Credit: Bryan Lamb

Credit: Bryan Lamb

There’ll come a day when a room like Orpheum won’t be able to contain Windy City rapper Mick Jenkins, but for now, you should join Tuesday’s in-the-know crowd which’ll show up early to see the 28-year-old work through songs from critically-acclaimed 2018 LP, Pieces of a Man, and his new EP, The Circus, before Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot—aka Spillage Village founders and Atlanta wild boys EarthGang.

EarthGang w/Mick Jenkins. Tues. Feb. 17, 7 p.m. $24-$85. Orpheum, Ybor City. eventbrite.com

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