Lyrical Lemonade
Lyrical Lemonade
History
Early beginnings
Bennett launched Lyrical Lemonade in the fall of 2013 as a senior at Plano High School, an hour southwest of Chicago.It initially began with a mission to spotlight Chicago rappers who were getting zero or very little coverage elsewhere. Benett found a gap between what was attracting media attention and what local hip hop heads wanted to hear, and it made that Space its niche. [5]
The Chicago scene responded with enthusiasm, and in short order Lyrical Lemonade grew into a brand, adding events such as the Summer Bash, a clothing line emblazoned with the site's lemonade-carton logo, and sidelines in music-video production and artist manager. The site continues to write about local rappers with two-digit SoundCloud followings, but it's also become a hub for the newest wave of rising stars, such as Juice WRLD, Lil Xan, Lil Pump, and Lil Skies, not just in Chicago but in the United States. [5]