The Chicago Drill scene is responsible for some of the most explosive music in rap today. On one hand, it's produced stars like Chief Keef, and street anthems like Keef's "I Don't Like" as well as lesser known hits like Katie Got Bandz' "I Need A Hitta."
On the other, the scene is marred by the inner-city violence that is currently plaguing Chicago. Recently, the violence on the streets spilled into the music, blurring the distinction between art and life, leaving us all to make sense of it.
Despite the rise of a new, street-oriented scene, Chicago has always produced rap stars, and has a very rich hip-hop history. Although it's home to some of the toughest 'hoods in America, the most famous rappers from Chi-Town (Common, Lupe Fiasco, and of course, Kanye West) aren't known for street anthems.
That's why we figured it would be interesting to see what an up-and-coming rapper like Lil Durk has to say about songs from rappers that repped the Chicago in the past along with the ones repping it today. Read on to find out why Lil Durk rocks with Lupe Fiasco, doesn't rock with Common, and whose video had him fighting with his mother for the remote.
As told to Ernest Baker (@newbornrodeo)
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Crucial Conflict "Hay" (1996)
Da Brat f/ Tyrese “What'chu Like” (2000)
R. Kelly f/ Jay-Z, Boo & Gotti "Fiesta (Remix)" (2001)
3PC "Ooh, Ahh" (2002)
Kanye West f/ Twista & Jamie Foxx “Slow Jamz” (2003)
Kanye West f/ Syleena Johnson “All Falls Down” (2004)
Common “The Corner” (2005)
Do Or Die f/ Kanye West "Higher" (2005)
Lupe Fiasco "Kick, Push" (2006)
Twista “Wetter” (2009)
Yung Berg f/ Casha “The Business” (2009)
Lil Durk: "I just did a video with them. These are my homies man. Everybody got their own opinion on it man. Some say he weak, some say he a big star. He ain’t never done anything to me. Actually, I talked to him just the other day. He's my homie.
Snatch my chain and you dead.
"We just did a song together too. I just bring it back to who we are in the city. Niggas snapping. Snatch my chain and leave me out you gotta give it to them. We smoking up in the city. Everybody chain get snatched. You gotta be back on it and don’t look. And age don’t mean nothing. But I'ma tell you, snatch my chain and you dead.
"I don’t know. We got more purple so we cool people. Shout out to him for his song too I fucking love this. I fuck with this song. My weakest song could be somebody’s favorite song. Every day of the fucking week I be getting mine so I ain’t worry about that shit."