Brittney Carter, who plays New World Brewery in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 31, 2024. Credit: Photo by Sterling Hightower via _BrittneyCarter/Twitter
Tampa Beat Weekend took a couple of years off and returns for two days of action that kick off with a Friday night beat battle at The Bricks in Ybor City where producers will go head-to-head in between sets from Tampa rapper with a New York state of mind (Asaru), producer-rapper Bauxmonk, plus beatmakers Knux and Whoa1.0.

The main showcase happens 24 hours later, six miles away at New World Brewery in Sulphur Springs where close to a dozen tastemaking Florida artists including the Bay area’s Black Backstreet Boys (aka Barely Legal Collective), Johnny Champagne and, Notsew, plus Orlando emcee Wahid and others. The booking of Missy Elliott-approved Windy City rapper Brittney Carter feels like a coup, too, and gives locals a glimpse at a talent whose delivery comes with a bounce and lively pulse that’s one of the most-refreshing in hip-hop.

More information on Tampa Beat Weekend happening Friday-Saturday, Aug. 30-31 is available via @tampabeat on Facebook.


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This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2024.

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...