In the six months since his Tampa Bay debut, Caleborate (a rising west coast rapper from the other Bay area) has seen support for his latest album (Real Person, released a year ago) grow exponentially while he’s watched a wholly authentic, slow-cooked brand of thoughtful hip-hop land him on some big festival stages (hello Outside Lands) and foreign runways (he spent part of the summer on tour in Europe).
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Review: Caleborate finds a band, bares his soul at St. Pete’s Iberian Rooster (w/photos)
It’ll be hard to top seeing the 25-year-old backed by live band like he was during a four-song set in St. Pete in March, but a full slot at The Attic above Rock Brothers should give him more time to play a fully realized gig complimented by the talent that’s made him one of modern rap music’s criminally unsung heroes.
Caleborate w/The Mike Wilson/Marv Pax/LB199X/Mave. Thurs. Oct. 4, 7 p.m. $15-$30. The Attic at Rock Brothers, 1510 East 8th Ave., Ybor City. eventbrite.com.
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This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 5, 2018.