Birthed on the south side of Chicago, Marcale “Calez” Lewis was born to create music. He got started at an early age of 6 when he wrote his first rap song called “Big Money,” which he performed for his family that kept him striving to become a star. He first got in the studio with Ronnie Mac of Crazy Flo Productions and recorded his debut single at the ripe age of 13 entitled “Concussion”. Growing up and learning more about music and productions he started making his own beats by age 14 off an affordable program called Fl Studio 5. He became an excellent producer and started working on his own career as an all around artist. Meet Dj Slugo in 2007 His alter ego Dj Calez was created which his production capabilities and uniqueness on the Chicago scene as a footwork track maker got his social and music sites over 500,000 hits on the internet. Tailing from such sites as Youtube, Imeem, and Myspace. Calez deeply influenced by late 80’s early 90’s fashion and hip-hop culture catapulted and inspires his music, and new upcoming label 2008ightiesMusic™ Were Calez partnered up with business savvy manager and his acknowledgeable paralegal parent LaNora Lewis. This label is an natural extension of his comparative talents to be equally an artist as well as an producer. Platinizing a foundation for other upcoming artist under the 2008ightiesMusic™ umballa who in the studio collectively brainstorm on various creative projects conducive to their unique sound. If you absolutely love old school hip-hop and the new era, Calez is the guy to listen too. Writing, producing and engineering ninety percent of his projects, Calez feels there is no one like him in his age group. Look out for Chicago’s very own Calez!

I was born in the Northwest side of Chicago. I was raised by my grandparents due to unfortunate circumstances. I always found my life surrounded by a mixture of bad luck and negative situations. At a young age, I didn’t know how to deal with the negativity & often found myself in trouble & on a bad track. Eventually I found poetry as a way to escape everything and found that as a way to let out all my emotions. At 17, I wanted to take my talent to the next level and decided to try rapping. I became. My biggest song to date has been a Fall For Your Type Remix I made in the backseat of a car on my way to 6 Flags. Just a regular day where I was feeling emotional, and people felt my pain. People loved the song, & discovered my other songs. Now, little by little I’m getting more known. My musical inspiration is Dizzy Wright. Other artists I’m inspired by are: Eminem, DMX, & Nas. Each of my songs are about my life & personal experiences: rough childhood, my father incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit (before I was even born), as well as many more struggles that have bumped me along my road. I have received overwhelmingly positive reviews with my songs because of the powerful message behind them that can relate to everyone. I refuse to rap about the bullshit that’s making “rappers” famous now. Who supports me to be brave enough to write about my life? My Pops. Although I have never seen him outside of prison walls, my Dad remains my hero & biggest influence. Our bond remains as strong as ever despite this country’s corrupt “justice” system separating us. Whenever I’m going through rough times, I always remember what my Dad once told me, “When you get hit, put your chin up and fight back until you come out on top”. I get hit every day, but I won’t stop fighting until my voice is heard around the world.

KiDD Chi is a rapper, songwriter & producer from Chicago, Illinois. He started writing at the age of 8, but didn’t become serious in a career in music until the age of 13. Since then KiDD has been co-signed by Coast2Coast, signed by On The Grind Management, released a buzzing single “CUL8R”, performed with artist such as Mac Miller, Chance The Rapper, Kid Ink, Chuck Inglish, etc & started building his label 2ill Entertainment. KiDD dropped his first full length release, #KiDDChiMania, on March 29th, 2013. Get your copy today at www.kiddchimania.com!

The Chicago music landscape is changing. It is not only Chicago and the Midwest that have taken notice. This evolution takes place on a national stage, where the world awaits what is next to come. The sounds of the Windy City now belong to a new generation, a REDEFINED generation. Leading this movement is two of Chicago’s very own MCs, ATM and Mentality. Together the duo formed THE REDEFINERS with a goal to bring a brand new approach to authentic, an innovative guide to genuine, and a pioneering perception of today’s hip-hop.

Underrated lyrical rap duo from Joliet/Chicago, Illinois.

Born on December 17, 1994 in Hoffman Estates, Rapper OnlyJame aka Darnell Barrett was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. Influenced by various artist such as Usher, Kanye West, and Biggie Smalls, as a young boy he would perform for his family at holiday events. He was inspired to start his young music career by the name of Nellougze his freshman year in high school. Barrrett Graduated and continued on to Columbia College in Chicago. Where he met his roomates who started calling him by his middle name James, he stayed with it. Making him also change his music name to OnlyJame. With the help of his team, Paperboy Music, Jame creates raw music with various styles of hip hop and rap.

Coming from the westside of Chicago,IL musician “Mickey Gran Estez” is the most intriguing artist coming from the second city. He began writing his own stories at the age of 9 some pages would consist of 11 pages or more with illustration by him. He also likes to brag that Dr.Seuss was his mentor in rhyming, but it really was his uncle also a underground Mc who goes by “Westside” gave him the foundation to build his music career. It is his long time dream to be known for putting his section of the city known to music industry. He wrote poems and songs and made homemade microphone and guitars at age 11 he’s come from place of violence ,but manages to over look it and expresses how he’s feel about it in his music. His Sound to him is consider out of this world strange, but yet unique it’s safe to say he has develop his own genre of music by composing his own beats. His influences seems to be mostly Midwestern hip hop artists ranging from Eminem,Common,DoOrDie, Twista,Kanye West, 80’s-90’s Hip Hop Artists. He feels it’s not just hip hop that inspires him, but all music does listeners can hear it in his music it could sound like classical,rock,alternative, soul,punk, and organic he’s wants to credit so many artists f or their involvement on helping him think outside the box he even acknowledges Albert Einstein for his of saying “never give up on what You really want to do the person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts” Mickey will be releasing his first Ep in Spring 2013 called “League Of Shadows”

Out here tryna make it as a musician. And i say musician because i dont just write songs and rap to a beat. I also play many instruments and know music inside and out. I love music and this is my way of expressing myself. SHINE FOREVER