King Louie on Kanye Blowing Up Chicago with Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” Remix
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In this clip from King Louie’s interview with VladTV, the Chicago MC gives Vlad his dissertation on the Chicago rap scene: while there are a handful of household names that have emerged out of the city, like Kanye, Common, Chance the Rapper, and Twista, the sound “hasn’t been molded.” In other words, King Louie says, there is no one distinct, identifiable Chicago sound, in the same way that there is in cities like Los Angeles, New York, or Atlanta. “People don’t know what ‘Chicago music’ is,” he says. Watch the interview above.
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