Marshall with his nephew at a party with extended family.   Previous | Next   [...]

At the show in Galesburg, an entrepreneur set up a backdrop and would print images of couples on [...]

A house party at Curtis’s in the Peoria neighborhood of East Bluff, on Virginia Street. Marshall is trying [...]

Back at Frazer’s basement studio in Peoria.   Previous | Next   Hip Hop in [...]

Killa Koumity performing at the Chrome Club in Springfield, Illinois. Previous | Next Hip Hop [...]

The audience at a Killa Koumity show at Club 21 in Galesburg, Illinois. Attendance at some shows is [...]

This is Buru, a cousin of half-brothers Marshall and Curtis, who share a mother. Buru would sometimes perform [...]

Marshall (in white) and Frazer to his left looking straight to camera before performing a show at the [...]

Frazer Matthews in his basement studio. Throughout Peoria, you’ll find a number of makeshift studios set up not only [...]

Marshall Payton (foreground) and Curtis Johnson of the Peoria rap group Killa Koumity with Marshall’s nephew. Previous | [...]

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