New series
FACES (S1, E1): Freebandz Tray Tray
The first episode of FACES, a DJU documentary series.
Chicago · Est. October 18, 2021
In the street
interviews.
Exclusive conversations with the entertainers, entrepreneurs and community leaders shaping Chicago — recorded where the story actually happens, by DJUTV.
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- Years on the block
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- Bloodhound Q50
- Lil Scoom
- THF Zoo
- 051 Woo
- Lil Mikey
- Stain
- DMG Lil Duece
- THF TP
- 800TJ
- Foolio
- Q50wLil50
- Munna Duke
- O’Block Louie
- Makado600
- T-Slick
- THF Twin
- Tray Tray
- Cragg Hardaway
- EST Lu Mike
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The mic goes where the story is
DJUTV started posting in 2021 with a simple premise: Chicago’s stories are best told by the people living them, on their own block, in their own words. Five years and more than 1,500 interviews later, that premise has held.
Host DJ U works as a journalist first. He puts people on record before anyone else is asking, then follows the threads that matter to the city long after the news cycle moves on: courtrooms, families, neighborhoods, the aftermath. That is why an audience of 426,000 keeps coming back, and why the archive has been watched more than 152 million times.
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A monument to the culture
Online, people call it cursed. Look closer and it’s something else: a monument, built by everyone who has taken the seat.
The Couch is where Chicago gets heard. Artists, entrepreneurs and voices from every block sit down here and tell their story their way, on camera, to an audience that came to listen. It offers the platform. They bring the culture.
The Couch doesn’t make the moment. The people do. It isn’t a curse. It’s a seat at the table.
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