Freddie Gibbs

Concert Photos: Freddie Gibbs, Shad, Rita J @ Metro (Chicago, IL)

Gary, Indiana’s gangster-rap phenom Freddie Gibbs, Canadian indie rapper Shad, and Chicago-based ALARM favorite Rita J joined forces for a recent show at Metro in Chicago. The trio of hip-hop performances was part of the annual Tomorrow Never Knows festival hosted by Schubas, Lincoln Hall, and, as of this year, Metro. (See ALARM’s TNK coverage of Twin Shadow and The Helio Sequence.) And below, take a gander at the lovely shots that photographer Logan M. Futej captured images of all three lyrical luminaries.

Rita J

Rita J

Rita J: Lyrical Resilience Sparks Hip-Hop Evolution

Rita Jackson works to represent the “middle-ground” woman in hip hop — unfitting of the sex-kitten or tomboy labels usually attributed to women in the genre — delivering smooth rhymes with a confident swagger.