Credit: Chris Sikich from Philadelphia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

People love to complain (rightfully) about Live Nation’s death grip on independent live music. Well here’s a show where an indie promoter actually booked one of the largest venues in town, Benchmark International Arena, with an ambitious lineup of rap stars.

Hip-hop’s most famous MAGA rapper Kodak Black tops the bill alongside “2 Phones” emcee Kevin Gates. Former Roc Nation star Meek Mill rounds out a support bill that includes Tampa’s OG jook god Tom G. 21 Savage was on initial announcements of this gig, but is not on recent promotional material.

Tickets to see Kodak Black, Meek Mill, DaBaby, and more at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on Saturday, Oct. 31 are still available and start at $71.05.


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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...