The Promontory Hosts Benefit Concert for Chicago Hip Hop Icon GQTHATEACHA

If Chicago Hip-hop had an ambassador, it would undoubtedly be GQTHATEACHA.& He is a historian, emcee, curator, tastemaker and connector. His taste in music is without peer.& I know this from personal experience. Whenever I saw GQ in Hyde Park or, more recently, at the Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum, the first thing he did was introduce me to some dope new music—soulful Hip-hop that makes you close your eyes and be transported to another dimension.& He introduced me to artists such as 2000BLACK, Kenny Keys, Buscrates, Brittney Carter, Freddie Old Soul, and many others.& He probably doesn’t know this, but GQ and cats like Duane Powell and& Charles Williams& helped expand my musical palette ever since I moved to Chicago in 2004 and would make weekly pilgrimages to Dr. Wax in Hyde Park.& That’s why it is fitting that GQ gets his much-deserved flowers with a special event in his honor.& This Sunday (March 31) at 8 p.m., the Promontory in Hyde Park (5311 S Lake Park Ave W) is hosting an event titled “Chicago Hip Hop Salutes GQTHATEACHA,” a benefit concert featuring performances from some of his favorite Hip-hop artists in the city.& If you know like I...