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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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The Daily’s 2022 Lollapalooza recap

August 1, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of people swarmed Grant Park  this weekend for Lollapalooza, the annual four-day music festival, which this year featured artists like Dua Lipa, Metallica and Green Day. Attendees...

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The Daily’s 2022 Lollapalooza preview

July 28, 2022

Crowds will once again fill Grant Park in Chicago this weekend for Lollapalooza, an annual four-day music festival. But with the festival’s 10-year contract set to expire this year, 2022 could be the...

Chicago rappers Saba (center) and Mick Jenkins (right) discuss their brand of socially-conscious hip-hop with African American Studies Prof. Nitasha Sharma.

Two Chicago rappers talk violence, socially-conscious hip-hop

May 27, 2015

Two Chicago rappers answered questions about their brand of socially conscious hip-hop and broader issues of race and violence during a Q&A on Tuesday. Mick Jenkins and Saba answered questions from...

Randolph: Hip-hop’s holy summer

July 29, 2013

Religiously titled, seemingly Illuminati-driven hip-hop albums have a stranglehold on this summer. And I love it. Jay Z’s bass-knocking "Magna Carta… Holy Grail," Kanye West’s tyrannical "Yeezus"...

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