Smino is the only Chicago rapper I’ve seen rock a stage while decked out in Cardinals gear. The 24-year-old grew up in Saint Louis and uses his growing role in the local scene as a megaphone for his hometown (in a recent interview for the hip-hop blog Pigeons & Planes he waxes lyrical about the impact of Nelly). But Chicago is where Smino has come into his own, building a nest at Classick Studios and finding collaborators to pull into his Zero Fatigue crew