The future politician who later served on the County Board became famous performing with the Impressions, which also included ...

She played the rapper music as a child, stood by his side during his meteoric career and navigated the legal and artistic ...

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His songs have been sampled by others, including Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Method Man and the Game. The Bronzeville resident went on to a 32-year political career as a member of the Cook County ...

Jerry Butler, 85, the singer with a smooth, silky voice who scored hits in the 1960s with songwriter-producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff that helped lay the foundation for what became known as “The ...

Over its 50-plus years in existence, hip-hop has long been underestimated. And in a new interview, Doechii calls it for ...

On a recent Friday night, the French disco band L’Impératrice took the stage at the Shrine Expo Hall, framed in a spray of ...

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Jerry Butler, the beloved Chicago soul singer, producer and, later, politician who began his career in the late 1950 singing alongside childhood friend Curtis Mayfield in the Impressions, has died at ...