Published on November 27th, 2018 | by Dr. Jerry Doby
Photos: Red Bull Music Festival Chicago 2018 FUTUREHOOD & FRIENDS
Mister Wallace at Futurehood & Friends on November 23rd, 2018 Photo Credit: Matt Scheffer / Red Bull Sound Content Pool
From blues to house to hip-hop, Chicago has always been at the forefront of progressive, socially liberating music, and today the city is home to a rapidly growing underground community of LGBTQ rappers, DJs and singers. Last Friday, at Wicker Park venue Subterranean, Red Bull Music Festival Chicago hosted an evening spearheaded by rapper Mister Wallace and rapper, DJ and producer “aCeb00mbaP” Pabey and his Chicago-based, LGBTQ-centric label Futurehood, artists from the scene have received local and national acclaim. Mister Wallace and rising Futurehood artists like Chicago-based rappers Roy Kinsey and KC Ortiz joined several forward-thinking compatriots to showcase the diversity and fierce dynamism of this homegrown movement.
KC Ortiz at Futurehood & Friends on November 23rd, 2018 Photo Credit: Dennis Elliot / Red Bull Sound Content Pool
Blu Bone at Futurehood & Friends on November 23rd, 2018 Photo Credit: Matt Scheffer / Red Bull Sound Content Pool
The Vixen at Futurehood & Friends on November 23rd, 2018 Photo Credit: Matt Scheffer / Red Bull Sound Content Pool
About the Author
Dr. Jerry Doby Editor-in-Chief of The Hype Magazine, Media and SEO Consultant, Journalist, Ph.D. and retired combat vet. 2023 recipient of The President's Lifetime Achievement Award. Partner at THM Media Group. Member of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, the United States Press Agency and ForbesBLK.
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