After the release of the album “WE DON’T TRUST YOU” by rapper Future and producer Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar has been a hot topic in the rap community. After throwing direct shots at hip-hop stars J. Cole and Drake on Future’s song “Like That,”...

From harmless jokes to straight up criminal offenses, April Fools' Day pranks come in all shapes and sizes, so there’s no better time to hide from your scheming friends and watch a good raunchy comedy. Here’s a variety of parody movies to watch...

If the 2020s can be classified as a big decade for one of the indie scenes, it has for indie folk. Rock-based indie bands dropped their Fenders and grabbed acoustic guitars, and the banjo is making more and more appearances. Women are for the most...

Beyond mere words or language, voice connects all, the purest most spiritual expression of our souls to our inner thoughts and feelings.  Often only the voices of those in power are heard, and those who are underrepresented are forgotten and overlooked.  To...

Open the gates, and let the festivals begin. As summer inches closer, music festivals around the country have begun to drop their latest lineups. Chicago is no stranger to the summer music festival scene, as millions of people gather each summer to partake...

Video games are extremely popular and only growing in appeal to different people around the world, as different ways to play the games are made.  In collaboration with NIU Esports, the Asian American Resource Center (AARC) invited students to attend...

After the flop that was “Madame Web,” Sydney Sweeney is back on the big screen leading the new religious horror film “Immaculate.” Sweeney originally auditioned for the lead role at the age of 16; however, the project never got off the ground. After...

As a fan of Travis Scott, Migos and other trap artists, I have never been a big fan of Future. With the release of the collaborative album “WE DON’T TRUST YOU” between rapper Future and producer Metro Boomin, putting my bias aside allowed for a...

“Dragon Ball” games have prospered these past few months with updates for games like “DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS” and “Dragon Ball FighterZ.”  The highly anticipated “DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO” isn’t being left out either, with...

This week’s episode of the trend discusses Kate Middleton’s absence from the media, the “Quiet on Set” docuseries and “GUTS (spilled).”

Around 9 p.m. on a chilly, March 19 evening, Olivia Rodrigo announced five new songs during her show in Chicago.  With a little over six months since the release of her sophomore album, “GUTS,” Rodrigo surprised fans with the new songs and announced...