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Chima Ikoro

Posted inFor the Culture

Best Music Legacy Built on Collaboration (In Memoriam): Harold Matthews Jr.

by Chima Ikoro September 26, 2025September 26, 2025

n August 4th, 2025, the South Side gained an angel like none other. Harold “Big Ed” Matthews Jr. was a talent unique in every way who built community across genres, generations, and even countries. With poetry and songwriting as the foundation of his craft, Big Ed found his fire his sophomore year of high school […]

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Best Mexican American Comedian: Jaime De León — Pilsen

by Chima Ikoro September 26, 2025September 26, 2025
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The Exchange: sTREEtS

by Chima Ikoro May 23, 2025May 23, 2025
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What’s It Like to Raise Teens in 2025?

by Chima Ikoro May 18, 2025May 29, 2025
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The Exchange: can a broken piano still be played, or is this song over?

by Chima Ikoro April 24, 2025April 23, 2025
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The Exchange: Deficit and Psalms 23

by Chima Ikoro and harlem west March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
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The Exchange: magnitude and bond

by Chima Ikoro January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
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The Exchange: the strength of will, and Happy BirthDay

by Chima Ikoro and Gabrielle Pickens January 16, 2025January 16, 2025
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The Exchange: Dime’s Declassified School Survival Guide

by Chima Ikoro December 12, 2024December 12, 2024
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Footworking to Jazz with Kaicrewsade

by Chima Ikoro December 12, 2024September 15, 2025

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