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Thelonious Martin, the Chicago production virtuoso who has worked with the likes of Vic Mensa, Curren$y, and Joey Bada$$, has come through with a 3-track surprise EP, Static, perfect for winding down on a Sunday evening.

Chicago Savemoney crewmates Towkio and Joey Purp have shared the video to their June collab "Playin Fair," which ended up on Towkio's Community Service 2 EP, released the next month. The new video also stars another Savemoney leader in Vic Mensa.

Vic Mensa and Joey Purp are in the midst of their "Back With a Vengeance" tour, and it seems like they're having a lot of fun.

Vic Mensa recently graced the stage at his hometown festival, Lollapalooza, where he took the opportunity to debut two new records. He's following up the performance with a new interview with Phoenix New Times, where he speaks on his recent EP There'

Joey Purp and Vic Mensa are currently performing shows together, and they recently did two nights back-to-back in NYC.

Towkio only announced this EP a few days prior to its release, but as promised, he's released a stream of the project today.

Apart from an appearance on Chance The Rapper's Coloring Book (which is now eligible for Grammy consideration), we haven't heard from Towkio a lot these past few months.

It's been the better part of four years since the SaveMoney comrade turned professional emcee Joey Purp released his debut project, The Purple Tape, which dropped on his 18th birthday.

Vic Mensa has been making plenty of noise lately, between his release of 7-track EP There's Alot Going On and initiation of a beef with his (former) friend Chance the Rapper.

It's pretty strange to think that Vic Mensa's new EP, There's Alot Going On, is his first project in three years.

Joey Purp is undoubtedly one of the most talented members of Chicago's vaunted Savemoney crew, but he hasn't enjoyed the shine of his crewmates Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa, probably because he hadn't released a project in over three years...

SaveMoney emcee Joey Purp has been impressing more and more with each of the singles he's dropped ahead of his upcoming debut album, iiiDrops.

First there was Chance The Rapper, who was followed up by Vic Mensa in the Save Money camp, but now it's Towkio's time. The Chicago rapper has been building a steady buzz for himself ever since he dropped off last year’s Wav.

Joey Purp killed shit with his last track, "Run It Up," and the Chicago emcee is now back with a "Performance Art Freestyle," which will seemingly also end up on his upcoming album, iiiDrops. 

Joey Purp has impressed with everything he's done this year, and his new single, "Run It Up," is a promising preview off his upcoming album, iiiiDrops.

Little-known VA producer The Ologist just came up with a big-time remix, chopping up Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment's jazzy smoov "Rememory" feat. Erykah Badu and making it somehow even jazzy smoovier than the original. 

So after fans spamming Chance The Rapper and Donnie Trumpet's twitter, and the Chance himself giving FakeShoreDrive an exclusive album listen, the masses were finally blessed with SURF late last night.

When you meet Towkio, he doesn't seem like the sort of dude who'd write a song like "Reflection." He's got a fun-loving, carefree vibe, but there's clearly more than meets the eye.

Chance The Rapper first met Kanye West at Jay Z's Made In America festival last September, and wasn't shy in letting the world know that he finally got to meet one of his idols, calling himself Ye's "#1 fan."

It's kind of surprising how separate Chicago's respective hip-hop and footwork scenes have stayed to this day.

When we spoke to Chicago native Towkio about his project .Wav Theory last month at SXSW, the Save Money member was very specific about what we should expect.

Towkio's buzz continues to grow with each new release, as he positions himself as the rapper next up from Chance The Rapper-helmed Save Money crew.

Young NYC singer Jordan Bratton started buzzing with his Grey Area mixtape, before getting Fabolous on the remix to one of his hot tracks, "Danger." That was last October, and now he's back with a new single, "Prisoner," with another big rap feature: Chan

As the careers of Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa continue to blow up, make sure not to forget about Towkio, SAVEMONEY's next-up.

Vic Mensa got his biggest break to date by singing on Kanye West's "Wolves", which will appear on So Help Me God. The collaboration doesn't stop there, though, as Kanye will also lend a verse to Vic's upcoming album.

Save Money's own Towkio has been impressing us with the turnt cuts he's been dropping ahead of his upcoming project .Wav Theory, so we had to catch up with him at SXSW to get the scoop on it.

Chance the Rapper is a busy man these days. As we await the release of Surf, his upcoming album with his band The Social Experiment, Chance has just notified us that he's releasing a short film, "Mr. Happy", tomorrow (March 20).

Save Money crew's Towkio teamed up with labelmate Donnie Trumpet for "Free Your Mind" at the end of February, and after hitting us with the '80s and horn-laced audio, Towkio follows up with that '80s influence all over the official music video.