The battle for Chicago's soul happened on dancefloors and in cyphers — and nobody won clean.
It's Different In Chicago Tells the story of how House music and Hip Hop culture complemented and competed with each other leading to deep revelations about the different segments within the Black community of Chicago.
Sound
The archival footage captures Chicago's sonic evolution raw and unfiltered
Direction
Weathersby lets the communities speak without forcing a false harmony
Production
79 minutes — no fat, all groove, respects your time
Director
David Weathersby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chicago's House scene emerged largely from queer Black and Latino communities on the South Side, while Hip Hop grew through park jams and school cyphers — same city, parallel universes that rarely collided intentionally until the 2010s.
Director David Weathersby spent three years getting access to both scenes because he himself came up as a dancer in House before pivoting to Hip Hop production — his insider status lets him ask questions outsiders couldn't.
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