Helping to shift the conversation is Tiffany Walden, a Black journalist here in Chicago. She writes for the Chicago Tribune and has launched a new social media platform, The Triibe, which promises to shift the discourse around being a Black millennial in Chicago.  The contributions that Walden and her team make lend power and visibility to underrepresented voices of Chicago and are able to give unique perspectives of hip hop.

Hip hop dystopia, it might seem, however Cepeda’s relationship with hip hop can be described as such: “If it wasn’t for hip hop, I wouldn’t have seen the world or had the exposure I had. Being in the hip hop world has informed my decisions and given me strength.”

We live according to myths set out for us by the institutional and societal powers-that-be: some myths are old, some are new, but they are often inherently followed until we question what it would be like to break them. Artist Krista Franklin sat down with me to discuss the myths that hover over the art world.