“I feel phenomenal to be able to be the first Black-owned cannabis brand operating in the state of Illinois,” rapper Vic Mensa told The TRiiBE.

On Thursday afternoon, Gov. J.B. Pritzker met with faith and community leaders at Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin to discuss violence prevention funding, gun reform and support for on-the-ground anti-violence organizations.

This past weekend saw the return of a long-cherished summertime Chi staple, the Silver Room Sound System Block Party.

In an interview today with The TRiiBE, GKMC organizer Miracle Boyd said, “I’m still the same freedom fighter and I will never stop being aggressive.”

‘When Blackness Was Golden’ is a roadmap on how people of all ages can uplift their communities in movement work.

Art West, a West Side art gallery, closed its doors for good on Thursday, June 30—just a few months shy of its second anniversary.

“It’s showing the best of our humanity, and it’s also showing us being messy and how that can be beautiful,” filmmaker Vincent Martell said.

Juneteenth is this weekend. The TRiiBE’s got you covered with events to consider to celebrate the holiday.

The Hyde Park Summer Fest returns June 11-12 in Chicago with headliners Busta Rhymes, Ashanti, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye and more.

The unfortunate reality is Black women, femmes and girls killed by police rarely receive the same widespread attention as Black men and boys.