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BTN STAFF After years of putting work on Chicago’s music scene and making a name for himself as a top DJ; DJ Jay iLLa has found a home in Soldier Field. The Hyde Park native
Read moreChicago police shot the 18-year-old on July 28 while responding to reports of a stolen Jaguar. By Charise Frazier Article Reprint A Cook County medical examiner’s autopsy report reveals Paul O’Neal, an 18-year-old Black man fatally
Read moreLil Bibby & Lil Herb Get Into Altercation at Concert in Connecticut. Bibby’s Chain WAS NOT Snatched! Watch More Videos: Go to Video Links Category or Subscribe to Black Truth News You tube Page
Read moreBy: William Lee Article Reprint Ernest Spradley, who is African-American, says he chuckled when the south suburban white cop who pulled him over told him he was going 95 mph down a main drag.
Read moreBTN STAFF Referred to by its supporters as a “commonsense” bill; the legislation to decriminalize marijuana in Illinois was passed by Governor Rauner on Friday. Now possession of pot under 10 grams is only punishable
Read moreBy: David Heinzmann Article Reprint When Lanarris Webster went to prison in 2010, the name of the reputed Gangster Disciples hit man still meant something in the blocks around Homan Avenue and Huron Street on
Read moreLiving Proof He was about to be the next big thing ‘til the street life caught up with him. After six and a half years in prison, Bump J is figuring out what’s next. By
Read moreBy Emily Badger Article Submission The New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation published an opinion poll Friday of residents of Chicago, a city that’s currently wrestling with overlapping crises in its schools, police department,
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