her mom, and one in the south suburbs of Chicago, in the upper middle class neighborhood of Matteson with her dad. It was there, while attending Rich South High School that Seandrea, became Dreezy. Setting her sites on becoming the next “Kanye West” and letting it be known, it was friend that gave her the the moniker that would soon ring through the underground rap world. On April 27th, Dreezy released her first mixtape The Illustration and began making a name for herself on the local scene. But it was the February 14th 2013 release of Business N Pleasure, a  collaborative mixtape with fellow Chicago native Mikey Dollaz that put her on the map. “Break A Band” a song from the Business N Pleasure mixtape, was immediately embraced by the Chicago rap community and gained airplay on Chicago’s top urban radio stations. Enjoying local success but hungry for more, on August 8th of same year Dreezy released DSM, a mixtape that featured Dreamer pt2 and Ain’t For None featuring local Chicago rapper King Louie. It was videos of those songs that catapulted Dreezy to the top of the Chicago rap scene and caught the attention of many around the nation. It was also that project that introduced her to a young talented up and coming producer named D Brooks. Determined to break out of the pack of other rising Chicago rappers gaining a national following, now armed with a lead producer, Dreezy went to work on her latest offering, Schizo.

A thirteen track mixtape that reads more like an album, Schizo has gained national attention and put Dreezy well in reach of her ultimate goal. Released on February 25th 2014, Schizo features the who’s who of the Chicago rap scene and has received a million plus YouTube views of singles released thus far. However, it was Dreezy’s poetics and passion which brought her the national spotlight and gained the co sign of rap giants Common and Fabolous, who both tweeted about the new sensation. In addition to Common and Fabolous, R&B stars Rico Love and Elle Berner as well as national blog magazines such as Spin, Complex, XXL, Fader and more exclaimed her the next Queen of the rap world. Thus, following her remix of Nikki Minaj’s ” Chiraq”, which Dreezy wrote and recorded and released in less than 24 hours after the release of the original track. Dreezy showcased her poetic prowess with clever and witty songwriting, a rapid firing delivery and a believability that has many executives in the music industry touting her services.

   Young, smart, attractive, driven and extremely talented, Dreezy is not only destined to be the next “Kanye West” but the first Dreezy.

Tracy Autman is a Hip Hop recording artist & producer who goes by the stage name, K!DD Tha Chicagoan. At the age of 8, he wrote his first song and had a passion for music ever since then. Growing up listening to artists such as Do or Die, Jay Z, Nirvana and Kanye West, K!DD draws upon many influences to craft his signature sound. Over the past two years, he has been signed by Coast2Coast, gained a faithful fan base, founded his label “2ill Entertainment” and signed to Chicago’s On The Grind Management. Look out for upcoming work from K!DD Tha Chicagoan and keep checking www.kiddthachicagoan.com for the latest news, shows, music & more.

Chicago Hip-Hop Props Award-Winner Anthony Di’Angelo Ingram, Jr. or “D2G” as he’s called in the Hip-Hop scene, is a laborer in music all around. Growing up on the southeast side of Chicago, 2G would always relate any life situation to a song that would describe his emotion at the time. Inspired by artists like Rakim, KRS-One, and Slick Rick, he began writing at age 11 and would later transform his writings into songs. Graduating from Hyde Park Academy in 2005, he would find himself enrolled into Columbia College Chicago, where he became fascinated by the artistic environment. This atmosphere would later introduce 2G to various artists and producers.

A focused emcee in his own right, D2G seeks to bring glory back to his hometown of Chicago and earn his rightful place among hip-hop’s elite. Since releasing his first solo project in 2011, The Blood Diamond Tape, and his first album in 2013, July 9th: A Cancer Story, D2G has been performing and promoting his music across the city. After releasing his critically acclaimed sophomore effort, Short Summers Long Winters, in 2015, D2G went on to win the Chicago Props Award for Best Male Emcee. His latest effort, The Next Hot Day, brings the emcee back to his storytelling roots as he produces the sequel to his first “audiofilm”. There seems to be end in sight for this emcee’s emcee.

Smook Deville is a chicago Based rapper who was born and raised on the northside of chicago he been a active rapper since 06, he`s here to give you good music and a voice you can listen to. his whole reason is to put chicago on the map