Rooftop Fashion Show? Must Be Chicago

It’s said that the best time to enjoy the city and really feel its pulse is during the week. What better time to test this theory than by attending a Thursday night fashion show on top of one of Chicago’s hippest downtown hotels? I hadn’t been to…

T I is Bringing "Sisterhood of Hip Hop" to Reality TV

It’s no secret Hip Hop has largely been a boy’s club; there have been instances when a female MC has dominated the game so hard its made the fellas stand at attention from Queen Latifah, Mc Lyte, Lil Kim and now the ubiquitous Nikki Minaj.

The rap game…

Future is Now. Rocket Powered Shoes Have Arrived

Welcome to the Jetson age. Ok not quite but when someone in the Rocket Skates glides past you on your walk to work don’t say we didn’t tell you the future of transportation was here.

Acton has created the worlds first remote free electric skates that combine outdoor…

Happy Birthday to the Best to Ever Do It

Happy 60th birthday to Walter Payton. Thank you for inspiring all those in my generation carry a football in one hand, wear Roos sneakers, take a marker to plain white head bands and scribble ‘Sweetness’ on it and to ‘keep on dancing!’ #BearDown

Rest in Peace #34

TR…

Chicago Erupts in Holiday Weekend Violence

The Fourth of July holiday weekend brought an explosion of gunfire to Chicago, with more than 50 people shot and nine killed, authorities said on Monday.
The violence was widespread in the nation’s third-largest city from Thursday evening through Sunday midnight, police said. There were 50 separate shooting…