The three-day hip-hop festival, Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash, opened Friday night at Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium on June 20, 2025. Summer Smash 2025: Best artists and everything you need to know ...

Anchoring his work around playful animation and a run-and-gun production technique, Bennett has become the most in-demand director for an entire generation of rappers. The growing list of artists who ...

In a strange way it was a blessing when Sunday afternoon’s severe thunderstorms put the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash on hold. The Douglas Park festival had barely started its second day—it was around ...

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Cole Bennett has become the foremost music video director for a new generation of rap stars, all while the game’s lauded vets hit his line. As his Lyrical Lemonade empire flourishes, the pursuit of ...

With temperatures slowly warming across the Chicago area, music fans yearning for summer got a major update Thursday on one of the region's biggest music festivals. Known for showcasing hip-hop, the ...

For the sixth year, Lyrical Lemonade’s signature festival is gearing up to deliver rap fans in the Midwest’s annual fix. Between June 14 and 16, Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois will serve as ...

On the evening of Friday, July 28, while the temperature outside hung in the low 70s, the Portage Theater was an enormous steam bath. When I got there just before ten, a thick layer of haze hovered ...

The Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival is a three day music fest in Douglass Park featuring an array of hip-hop artists. Joining us now with the details is co-founder Berto Solorio and Steve ...