In 1994, Rosalind Cummings wrote about the scene at Bop Shop where The Freedom Raf benefit party grooved every Tuesday night. 3/
It’s Tuesday and the night is crazy muggy and a crowd is gathering in front of the Bop Shop on West Division. B-boys and girls in their late teens and early 20s are standing in slouchy jeans and backward-turned caps talkin’ and trippin’.
For six weeks the city’s hip-hoppers have been flooding the Bop Shop every Tuesday for Freedom Rag magazine’s “benefit” party. “People come from Evanston, Waukegan, the south side, the west side, even Indiana,” says Craig. “There’s just nothing else happening.” Kelli Curry, Freedom Rag’s 24-year-old editor, says she started the magazine in homage to her grandmother, a Harlem Renaissance concert pianist who fostered within her a love for African art forms. The magazine’s mission is to give voice to the city’s African American community. “There’s no reason black artists and writers shouldn’t have an outlet,” Curry says.
It’s 1 AM now and there’s barely room to move, but Craig’s kickin’ Rick James’s early-80s classic “Give It to Me Baby” back to back with Public Enemy’s “Welcome to the Terrordome,” and the crowd is in a singing, rapping frenzy.
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