Black and white photo of a street scene with a crowd of protesters marching, holding signs, and walking on a city street. There are tall buildings, traffic lights, and trees in the background. A bus stop sign is visible on the left.

Unsocial Aesthetics X Chicago Reader Collaboration

City of Win

Black and white logo with stylized geometric shapes resembling a face, and the words "Unsocial Aesthetics" below.

Heavy Crownz

Two people outdoors, one smoking a cigar and holding a bouquet of sunflowers, with trees and open sky in the background.

Freddie Old Soul

Thelonious Martin

A woman with dreadlocks standing outdoors in front of a small waterfall, wearing a sleeveless top and multiple necklaces.

Recoechi

A man with dreadlocks wearing a beige bucket hat and round sunglasses is standing at a store shelf, looking at the camera.
Three people celebrating on stage with colorful lights overhead, smiling and having fun.

Mother Nature

A woman with long dark hair, wearing a white dress, holding a large white feather, standing outdoors near green foliage and trees, with a stone lantern in the background.

Tiara De Shane

Lyrical of Lyrical Eyes Management

CantBuyDeem

A Black woman stands outdoors on a gravel surface with a background of green trees. She has tattoos on her shoulder and chest, wears large earrings, a headscarf, and a white knot top. She has bold makeup and poses with her hand on her chest, looking directly at the camera.

Jazstarr

TheGr8Thinkaz

Two smiling women hugging each other in an indoor setting.
A man holding fan of US dollar bills, smiling through a gap in a bandana covering his face, with a hat and jewelry. Background features hanging clothes and a sticker of a character on a black surface.
A young man with a beard sitting in a music studio surrounded by musical equipment, including a keyboard, computer monitor, studio speakers, and a MIDI controller, with a focused expression.
Group of nine young adults standing in a hallway, some leaning against the wall, looking at the camera during a social gathering.

Starting in 2022 our goal with the Chicago Reader is to shed light on artists and innovators that have been putting enormous amounts of work into our cities music and organizing communities & adding to the new Chicago wave. We are so thankful to be able to share new stories every month that reveals a lot of the ground work that has gone into changing the spoken narrative of support in our city. Our next feature will be released next month..