Chicago has been responsible for a long line of the music industry’s finest and now two Windy City natives, who also happen to be on the bill for the 2017 ESSENCE Festival, have teamed up for duet.

BET has announced the artists who will come together for its all-star tribute performances during Sunday night's BET Awards.Helping honor Ms. Lauryn Hill, who will receive the Living Legend Icon ...

BJ The Chicago Kid is easily one of Hip-Hop music’s favorite crooners. The soulful crooner who says he grew up in the church and the block is collaborating with Jill Scott, which is a major look. “She ...

Artists who task themselves with saving a genre rarely do. BJ the Chicago Kid hasn’t purported to be R&B’s savior, but he’s been tagged by fans as a revivalist, thanks to his religious background and ...

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THESE DAYS it feels like the world is in complete chaos. Every week there’s a new catastrophic death toll, police shooting, rape, or murder. Following the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando last ...

THESE DAYS it feels like the world is in complete chaos. Every week there’s a new catastrophic death toll, police shooting, rape, or murder. Following the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando last ...

BJ the Chicago Kid first learned what it takes to captivate a Lollapalooza crowd in 2019, when he performed on a Bud Light-sponsored sidestage called the “Dive Bar.” The platform may have been modest, ...

Singer/songwriter D'Angelo performs onstage during the Samsung Supper Club at SXSW 2015 on March 15, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung) BET has announced the artists ...