Through his Lyrical Lemonade blog, which has since become an imprint and a brand, Bennett has helped highlight the works of several rappers and singers, and created visual elements for their music.

The Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival is making its return to Chicago this summer, with headlining performances from Post Malone, Playboi Carti, and Young Thug and Gunna. Scheduled from June ...

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash has become Chicago’s biggest hip-hop-oriented music festival. With this year’s fest headlined by Travis Scott (billed as Cactus Jack, suggesting a few friends joining ...

Cole Bennett, acclaimed video director and founder of Lyrical Lemonade, has spent the past two years working on the most ambitious project he’s ever taken on. His first full-length compilation album, ...

Ten years ago, Cole Bennett was just another teenager with a blog who loved Chicago hip-hop, at a time when the city was bursting at the seams with rising talent. Chicago drill had taken over, with ...

In a strange way it was a blessing when Sunday afternoon’s severe thunderstorms put the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash on hold. The Douglas Park festival had barely started its second day—it was around ...

In every emerging “underground” rapper’s trajectory into the mainstream – if they’re lucky, that is – they’ll land a Lyrical Lemonade music video, which often serves as another springboard into the ...

Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash will be three days at SeatGeek Stadium. Left to right, up to down: Lil Skies, Lil Tecca, Lil Yachty, That Mexican OT, Famous Dex, Kodak Black, Lazer Dim, Mick Jenkins, ...

Chicago-based hip-hop blog Lyrical Lemonade has become a powerful force in the music industry, as founder Cole Bennett has been working since 2013 to report on, shoot videos for and promote the music ...

Lil Yachty has tapped Veeze for a follow-up to last year’s “Sorry Not Sorry,” the duo’s first-ever studio collaboration. The pair has now proved themself as a ...

Hip-hop is Cole Bennett’s first love. Having grown up in Plano, Illinois, he often found himself immersed in the Chicago rap scene. The bars of Vic Mensa, King Louie and Ridgio soundtracked his day-to ...