A couple months ago Vice's music site, Noisey, debuted an eight-part video series about the local hip-hop scene (or, more specifically, the drill scene) called Chiraq; it's the second major extensive, embeddable film about Chicago rap to come out this year following World Star Hip-Hop's documentary, The Field, which tried to focus on the intersection of violence and rap in this city. The people behind Chiraq had the same lofty goal, or at least that's how they've pitched the series, which places Chief Keef at the narrative's center and moves out from there to cover a few of his pals while occasionally jamming in a "big picture" question about drill's relationship to Chicago's ongoing struggles with crime, poverty, and segregation.…
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