Saving Chicago: Inside Hip-Hop's Movement to Make Chicago a Better Place - A Billboard Documentary

<p>From black pain to black joy, Chicago is a vital center of hip-hop and community activism in America. Chicago artists, community leaders and activists including Common, Rhymefest, Jamila Woods, Malcolm London and more give Billboard an on-the-ground look at the city's many facets, from protests over the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer in 2014 to Donda's House, Rhymefest and Kanye West's nonprofit to support young, aspiring artists in their hometown. </p> <p>Read Billboard's in-depth piece on Rhymefest's <a href="/articles/news/magazine-feature/7580533/rhymefest-chicago-kids-grammy-fame" target="_blank">quest to help Chicago kids here</a> and check out Common's introduction to <a href="/articles/news/magazine-feature/7580520/chicago-vic-mensa-common-jamila-woods-activists" target="_blank">Billboard's Saving Chicago package here.</a> </p>