Joshua Eferighe

1 day ago | chicagoreader.com | Joshua Eferighe

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to create positive change in their communities. When I played my friend “Match?” and “Slow Dancing to Liv.e,” the newest singles from Chicago rapper Kaicrewsade, she immediately knew she was hearing something special.

4 weeks ago | chicagoreader.com | Joshua Eferighe

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to create positive change in their communities. I was lucky to catch Dayneeia Thrash and Cat Sanchez, cofounders of Chicago-based creative agency 3V, for an interview.

1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Joshua Eferighe

Slam poetry in Chicago is getting a shot in the arm from Frankie’s Tee, a media platform and talk show founded in 2024. Hosted by west-side natives Tanya “Tee” Smith and Frankie Fabre, Frankie’s Tee dives deep into all things poetry, featuring appearances from slam poetry legends, interviews with people on the street, and more. Frankie’s Tee builds on a long history of slam poetry in Chicago.

1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Joshua Eferighe

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to create positive change in their communities. Just north of Oakdale on Clark in Lakeview, an unassuming recording studio sits between El Nuevo Mexicano restaurant and an unoccupied retail space.

Jan 23, 2025 | chicagoreader.com | Joshua Eferighe

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to create positive change in their communities. From 2010 till 2017, Chicago hip-hop had a golden era. Rapper and producer SolarFive contributed prolifically to it, though it wasn’t how he got by. “I was still trappin’, like, hard,” he says.