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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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