Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Photo by Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Photo by Anthony Martino

Tampa Bay music fans weren’t exempt from the rest of society’s obsession with controversial pop stars, viral sensations or reading the phrases “GG Allin shitting on a stage” and “Shepard Smith” together in a headline. Just see the CL Tampa Bay’s top ten music stories of 2019 and see what we mean.

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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...