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Follow Kanye West — Chicago through 5 real places in Chicago. Chicago’s gospel, soul and hip-hop lineages shape the city references in West’s early work.
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Open in maps ↗︎- 01Side A · The city enters the soundCITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE
Chicago’s gospel, soul and hip-hop lineages shape the city references in West’s early work.
Chess Records / Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven
Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Chess Records / Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven provides South Loop orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Kanye West — Chicago scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
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- 02CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE
Daley Plaza
Aaron Volkening · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Daley Plaza provides The Loop orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Kanye West — Chicago scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
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- 03Side B · Rooms, streets and stagesCITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE
Move from the defining image into the wider Kanye West — Chicago geography.
Chicago Union Station
Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Chicago Union Station provides West Loop orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Kanye West — Chicago scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
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- 04CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE
Willis Tower
Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Willis Tower provides The Loop orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Kanye West — Chicago scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
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- 05Encore · What the city keepsCITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE
End at Metro Chicago, where the World continues as place, memory and living culture.
Metro Chicago
Sea Cow · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph Metro Chicago provides Lakeview orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Kanye West — Chicago scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
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