On August 13 from 11 AM to 8 PM, hip-hop heads will gather at the Illinois Centennial Monument (“the Eagle”) in Logan Square for the largest annual hip-hop festival in Chicago, the Battle 4 the Eagle at Writers Bench. | ✍️ IreneCHsiao
—and Ray had become a truck driver. “Truck stops had these eagles, and he was like, ‘Ah, like the Eagle at Logan Square!’ So he bought this big eagle, and I painted it white.” The first Battle for the Eagle ended with Brickheadz member HexStar hoisting the trophy high, elbow dripping with blood from dancing on the concrete.
A crowd gathers in celebration of 2004’s Battle 4 the Eagle at the Illinois Centennial Monument in Logan Square.“My cousins used to go to the Eagle battles in the 80s,” says Lady Champ, recounting her own history with the place. “As a kid, I thought, wow, that’s amazing. One day I’m gonna be there. I’d ask my cousins to teach me, but they wouldn’t because I was a girl.
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