A outdoor portrait photograph showing Tampa musician Lil Fancy posing in front of a storefront. Captured in a medium close-up, low-angle shot, Lil Fancy tilts his head back while holding a small black cup or object in front of his chest. He wears a white ribbed tank top, a gold chain necklace, dark-rimmed eyeglasses, and a two-tone baseball cap with a white crown. He stands outdoors on a sidewalk positioned between a red brick building pillar on the right and a glass storefront window on the left displaying red lettering and reflection.
Lil Fancy Credit: lilfancy_ / Instagram

There aren’t many more curators tuned into the local scene better than Hmtwn.

This weekend, his Tampa Beat Weekend returns to The Bricks in Ybor City for one-day-only where Jersey-born, Tampa-based emcee D.I.O. (“Cold Hearted”) is on the bill alongside homegrown rappers Lil’ Fancy and Reily Ilo.

Because this is Beatsnchill, there’s a producer battle and after soundtracked by Say! from Orlando.

There’s no cover to see D.I.O., Lil’ Fancy, Reily Ilo, and Cory Preston at The Bricks in Ybor City on Saturday, Aug. 22.

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This article appears in August 20 – 26, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...