Kanye West is always giving back for the Holiday’s and this year is no different. Kanye brought close to 4,000 toys for the kids for the holidays. via Complex: According to Chicago Alderman Stephanie Coleman, Ye bought almost all 4,000 toys that were to be donated at a toy drive on Sunday in Englewood—a neighborhood […]

#WTFasho: Hundreds Gather For A House Party In Chicago!!!

Chicago police have released their investigative files and over 70 hours of video related to the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax. via ABC 7: Among the video clips released is one of Chicago police arriving at the actor’s apartment in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, responding to a 911 call from Smollett’s manager reporting the star had been […]

R. Kelly and Michael Jackson may have knocked Jussie Smollett from the headlines, but the bizarre case of the Empire star and his phony beatdown is far from over. In the latest twist, it appears that Smollett might not be the only one in trouble – some of Chicago’s finest may also go down for the staged attack. A spokesperson for the […]

Kanye West is following in his friend Chance the Rapper’s footsteps by supporting Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Eniya. Yeezy donated $73,540 — the same amount she was fined by the Illinois State Board of Elections when she attempted to run for mayor back in 2015. The campaign confirmed that Kanye’s donation was used to pay off the fines in full. (Chicago […]

The Chicago Department of Aviation security officer that forcibly dragged a passenger off a flight has been put on paid leave. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! The officer was captured on video removing a 60 year-old unnamed passenger off an overbooked United Airlines flight out of Chicago.  Seats were needed to accommodate flight crew from a […]

An argument escalated to a tragedy in one Chicago community on Sunday. In the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side, Donald Johnson, 22, was arguing with his 43-year-old father over who would walk the dog that morning. Eventually, the intensity increased and both family members shot each other at about 8:20 a.m., according to Chicago police […]

“They screamin’, “Chano for mayor,” I’m thinkin’ maybe I should,” Chance The Rapper exclaimed on his song “Somewhere in Paradise” in 2015. And now it might actually happen.  Fans have started a petition on chano4mayor.com urging Chance to run for the mayor of Chicago and take on incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel by launching “Hey Chance, […]

Facebook Live went from a fun, live streaming tool to becoming video evidence for law enforcement. Unfortunately, Chicago Police know that all too well after charging a 14-year-old boy for his role in an alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live. According to NBC News, authorities said the attack involved five or six males. Police […]

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A Chicago teen has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live.

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Chance the Rapper announces the launch of the New Chance Arts and Literature Fund for Chicago public schools.

Helen Ford, a 55-year old woman, is currently on trial for killing her granddaughter, 8-year-old Gizzell “Gizzy” Ford, back in 2013. A tragic end was preceded by child abuse by her grandmother and father, Andre Ford, who died under jail custody from a heart attack in 2014. Prosecutors played cellphone videos demonstrating the torture Gizzy endured […]