
There aren’t a lot of locals who love homegrown hip-hop more than Randy Ojeda.
The Bay area music lawyer and co-founder of Cigar City Podcast also curates a mighty fine Tampa Mixtape, but brings all that enthusiasm to the stage for a 35th birthday party where a toy donation gets you free entry (it’s $5 if you don’t do shopping).
The lineup features heavyweights of the Tampa rap scene (masked genre-hopper Pusha Preme, ace East Coast emcee Asaru) along with hand-selected favorites like Don Mack (“I’m Back”), Tampa Beat Weekend alum Monae Marleau and more.
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This article appears in Nov. 27 – Dec. 03, 2025.

