Tampa rapper Gat$ will tease new album at St. Pete farwell show tonight

Hollowhouse and Ahrod open for Gat$ at The Brutalist.

click to enlarge Gat$ inside Ybor City’s Iconic Sound Factory in Tampa, Florida. - Photo by Dave Decker
Photo by Dave Decker
Gat$ inside Ybor City’s Iconic Sound Factory in Tampa, Florida.
There’s a lot of hip-hop happening on Friday, but this is the show to be at.

The gig is not only a chance to check out some of the best beer in the Bay area at The Brutalist, but your last opportunity to see rap scene staple Gat$ before he moves to Los Angeles. What’s more is that the emcee who’s approaching a dozen big stage festival shows also has new music to share.

Thank You For Robbin’ doesn’t have a release date and is still technically cooking at Ybor City’s Iconic Sound Factory, but the album is Gat$’ most dynamic, and danceable, outing to date thanks to an abundance of melody, arrangements that flip the listener on their head, plus enough samples for a separate DJ set featuring inspiration for the works. Gat$ promises to play a little bit of it at this set that’ll span his nearly decade-long career in the Bay area rap game.

Hollowhouse and Ahrod open for Gat$ at The Brutalist in St. Petersburg on Friday, Jan. 27, and cover is $15.

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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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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