Cole Bennett, acclaimed video director and founder of Lyrical Lemonade, has spent the past two years working on the most ambitious project he’s ever taken on. His first full-length compilation album, ...

BRIDGEVIEW, IL — Lyrical Lemonde’s 2025 Summer Smash returns to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for three days, June 20 to June 22, purporting some of the hottest names in hip hop. Gates open at 3 p.m.

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash has become Chicago’s biggest hip-hop-oriented music festival. With this year’s fest headlined by Travis Scott (billed as Cactus Jack, suggesting a few friends joining ...

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In every emerging “underground” rapper’s trajectory into the mainstream – if they’re lucky, that is – they’ll land a Lyrical Lemonade music video, which often serves as another springboard into the ...