The teenagers who live among the persistent sirens, screams and gunshots in Briana Lawrence’s Englewood neighborhood have their own name for Chicago: “Chiraq.” The term sums up their feeling ...

There are also some connected thoughts regarding the recent death of KTS Dre, who recently gave a tribute to King Von aka KTS Von. The KTS initials stand for “Kill To Survive” and are said to ...

Violence in this great American city matures so notoriously that film director Spike Lee now purportedly seeks a new nickname for the Windy City: Chiraq. The name merges Chi-town with Iraq – as ...

His brother and fellow rapper KTS Von also died from gun violence in 2015. Read our KTS Dre blog below for up-to-the-minute updates... KTS DRE HAD A LARGE TATOO ON HIS NECK WERE THE SUSPECTS CAUGHT?

Director Spike Lee dropped a new trailer for his highly anticipated new movie Chiraq on Tuesday, exactly a month before its release. The trailer debuted on Amazon, which will make the film ...

South Side MC King Louie coins the term “Chiraq” (pronounced shy-RACK) as a riff on the idea of Chicago as a war zone. Urban Dictionary adds the term, defining it as a “word to describe ...

Kanye West has dismissed reports that he has been cast in Spike Lee’s next film, Chiraq. A representative for the rapper told Pitchfork: “Contrary to published reports, Kanye West will not be ...

Kanye West is reportedly “in talks” to appear in Spike Lee’s next film Chiraq. According to TheWrap, Lee is making the film for Amazon Studios – the retailer’s Netflix rival – and ...

Chiraq. “I thought, ‘You know what? It’s worth me telling me story so that hopefully no one else has a story like this to tell,’” Hudson said to W Magazine. “The film we’re doing is ...