Find a Artist in Chicago.

Artists in Chicago, IL, made easy.

A generation of Chicago rappers came up through YOUmedia at the Harold Washington Library, and that open-mic-to-headliner pipeline still runs. On the indie side, Sooper Records turned a friend group of multi-instrumentalists into a national roster, while Matador signed both Horsegirl and Lifeguard out of the same teenage DIY circuit. Careers here get built in rooms, not on algorithms.

Chicago invented house music and changed hip-hop with drill. From Bronzeville studios cutting tomorrow's anthems to the Logan Square DIY rooms hosting indie premieres — Chicago's scene is wildly diverse and tightly local. KollabMe puts the producer in Wicker Park, the venue in Pilsen, and the photographer in Bridgeport one swipe away.

That type beat you've been writing to since March is licensed to everyone else who clicked the same link, by design, and the producer you messaged on Instagram still hasn't opened it. KollabMe puts producers in your lane in front of you with their work playing on the card, so you're judging the beat before you judge the bio. A mutual match opens the chat — no cold DM to write — and when the record is done, both of you confirm it. That's the part nobody else does.

From discovery to deliverable.

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