✔️ Pre-Pre-FEST Party w/Honey Joy/musicDays N Daze/Great Cynics/Safety/Sketchie/more Bands from The UK, Italy, Texas, California, Wisconsin and Tampa Bay join forces with the once locally based Safety for a show that serves as a pre-party to Pre-Fest in Ybor, which is a pre-party for the big to-do in Gainesville next weekend. It’s $10 at the door for this ska-heavy lineup, and vegan “pulled pork” tacos will be served. (Lucky You Tattoo, St. Petersburg) INFO
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Chinese viral rap star Rich Chigga announces tour, books October 24 date at Orpheum in Ybor City
✔️ Rich Chigga The conversation about Asian cultural appropriation of hip-hop is headed to Ybor City. A year after his video for “Dat $tick” made him an internet meme/sensation, gravelly throated Indonesia-raised rapper Rich Chigga is bringing his 28-date Come To My Party Tour to Orpheum. Mr. Chigga (real name Brian Imanuel) has already expressed regret about his stage name, and recently told The New Yorker that he’d like to be taken seriously as a rapper. It seems like he’s already on his way there. Several prominent rhymesmiths — including Ghostface Killah — have been more than agreeable about his odd, yet captivating flow. Read more about it here. (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO
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This article appears in Oct 19-26, 2017.